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Last weekend's Wall Street Journal ran a terriffic article on the "dressed down" style made famous by French interior designer Jacques Grange. The poetic profile, written by David Netto, conjured up visions of Paris and everything I love about French design. Today's post is the first in a series of French Favorites - from architecture to art and everything in between. I begin the journey with the master of eclectic-informal style, Jacques Grange. The recipient of France's greatest tribute, the Légion d'honneur, he is without doubt France's most famous designer. Four decades of work for high profile clients such as Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino and the Lauder family has shaped his aesthetic and earned him a reputation as one of the greats. But it's Mr. Grange's apartment in the Palais-Royal, the 18th-century house-and-garden complex near the Louvre, that truly showcases his ability to artfully engage the old with the new. The space, pictured here, is a cultural pileup of paintings, sculpture, and furnishings from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It's the house of a collector - a place for him to live with the things he loves. C'est magnifique!
Grange's large living room serves several functions but is designed for conversation. The diverse chairs and stools scattered around add a layer to the room and are functional since you can move them around or tuck them under a table. There is just the right amount of tension between the architecture - 18th-century-style cornices and Versailles parquet floor - and Grange's diverse collection.
All of Mr. Grange's textiles and accessories have a global influence that give his apartment a well-traveled look.
The traditional sofa paired with a modern spin painting by Damien Hirst creates a unique mix.
I would pay to get my paws on Jacques' china cabinet - the collection feels assembled over time.
The gilt fern fronds chandelier in the bath once graced the bedroom of Madeleine Castaing.
The March issue of Architectural Digest featured Jacques' second home. And while his tastes have evolved, the colors, fabrics, textures, and materials he uses to create interiors seem to remain timeless – timelessness, of course, being a quality shared by all great designers.
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During all our working years, we have been asked so many questions regarding peoples' skin problems. Usually people came to us and started to share skin care myths with us. According to them, most of the skin care myths just sounded so trustworthy, even though they almost always began the story with "I heard it from…"
Thus, we decided to explain why people believe in these skin care myths firmly, and help you to figure out they can be trusted or not. Follow the post to understand the skin care myths.
The Skin Care Products Are Effective When They Tingle Skin
Many patients in the clinics told us they prefer using the products tingle their skins, because they thought the products are effective in this way, such as soothing the redness or eliminating the acne. On the contrary, this sensation is the skin responding to irritation. In fact, this sensation can damage your skin instead of healing it. We also heard from this conversation many time, "but the product has peppermint or menthol ingredients, these should be good to the skin". Well, these ingredients, including mint and camphor, can induce local inflammation, in order to reduce inflammation in deeper skin. That is to say, the products use one inflammation to heal another, and that is never the right way to solve skin problems.
Luckily, many people start to realize this opinion just a myth, because the tingling sensation will eventually turn into a burning and itching feeling when they kept applying irritants to the skin.
To draw a short conclusion of this myth, everyone should understand your skin will not response to any skin care product with a rapid and harsh sensation.
Makeup Causes My Acne
This could be a fact or just a myth, depending you are using the right products or not. Until now, dermatologists cannot find any scientific research provident to support the argument that makeup products cause acne. However, we did experienced once a patient came to us with skin allergy, her skin became sensitive and acne-prone. We suggested her to stop putting her makeup products. In the end, her skin got recovered, but we still couldn't say her makeup caused this problem.
As it is clear that acne is primarily a skin disorder that occurs deep in the skin, and hormones strongly influence this process. Therefore, acne cannot be the main cause for your breakout. However, your makeup can worsen acne. Oily, irritating makeup products can exacerbate breakouts for the already acne-prone skin.
Drinking More Water Can Heal My Dry Skin
One of the common seen skin care myths is drinking water is good for dry skin. Well, if drinking water is a magic, then moisturizers should not be sold on the beauty market anymore. Surprisingly, some studies shown that the water content between dry skin and normal skin (even oily skin) are not significantly different. In fact, drinking more won't make your dry skin become normal skin, not even make it more moisturized.
Dry skin happen when the intercellular matrix on the skin is destroyed, bringing a rough, uneven, and flaky texture that allows water to be lost. Once the substances in the skin is reinforced, the skin will function normally (how the moisturizers claim), and by that time, you can say farewell to your dry skin. However, adding too much moisturizers to the skin is not always a good thing as well. Imagine, our skin is like a sponge, soaking too much water will break down our skin too, and the water will be lost anyway.
To clear this myth for dry skin, we want everyone to understand that drinking water is good for the body though, but with a limited amount. Here you could download an APP for estimating the daily water amount that you should drink, and we always recommend our patients to do it (iOS & Android).
Alcohol Is Good for Skin Care
Not only had our patients told us alcohol is good for skin care, thousands of skin care products did the same. These skin care products have a quick effect and they are usually non-greasy and lightweight. Thus, it's easy to believe that alcohol-based products are good for the skin.
