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Monday, June 04, 2018

Domestic Abuse No Contact Orders are a well-intentioned but poorly-executed idea.

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Minnesota has this thing called a Domestic Abuse No Contact Order, aka DANCO, that a prosecutor can request & a judge can issue whenever...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Three months

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I've been at my new job & in my new apt for three months now. It's been so good. Better than I imagined it would be! I like my ...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

For The People of the worst legal show ever made

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Wow...just wow... ABC & Shonda Rimes have really crapped out a turd with this new show, For The People. It's a show about federal pr...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Mental health & violence

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There has been a lot of discussion lately about the role of mental illness in mass shooting/violent incidents. There is a portrayal that men...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018

2 Weeks In

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Today was officially the two week mark at the new job. (Also, sidenote, March 4 was my 9 yr anniversary of being a public defender) It is de...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Ch-ch-ch-changes

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This week has been a whirlwind. I moved last Saturday & Sunday to my new apartment. It is a great place but apparently the location is a...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Big exciting news!

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YOU GUYS!!!!!! BIG, EXCITING NEWS!!!!! I got offered a public defender position in the metro! Which means I get to move out of the sticks &...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

As good as it gets

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Lately my mind keeps mulling over the repetitive nature of life. It is hard for me to accept that THIS is what life is. That our entire live...