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The Other Side of Despair
Queen Victoria was not at all amused: “We do not believe that anyone could be insane who wanted to murder a Conservative Prime Minister.” The target of a number of assassination attempts herself, she...
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Rule, Supremacy, and Sway
When the Oklahoma State Trooper came upon the scene on November 13, 1974, it seemed apparent enough that the 28-year-old woman had died in a sleeping-driver accident. There were no other automobiles...
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A Mere Heart of Stone
The fictional legal trials I watched on television as a boy were gripping drama. It was almost a given that there would be some irregularity in procedure — a last-minute witness would be called out of...
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A Mean Act of Revenge Upon Lifeless Clay
Jack Kevorkian died today, and many are commenting about his role in the “right to die” movement. While I am a supporter of the movement generally, I did not find Kevorkian to be a courageous man....
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Pleading the Fifth
In 1637, John Lilburne was accused with the crime of shipping seditious books into England from Holland. Forced to appear in the now-infamous Court of Star Chamber — so-named because of the stars...
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