Firstly, alcohol can disinfects skin by killing the acne-cause bacteria on the skin surface. The other one is alcohol can de-greasy the oily skin fast, and it can make a heavy skin care product feel weightless, creating a pleasant non-greasy sensation, and that is why so many moisturizers are alcohol based.
However, research argues that alcohol-based anti-acne products increase both irritation and dryness, and it will be difficult for acne suffers to win a battle in a long back-and-forth routine. Besides, the quick de-grease effect from alcohol ingredient will give a sign to the oily skin to product more oil eventually, and it just doesn't worth all the effort.
But some people also asked us, if alcohol is bad for skin, why is it used to clean wounds? Let to be honest, we only use alcohol to swab the skin surface before giving patients an injection, and that is to kill the bacteria, not for cleaning the open wounds.
My Skin Care Products Are Expensive, So They Are Good
Among all the skin care myths, we want to buster this one so much. When we told people to stop using their skin care products, they usually replied us with "But I spent so much money on it…" In fact, there are good and bad products in all price categories, because price doesn't play a role in the skin care world.
The quality of the formulation is the key.
In other words, the money you spend on the expensive products do not guarantee you to receive an effective treatment. Sometimes, they are expensive just because of the well-known brand name, while the inexpensive products are less-known but with better quality formulation.
We want to become the myth-buster for all beauty lovers, so you are more than welcome to contact us and share your own skin care myths. Let's fight the skin problems together!


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I know, I know. All you positive thinkers don't even want to accept that there is hate. Because you so hate negativity, right? From joking aside, listen up.
If you want love, you need to be intimately familiar with hate. If you want peace you need to be intimately familiar with hate. If you want good: you need to know evil more than the evil person.
You won't get tainted. It doesn't stick. Nothing that is not yours will stick to you.
But if you hate covering it up with sticky sweetness... this article will help you see the dynamic, and stop it at its root.
So, here it goes:
From time to time, some incident triggers me to get bummed out. I don't even have to be present... I can just think it... lol.
Yesterday I measured a person who had an attachment. I removed the attachment, because I was already connected to her. Her vibration jumped to 260. The highest vibration of a person ever coming to me.
She was surprised. And, I could feel, scared. This article is my reaction to that fear. That fear that is so familiar to me, I can taste it.
If I had to point out one thing in the Feelings book that was invaluable to me, I would pick the distinction "relative devaluation of the self".
Most people live, most of the time, in a protected environment, where they have trained the people around them to treat them in a certain way.
Most people fancy themselves as smart and as deserving as the next person, or more. That is the cornerstone of our world, the key to a semblance of stability. Delusions. Lies. Self-lies. 1
We may call ourselves names, but that is even included... even when we call ourselves stupid, we think we are still smarter than the next person...
I even hear Tai Lopez speak that way about himself.
Now, what happens when you put yourself in an environment where you are not the smartest?
And what happens if someone can do the things you'd like to do but can't?
You will experience the relative devaluation of your self.
Relative to the other person, you are less. Less smart, less capable, less whatever...
And you respond with anger. You respond with spite. You respond with hate.
People will call you names, at the minimum in their hearts. And if they need what you have to offer... the hate will become a real issue. It will prevent you from learning from them.
Nowadays I feel like I am living in the book, Atlas Shrugged. The difference is: The world of a novel and the world of reality are very different.
But a novel as a thought experiment is very useful. All the people who can could leave the world to all the people who cannot... and see how they destroy themselves and their world.
I watch people who can, and they cower.
They cower so they don't stand out. They cower that they too can have a family. They pretend not to be smarter... just to keep the boy friend from leaving.
People never consider that it takes courage to be the best you can be, not just work. Because you may become better than your mates. And then you'll be alone.
And although being the best, or being better sounds good, it is horrible. It attracts envy and hate.
Envy is the source of hate. And greed: wanting what is not yours is the source of envy.
Wanting without deserving.
The source of all strife, all war, all killing. All hate.


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4Place the Serrano ham between two pieces of baking paper. Lay this between two roasting trays and place on the BBQ for 8 minutes. Remove and dry on paper towel.
5To make the dressing put all dressing ingredients into a blender and mix until combined.
6To plate the salad – submerge each lettuce quarter briefly into a jar filled with the dressing, allow to drip, so they are not totally soaked. Add haloumi, soft boiled eggs, croutons, parmesan, crispy Serrano ham and grilled mushrooms
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Hi everyone! It's been raining and miserable all week, but today was really sunny! This outfit was for lunch and post-lunch bubble tea! This photo was taken on Princess St. in downtown Kingston.
