Allison Widder

70+ trials in speaking to a jury does not make me anxious but God still gives me his toughest battles in the form of an HDMI cord and sharing screens

One of them was trying to keep it quiet where she was going because of the social consequences. Pathetic shit.

Prosecutors in the courthouse where I work are leaving in droves to go to ICE like y’all couldn’t wait to join the Nazis for a little bit extra a month

30+ years and still the same song and dance

Sexuality and Socialism by Sherry Wolf

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

I am unwell

Fiction TBR for the next few weeks #booksky

Literally talked all day. As a part of my job. Wild!

I feel like it could potentially add to my gravitas, or the reason may make the judge think well this is the person who can’t see a root coming

One of my hobbies is running in the woods, which I love and is a great way to let off steam except every 6-10 months I really eat shit tripping over a root and today was that day and now I have to go argue motions with scratches on my face for a silly reason

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On my 3rd homicide trial in a row no second chairs going up against literal prosecution teams

“Reversed and remanded” is a great mandate but I think the trial judge also should have to tell me to my face “you were right and I was wrong”

ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.

Lawyers for ICE are increasingly hiding their identities in court. This is completely unprecedented.

“We’re not really doing names publicly,” said Judge ShaSha Xu — after stating her own name and those of the immigrants and their lawyers.

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I was hanging out with a misdemeanor attorney during his docket and he casually goes "I guess they didn't have body worn camera when you started?"

Just once I’d like to disrespectfully submit a motion

I don’t want this. I want healthcare, paid parental leave, access to vaccines, and freedom of speech.

THANKS THOUGH.

Imagine if I walked into the hospital room of a child dying from a preventable illness or injury and just shrugged my shoulders and said “well, we are all going to die.”

We need better Senators.

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I’ve always known English is a ridiculous language but now that I have a 5 year old who’s asking me why it’s “caught” instead of “catched” it’s really just staring me in the face

Using discovery from cases I’ve won to start the first grill fire of the year

A list of bad-news headlines wrapped up with an Atlantic article headlined “Why are young people everywhere so unhappy?”

I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?

This is the criminal complaint against the Wisconsin judge, which is filled with info gained from interviews from people in the courtroom, including attorneys.

Now more than ever please remember you do not have to speak to law enforcement.

Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!

As a public defender here I cannot emphasize enough how much you should not trust the police in Prince George’s County Maryland

The moderate position is to bring everyone back, impeach and indict the architects of this policy, and dedicate the rest of our lives to repairing the harms visited upon targeted communities

I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."

But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.

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The slope isn't slippery; the frog isn't gradually getting boiled. Within its first hundred days the Trump administration has openly asserted the right/ power to seize and imprison anyone— including political dissidents, including citizens— and deprive them of any legal recourse at all.

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Your April Fools' Day reminder that trickle-down economics is the greatest trick of all. It's nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich at your expense. Don't fall for it.

The people who went with “Sarah McBride will actively collaborate with the destruction of transgender rights” turned out to be right.

Incredible that this is our first representation in congress.