Month: June 2017

Ignorance of the Law IS a Defense? WHO KNEW?

Ignorance of the Law is no defense - obstruction of Justice - Trump and Ryan - Seattle Criminal Lawyer Blog

Ignorance of the Law IS a Defense? WHO KNEW?

Published June 9, 2017 by Craig Platt

Who knew?

I’m afraid I have some serious explaining to do. Some of my former clients are probably not happy with me right now. If they follow the news, they just learned that I gave them bad advice.

Until yesterday this Stanford Lawyer actually thought that ignorance of the law was NOT a defense!

The “Beauty Queen” Murder Case

Published June 8, 2017 by Craig Platt

The “Beauty Queen” Murder Case: I hate it when they call it that.

It really has absolutely nothing to do with the case. But it sure sells “widgets”. It just goes to show you how hard it can be to get a fair trial when the media, especially the silly social media, decides they are experts on something they know nothing about. They are so good at doing that, after all.