Top: Calvin Klein – $24 (in store super sale)
Skirt: ASOS – $37 (now on-sale for $24)
Shoes: Stuart Weitzman – $45 (eBay)
Bag: Longchamp Pilage, short handle – $45 (Pre-Owned, eBay)
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Explain genetic control of protein production in a prokaryote using the lac operon
E-coli grown without lactose are placed in a medium with lactose. At first they cannot metabolise the lactose as they only have tiny amounts of the enzymes needed to metabolise it. After a few minutes the rate of synthesis of these enzymes increases. Lactose triggers the production of these enzymes and so is the inducer.
Structural genes code for the enzyme, the operator region can switch them on and off, and the promoter region is where RNA polymerase binds to begin transcription. The regulatory gene is not part of the operon and may be some distance away.
When lactose is absent:
- The regulator gene is expressed and the repressor protein is synthesised. It has binding sites for lactose and the operator region.
- he repressor protein binds to the operator region, covering part of the promoter region where RNA polymerase attaches.
- RNA polymerase cannot bind to the promoter region so the structural genes are not transcribed to mRNA, so the genes cannot be translated into the two enzymes.
When lactose ispresent:
- Lactose (inducer) molecules bind to the other site on the repressor protein, causing the repressor protein to change shape and dissociate from the operator region.
- The promoter region is now unblocked so RNA polymerase can bind to it and initiate transcription.
- The operator-repressor-inducer system is a molecular switch.
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Did you hear? President Obama appeared on The View yesterday. Now people are weighing in on whether the President made the right decision to appear in this type of format. What a hoot – this is just an attempt to discredit his appearance by snooty mainstream media and Rosie O'Donnell worried about their coveted lock on the President's public appearances.
Mr. Obama does not need to speak to the nation through CNN, FOX, MSNBC or Larry King. Communication is communication at night or during daytime. And there is no denying he is a master. It is not like he showed up at the "Bunny Ranch." Leaders need to adapt to tools at hand to elucidate their policies and personalities to the American Public. The President has been criticized lately for his demeanor during formal press conferences, so the Administration is getting creative, exploring alternative media sources and trying to gain back some of his likeability. I suggest the naysayers do the same – adapt.


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Viewing Hill
Date: 22nd September 2007
Distance: 6.4 miles
Ascent: 770 feet
Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
With: On my own
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Walk Summary:
A somewhat rough walk to the North Pennines summits of Bellbeaver Rigg and Viewing Hill with good views of the upper reaches of Teesdale.
Route Summary: Yad Moss - Crook Burn - Bellbeaver Rigg - Crook Burn - Viewing Hill - Green Hurth - Yad Moss
1. Burnhope Seat
2. The top of Bellbeaver Rigg
3. Meldon Hill
4. The infant River Tees
5. Looking up the upper Tees valley to Cross Fell
6. Viewing Hill
7. Crook Burn
8. Bellbeaver Rigg
9. The top of Viewing Hill
10. The Dun Fells and Cross Fell from the mine road
11. Harwood Common
Walk Detail: With the physio hopeful my knee could be fixed easily enough I wanted to try something a bit more ambitious in terms of height than my last couple of walks.
The fact that this walk started off so high up made this a good choice while the fact that most of the walk would be on rough pathless moorland made it a test for my knee as well. The views, especially of Cross Fell and the Dun Fells, were excellent from the outset and the everchanging cloud hanging over them ensured I was taking plenty of photographs.
While the walking was fairly rough in places I've certainly been over worse and it was lovely to see the seasonal change of the moorgrass in to the lovely red colour I like so much. Somewhat surprisingly I found Bellbeaver Rigg the most satisfying of the two summits in terms of the view although Viewing Hill did have a good view of Cow Green Reservoir in the descent. By this time I was starting to get a bit of an ache in my knee so being able to walk back on the excellent mine road proved to be just what I needed.
I enjoyed this walk probably more than I expected to and the scenery, though rarely changing, was first class and was just what I needed with worries over my knee and a fairly stressful week at work.


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Was Les Miles Watching The Same Game We Were? [Opinion]
What happened at Lambeau Field on Saturday afternoon was totally unexpected. I had been told all Summer long about how the LSU offense was going to be a juggernaut. I was told that the new defensive coordinator for the Tigers was going to make a good unit great. I did not see any of that on Saturday. According to his comments during the game Coach Les Miles did.
The Tigers play in the first half of the game against Wisconsin was "slightly" below the expectations that many Tiger fans had. Would I be wrong in making that assumption? At that time the vaunted LSU attack had amassed a total of 26 rushing yards and 38 passing yards. Here is what Coach Miles told the LSU Radio Network during the halftime interview.
We need to run the ball better. We've thrown the ball well.
I can agree with the comments about the running game. What part of "well" did you see in the passing attack? I saw a quarterback who threw the ball way to high and way too off target for even the greatest receivers to pull down. The Tigers are very fortunate that several of the wide receivers did not suffer broken ribs going up for those "well thrown" balls.
