Scott E. Williams, Attorney at Law

05/10/2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/us/patrick-brown-wrongful-conviction-vacated-new-orleans/index.html

After spending 29 years in prison for the r**e of his stepdaughter, a New Orleans man is free thanks to the help of the local district attorney's office and testimony from the victim herself, who has insisted for 20 years that he is not the man who r**ed her.

05/25/2022

https://www.vox.com/2022/5/23/23138100/supreme-court-barry-jones-shinn-ramirez

The Court effectively overruled two of its previous decisions, and it is likely an innocent man will die as a result.

05/11/2022

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/delaware-state-university-incensed-after-lacrosse-team-s-bus-searched-in-georgia/ar-AAX6xv9?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=aa901e4fa4a4451a87e7a6fb14cb707b

The Delaware State University women’s lacrosse team feels traumatized after its charter bus was stopped by police while traveling through Georgia.

04/12/2022

This should be a national day off work.

04/05/2022

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-games/202112/the-devastating-effect-parental-alienation-children

Anger, guilt, grief, disconnection, and low self-esteem.

03/18/2022

02/14/2022

This article from the Emory Law Journal about why juveniles charged with crimes should be entitled to jury trials makes sense to me given my recent experience:

Juveniles should hold the right to a jury trial under the U.S. Constitution, but they do not. In most states, when a trial occurs, a single judge determines whether a youth loses their liberty, and that imprisonment can last for years. The United States Supreme Court has decided that the Sixth Amend...

06/03/2020

Since it appears court is going to be by video for the foreseeable future, I'm thinking somebody needs to invent a pull-over jacket and tie similar to the dickie turtleneck.

01/15/2020

You don't get one of these every day.