Jessica Pishko

very much looking forward to it!

i think this case is bonkers (i feel bad for the family)

Parents of School Shooters Are Being Prosecuted. Should They Be?

not a problem in the country that people aren't hell-bent on prosecuting their way out of
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Opinion | He Didn’t Kill Anyone. Alabama Is About to Execute Him Anyway.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...

i dont know why the name thing is so funny to me but it is

I'll still defend MMA as a sport, but this is all v funny.

chuckle, it's okay

oh i think you misread me -- i meant people are perpetuating the idea that there will be "mass trials." (i agree with you :)

i went to law school and also believed "courts were where justice happens" 🫠

it's true

yes, i appreciate there's a lot of trauma going around. but i also think there are people perpetuating this that know better.

I don’t usually bother pushing back but

I sincerely don’t understand where this comes from. True crime brain I guess.

oh

for very little reward...many people do not ask to be organizers but rather are thrust into doing it, and then when they dare to ask for compensation, it's derided.

Lol yes 😂

I was accused of being too "loosey-goosey" with my fence proposal (bc I guesstimated the distance) and I haven't stopped laughing. (My second try was nuclear-physicist-level accurate)

Is it wrong that I love the low stakes drama though?

For. Real.

anyways now it's a big joke, and my husband and i will look at each other and announce, "but what IF one day someone plays pickleball?"

Then another neighbor said they couldn't tolerate the sound of a bouncing basketball, announcing "I don't let my kids play with balls."
👀

so we absolutely have a moral panic about pickleball in my neighborhood. someone wanted to build a b-ball court (like a half court) and a neighbor protested saying "what if they play pickleball!"
"We will promise no pickleball."
"But what IF"

My bad

Now I think we have to make him head of fish and wildlife?

Arkansas sorry! AR right?

Once there was an AK scandal bc a sheriff had stolen chickens once as a kid. Now….

I’m proud of our podcast, which is one year old. I’ve enjoyed my conversations with subject matter experts on many criminal legal system topics. My latest conversation was with @jesspish.bsky.social on the role of the sheriff.

The Highest Law in the Land: A Conversation with Jessica Pishko A discussion with Jessica Pishko about her new book: The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy

On March 18 at 6 pm I'll be at Duke Law School talking about sheriffs! Please join me if you can.
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it must hurt to be betrayed by his bestie

paxton used to tell a story about how trump offered him a ride in his limo and how he was so amazed that trump asked for his legal opinion (that was totally unethical to ask nevertheless)