Ron Higgins with NOLA.com has an even more interesting look at the the LSU Wisconsin game if you want to read the words of someone who appears to be even more confused by the LSU performance than me.
It appears as though the Tigers are going to have another Les Miles year. It would be considered great by many programs but LSU was picked by many national pundits to be a National Championship contender. I suppose that could still happen. I won't be holding my breath until the end of the season.
Up next for LSU Jacksonville State in the home opener at Tiger Stadium. If LSU can't get all facets of their game clicking against the Gamecocks then it really will be a long season with teams like Auburn, Florida, and Ole Miss on the horizon.


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With that much time between the conclusion of that game and Super Bowl LII , the hope was that most of the injuries would heal up and that the majority of the roster would be in playing shape to face the Philadelphia Eagles . Eagles coach Doug Pederson was Favre's backup in Green Bay from 1996 to 1998 and played against from 2001 to 2004. "I was kind of surprised when he chose to go into coaching, but I'm not surprised he's had the success he's had, and he's moved up this quickly", ... Read More »
Against Real Madrid, Ghana's Emmanuel Boateng gets first Liga goal
Levante punished the visitor's lack of clinical finishing and equalised shortly before the interval when striker Boateng pounced on José Luis Morales's saved shot, after the winger was played through one-on-one with Real stopper Keylor Navas. Read More »
Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur play out an entertaining stalemate: Key talking points
The first penalty was pretty soft as Harry Kane went down with nearly a feather touch off Karius, but the play before that was what got on the fans' nerves. After the Wembley horror show earlier in the season , Dejan Lovren will have been determined to make a point in this game. Mohamed Salah had put Liverpool in the driving seat, and himself at the top of the goalscoring charts before Harry Kane and Tottenham Hotspur savaged a draw in the dying seconds. Read More »
Steven Gerrard: What I really think of Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Arsenal
Ramsey would go on to shine alongside his all-star team-mates as he hit his first career hat-trick with the Gunners wrapping up a well-deserved 5-1 victory. Starting ahead of Alexandre Lacazette for his Arsenal debut, there were high expectations for Aubameyang going into the game against Everton . Read More »
Last-gasp Kane penalty earns Spurs draw at Liverpool
Kane steps up and hammers the ball into the corner unerringly to clinch a point for Spurs with literally the last kick of the game . It was the moment of unexpected genius that the game needed, forcing Liverpool to get on the front foot and attack in search of a victor. Read More »
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Six Nations debutant Sam Simmonds also scored two tries, in the second half, while George Ford and Jack Nowell turned over for England late on as Italy collapsed. "It's great to have all the squad in place because out of our top 30 players, we have probably got about 25 percent of them out", Jones said. "You've got to get your set piece right, you've got to be strong defensively and you've got to play with aggression and energy". Read More »
Centurion ODI: Chahal leaves Proteas in tatters, India get 119-run target
The previous best hauls for an Indian spinner was Yuvraj Singh's 4 for 6 versus Namibia at Pietermaritzburg in 2003. We have to give those spinners credit, but we can definitely execute better. "Some of the guys played against these guys in the IPL but not all of them faced them recently". Captaincy is of course not new to Markram, who famously led the South African Under-19 team - that included Kagiso Rabada and Andile Phehlukwayo to the world title in 2014 . Read More »
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I very clearly recall a conversation between my parents at the dinner table in the late 60s or very early 70s. My brother and I were in school all day at this point, and while my mother had an expansive vegetable garden to tend, and read novels like, oh gawd, Mandingo (I remember sneaking a page and being mortified of the vivid description of a rather endowed man's anatomy), she also sewed, baked and cooked, but she wanted to get a little part time job at the local pharmacy as a cashier, to have her own money and get out of the house. My father told her in no uncertain terms that if she went to work "it will put us into a different tax bracket" and that was the end of the discussion. (Lord knows she's never expressed her opinions to his face in 54 years of marriage. )
It's notable that my father's favorite TV show of this time was All in the Family, the parody of a ultra-bigoted, racist and sexist man, a man all too literally sitting at my kitchen table each evening. It pains my heart that, as so many of you reading this will attest, the telling line of the theme song "guys like us we had it made" reflecting a nostalgia for a different time when women stayed home (like my mother) is still with us and our collective humanity. And "angry old white guys" are making things difficult and ugly for so many because the world as they would like it to be doesn't exist – exerting excessive control, spouting abhorrent rhetoric, always seems to escalate when this segment of society feels threatened. (My father peeled rubber down the driveway throwing gravel, stormed out of rooms with the toss of his chair, or gave you 'the look' whenever he was challenged or somehow something anyone else knew and expressed was contrary to his closely held view.)
Growing up in a childhood environment such as this, and with all the ills that remain for women to fight against even to this day, how is it that I have not actively and passionately embrace this moniker until recently?
I mean at 12 I was having a conversation about Roe v Wade with my priest and I have struggled against the barriers to equal pay throughout adulthood, the mere idea of human trafficking makes me quiver with anger, and yet it took a social media chat with a man of Latin heritage who can claim serious credibility in "enlightenment" to push me over the edge and realise, I AM A FEMINIST! (if you aren't also you need to watch this video from the brilliant Lacy Green.)
This 'title' doesn't feel authentic to me yet (there are women and men I know that truly fight the good fight every day, utterly committed, and they are damn loud about it) but (for clarity, just now) I called up Merriam-Webster online and according to their site feminism is "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes", who wouldn't want that? (Okay, other than the Republican Party in the United States and the ultra-Orthodox of any and all religions.) Feminism, in case you reading this were unaware, actually traces its roots back to the age of Enlightenment and the hero of said movement Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
My claim to being a feminist came about because the aforementioned man posted an image on his Facebook wall entitled 'Tennis Sweets' (not a reference point to Sugarpova) which featured a nubile young woman in (ridiculously) high heels, the shortest white pleated tennis skirt imaginable, lace panties, no shirt, no bra and a white sweater draped in such a way as to just cover her nipples. This was in such a stark contrast the Universalist mindset of love he had presented that I was compelled to call him out on it, and he responded that he took it down but not for me (okay, fine, whatever).
What's odd is that in his posting the image he did me a huge favour, so I thanked him and expressed: "my reaction told me something I didn't truly realise about myself – eh gads, I am a Feminist!"
And then he wrote: "That's not healthy… Be human first… Your sex is not you…"
If you think about it, this is kind of funny because the image that prompted this personal discovery for me was about sex, a woman's sex, and objectifying her rather than seeing her 'in fullness of being'; and that has ALWAYS been an issue for me, the objectification. (How one woman balanced the 'creepy man syndrome' – do click thru, it's brilliant!)
Equally so, I suppose, is the assumption that he made earlier (and men often make) that unless a woman has a partner, a lover, a man, there is something wrong (with her). Because despite the fact that he freely acknowledged my "great soul" and later in our text conversation wrote "enlightenment will disable all thoughts of need of equality between man and woman.. That's my point… I believe your higher then you believe so…" he had pointedly asked: "How you survive the nights? in terms of sex? or companionship? You have a active lover?"
Sigh. So even when we have reached a higher level of consciousness, our souls having a human experience, it ever comes down to 'who are you spending your nights with'? And if you aren't spending your nights with someone that somehow either makes you a freak, diminishes you in the eyes of humanity or evokes pity. Does anyone express such about monks, nuns and sadhus?
So let me be clear, Madison Kimrey is the kind of chutzpah packing feminist I wish I was and she's not yet 13 years old (I sincerely hope no one is asking her who she is spending her nights with)! I absolutely love that she has taken on uber-conservative Phyllis Schlafly in the common ground of a bra to eloquently express that equality really means having choices. My choice, as a woman and as a feminist, and more accurately as an evolved soul having a human experience, is not to share my bed simply for the sake of doing so. The energy in the sacred sanctuary of our sleep needs to be nurturing, protective, harmonious, inclusive and yes equal – and I am unapologetic about abstinence and exclusion until I find that singular person unquestionably worthy of aligning all of my chakras as I take responsibility for the care of his.
In the meantime there's something to be said for being a feminist, a humanist, a mindful sensualist and for not suffering fools. (Yes, I unfriended the Latin man. )
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Last Saturday night I made this yummy Mango Grilled Chicken Salad from Life Frosting. I've had it in my files for quite a while and when I saw mangos on sale at the store I knew exactly what I wanted to use them for. This delicious salad will NOT disappoint; a definite restaurant-quality recipe for sure. I did tweak the recipe slightly by increasing the chicken (it was for dinner, so I planned on a chicken breast for each of us) and reducing the olive oil to 3/4 cup- I liked it a little thicker and a little stronger. Honestly mangos and chicken- so yummy (speaking of, have you tried Pei Wei's Mango chicken?? My mouth is watering just thinking of it).
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I was standing beside the wood-framed bus stop on Novato Blvd. opposite Denny's at the time. At that time, I was an employee of Novato Park and Rec., and was not a big fan of skateboarders, who frequented the parks to use the public wooden benches as their personal obstacle course. So, without even turning around to look, I said to myself: "Great. Now those skatebastards have figured out a way to skate on top of the wooden support walls at bus stops." I then felt my body sway a bit, and immediately noticed that the nearby light pole/s were swaying 2-3 inches as well, and. . . not a skateboarder in sight-what I heard, which my mind had incorrectly perceived to be a skateboarder, was actually the bus stop frame being "tweaked" by the quake.
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Yesterday, I learned of a story published in the New York Times that I think bears some careful consideration. Since that article has been published, it's garnered various media coverage including posts like this one from Simple Justice (with an included video and very good information regarding factual details of Mr. Heicklen's case). The various articles out there are definitely worth a read but here's my brief summary of what happened:
A retired Pennsylvania State University Professor of Chemistry has been indicted for handing out fliers encouraging jurors to disregard the law and instead decide cases based on conscience. Since 2009, the defendant Mr. Heicklen has stood outside of various courthouses handing these fliers to people walking by in the hopes that some of them might land in the hands of jurors.
This type of action in and of itself is a fairly easy case of protected free speech. The complicating factor for Mr. Heicklen is that his advocacy includes holding a sign with "Jury Info" written on it and answering questions people may have. He noted that sometimes people think he's an official. As a result, the United States Attorney's office has charged him with jury tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1504 (1994). So the question is: what result?
My first inclination was to start to answer that question. I'd pulled up Lexis with the intent to do some research but I've changed my mind. The specific legal criterion is not what I want to focus on. Rather, I want to discuss the theory of jury nullification and why I think it's unsupportable.
Jury Nullification is an approach to justice that essentially suggests that we as citizen-jurors should use our power to negate or nullify laws (and/or legal results) with which we disagree. In Mr. Heicklen's case, this was probably driven by his beliefs regarding the illegality of marijuana, which he protested earlier in life by smoking it in public to make a statement (yes, he was arrested for said marijuana smoking).
The title or position of juror truly is a unique one. In some ways, jurors are imbued with a highly democratic power that perhaps outshines the right to vote in political elections. Rather than chose people to make decisions, the citizen him/herself does…it's empowering. It could almost lead a person to believe they have the power as a juror to make decisions regarding the law itself.
But that's not the case.
The idea of a trial by jury is nothing new; its history was already highly developed by the time Sir William Blackstone wrote his seminal treatise in the 1700s. As he puts it, "In England we find actual mention of them so early as the laws of king Ethelred, and that not as a new invention…" 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries *349. The role of the jury has been fairly constant throughout the many hundred years it has been an institution. Namely, it seeks to make sure to promote fair evaluation of facts in trials. By dividing up who makes the findings of fact (the jury) and who makes findings of law (the judge), we promote what is essentially a system of checks and balances that seeks to ensure no one person can hijack the decision-making process.
Whether or not the jury actually achieves this theoretical division of labor is unclear. The practice of jury nullification would suggest that it does not. When jurors choose to disregard the law this means that they ignore what the judge instructs them and decide based on their own rationale. Accordingly, the legal decision-making process goes from being a joint endeavor to a unitary one. Now, just as the jury is not a new institution, this approach to justice has been around for some time. For example, contemporary legal scholar Nancy King advances the claim that jury nullification was a useful tool for allowing American colonists to "shield against British oppression before the Revolution." Nancy J. King, The American Criminal Jury, 62 Law & Contemp. Probs. 41, 50 (1999).
In criminal trials, the usefulness or advantageousness of jury nullification lies almost exclusively on the side of a defendant. Because of the double-jeopardy clause in the fifth amendment, a defendant cannot be tried for the same crime twice. Thus, if (s)he is acquitted due to jury nullification, the government is barred from prosecuting again. However, if jury nullification leads to a conviction, the defendant always has the option of requesting a new trial or other relief on appeal. I'm less familiar with civil litigation so I can't make any particular claims to how big of a role jury nullification plays in trials for damages.
Yet, regardless of whether the case is civil or criminal, the problem I see with jury nullification remains the same. When we condone jurors going outside the constraints of the laws they're supposed to be bound by, it makes the laws themselves rather pointless…indeed, it makes the law-making process itself rather pointless. It doesn't matter that jurors may only sometimes nullify law or that, when they do, it will be with good cause; regardless of their reason, they break the predictability and denigrate the reliability that the justice system provides. We have a justice system because we have decided as a nation that this is the best method for adjudicating disputes and righting wrongs. We have laws because we elect officials to represent and promote our interests. If we have disagreements with what our representatives do on our behalf, the proper course of action is not to put a rip in the garment of justice that those representatives sewed for us. No, the proper course of action is to get a new fabric maker. After all, what makes law successful is precisely that it is uniform and covers all of us. Putting a rip in that fabric does nothing but obfuscate the purpose of a justice system by which we are all bound.
Jury nullification may not seem that bad. Sometimes, when good people are in the defendant's chair, it might even seem like the right thing to do. Yet it is a threat to the fairness of the legal system. The task of the juror is to evaluate evidence, weigh it, and determine if it satisfies a legal standard. It is not to play judge or lawmaker. Doing as such is beyond what's asked of the juror and it's wrong. When laws appear inappropriate, when upstanding people are facing criminal or civil liability, when seemingly-malicious cases are brought…well, these might also be wrongs. We might feel like these wrongs need to be made right. But, remember what your mother told you all because it's especially true here: two wrongs don't make a right.
-Zachary Cloud
Posted in Big Picture, Jury Research, Other Interests
Last week, the respondents in Turner v. Rogers, Docket No. 10-10 filed their merit brief. I've now had a chance to get the doc, read it, and share my analysis / comments. Remember a general rule in advocacy: if the law is on your side, argue the law. If the facts are on your side, argue the facts. Respondents' brief is a prime example of this. As I'll discuss in detail infra, the brief uses the messy facts to great advantage. Mr. Turner is painted into quite the villain here. That said, let's get to business.
The respondents' brief lists two respondents: Rebecca Rogers and Larry E. Price, Sr. These persons are represented by:
(1) Stephanos Bibas (the counsel of record), and a team of others working in the University of Pennsylvania Law School Supreme Court Clinic.
(2) Stephen B. Kinnaird of Paul Hastings' D.C. office. For those unfamiliar with the firm, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, and Walker, LLP is a major 'Big Law' firm that has numerous US offices and a strong international presence as well.
One last item: appendices are attached to the brief. Over 60 pages worth of material from the record is available at the end of the brief for those interested in more details.
The respondents' team comes out swinging, stating:
"A child's indigent mother repeatedly appeared pro se in a series of civil-contempt actions to enforce a child-support decree against the child's father. At his sixth hearing, the father admitted fault and was confined for civil contempt. His appellate lawyer sought no stay, and he completed serving his twelve-month term of confinement. …"
They then go on to ask the two questions presented, although rewording the second question as follows: "In a mother's pro se action to enforce a child support order, does the father have a categorical Sixth or Fourteenth Amendment right to appointed counsel before he can be confined for a limited time for civil contempt?"
For those unfamiliar with the term of art pro se, this indicates that the mother represented herself. Any person has a right to represent his or herself if desired, although it's rarely a wise choice. In civil cases where a poor person wants to instigate proceedings, it may be the only choice however. The protections of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963) and its progeny have never been extended beyond a defense context. In other words, when a person is accused of something or otherwise threatened by government action that seeks to limit his physical liberty, the due process concerns are great enough that they warrant a constitutionally mandated right to appointed counsel. However, the law has yet to suggest that a person who wants to bring a suit (a plaintiff) would be denied due process if he or she couldn't afford an attorney…and at any rate this is usually a moot consideration since many lawyers will work for plaintiffs on contingency fees (e.g. you don't pay unless we win, and if we win, I'll get attorneys fees). The respondents make it clear from the get-go that no such arrangement was made in Mrs. Rogers' situation. Creating sympathy from the start…arguing the facts.
When I discussed the petitioner's brief, I made note of the fact that the parties section is completely unremarkable…usually. As with his brief, there is something to take note of when looking at what the respondent has to say.
We have an explanation of how Larry Price, Sr. factors into the case. The respondents write that:
"[b]ecause of her poverty, Mrs. Rogers had to relinquish physical custody of B.L.P. to her parents, Judy and Larry E. Price, Sr. Accordingly, in May 2009, the Oconee County Family Court redirected future child support payments from Mrs. Rogers to Mrs. Price. When Mrs. Price passed away in June 2010, Mr. Price retained sole physical custody of his granddaughter B.L.P., and the family court redirected future child support payments to him. Thus, Mr. Price is a second named respondent. This Court granted his motion to intervene when it granted certiorari. …"
The brief also explains in more detail what exactly is going on with the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS). Are they a party? Are they not? According to the respondents, the DSS is not involved. While the respondents attempted to add them, DSS refused to intervene stating that it was not a party to the early suit in the South Carolina Supreme Court. I'm a little surprised they wouldn't want a piece of the action given what a direct interest this ruling will have on child support hearings…but c'est la vie. For one reason or another, they're staying out of this.
I think it's also worth discussing the respondents' statement of the facts and law here because it gives us a clear picture of how they justify their position. The section begins by trying to arouse sympathy. Mrs. Rogers, a poor person herself, acted on her own numerous times over eight years to make an unsupportive father care for his child. They say, "millions of noncustodial parents (usually fathers) willfully avoid paying [child support], often by working off the books." (emphasis added).
While that's more or less true, the next point they suggest most certainly isn't: "Child-support civil contempt proceedings…are straightforward and informal, so lawyers are unnecessary." This argument doesn't get us very far. I may find a traffic violation proceeding to be straightforward (show up, plead guilty, pay the fine, go home.) but that doesn't mean I shouldn't have a right to representation if I might facing jail time or the like (e.g. in a DUI case).
As if that argument weren't silly enough, the next one adds insult to injury. The argument is advanced that allowing indigent defendants to have appointed lawyers would give an unfair advantage to them and ''unlevel' [my made up term] the currently even playing field that pro se mothers have. …
First of all, when discussing the reason why lawyers aren't necessary, one of the points suggested is that, "When lawyers are involved, they do little that requires legal expertise." If that's true then how would it make the playing field any less even? These two arguments (a. that lawyers are unnecessary due to the simplicity of the proceeding and b. that allowing lawyers to defendants would be unfair) cannot be reconciled so I will have to assume they are proposed as alternative arguments.
That being so assumed, the second argument is still very flawed. It presumes that a plaintiff has some right akin to the due process rights of a defendant. The reason we provide counsel to indigent criminal defendants is not focused on a "level playing field" for that necessarily requires a relative reflection on the quality of both parties' legal representation. Indeed, defendants in civil cases have not generally been given a right to counsel…this hardly smacks of a level playing field. No, on the contrary, we provide indigent criminal defendants right to appointed counsel regardless of the other side's representation. We do it not to craft an ideally-balanced adversarial environment but rather to make sure the individual right to due process is not abused or done away with entirely.
I could go on in much more depth about this point but we haven't even gotten to the actual arguments yet…so I'll restrain myself.
Also interesting in this section of the brief is the respondents' explanation of the background facts. I recently posted a version of the background taken from the South Carolina Supreme Court opinion and Mr. Turner's merits brief. Here, we get a different viewpoint (not surprisingly) of what happened that led up to this case. Mr. Turner was 19, Mrs. Roger 17, when B.L.P. (the child) was born. After Mrs. Rogers sought child support through DSS, Mr. Turner went through a series of different jobs including automotive, construction, and painting work. Nevertheless, Mr. Turner regularly fell behind on his payments and this led Mrs. Rogers to ask the family court (at a hearing on Sept. 14, 2005) to place him in confinement. The judge refused on the grounds that he'd need to know what Mr. Turner's excuse was before he could determine proper sentencing (talk about innocent before guilty). Of course, as both sides note, Mr. Turner was placed in jail not long after that when he was haled into court on a bench warrant.
One other interesting detail of history: respondent says that Mr. Turner—more than just being a drug addict—sold drugs in 2009 and 2010. One incident mentioned was a buy and bust involving Xanax in 2009; this past November (not long after the Court granted cert. to hear this case), Mr. Turner pleaded guilty to three outstanding drug-related offenses. As it presently stands, he is serving suspended sentences for those drug counts, a year of probation for the Xanax offense, and a six-month suspended sentence for another offense relating to drug possession.
Respondents naturally suggest that someone dealing drugs and able to post surety bonds relating to these offenses (he did indeed post a $10,000 bond) obviously could have been paying his child support but was simply evading the matter. The facts are what they are, this may be true or it might be an unfair representation. Either way, I don't think it bears much if any relevance on the legal issues of this case. Both the nicest and meanest people have constitutional rights, and they have those rights not because of their character but their citizenship as Americans.
So enough with the facts and how they're being construed; let's get into the argument. The brief lays out four specific positions, which I'll list below and address in turn:
A. Jurisdiction
The respondents attempt to argue that the case should be considered moot because the petitioner did not seek a stay pending appeal. This matters since the year-long prison sentence in question has been completed. The brief points out that the petitioner does not specify what relief is sought anywhere in his brief. Further, the petitioner's argument that his claim falls under the "capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review" exception is squarely attacked because petitioner is not the only person who could bring this type of claim. Also criticized is the argument that petitioner is likely to be in this situation again if the Court does not address the matter. Further, it is suggested that since this is not an exceptional case but rather one seeking an advisory opinion, the exception should not apply. Even still, respondents do nothing to try negating the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 1257(a), which the petitioner relies upon in arguing that jurisdiction is proper.
B. Limitations on the Right to Counsel
It's no surprise that the respondents want to keep the criminal/civil distinction intact.– they have to if they want to have any legal ground to stand on. But they mistake the point in suggesting that "Potential Loss of Liberty Does Not Turn a Civil Case Into a Criminal Case," as argued in their point heading. The issue is not whether right to counsel should apply to criminal or civil cases– it's whether the right should apply to people facing incarceration. Respondents rely on dicta from a military case, Middendorf v. Henry, 425 U.S. 25 (1976), to suggest that civilians are similarly without a categorical right to counsel when facing a loss of physical liberty. Moreover, the respondent again mistakes the point. Middendorf was talking more about defining criminal versus civil, not about when due process is threatened. Respondents drive home this argument about the criminal / civil distinction under the theory that the reason we protect criminal indigents is because they'd be up against professionals without attorneys of their own. So the theory goes, since most civil contempt proceedings are "straightforward" and instigated pro se, the indigent is not at a distinct disadvantage.
This argument is weak. As I touched on supra, this level playing field argument must lose because due process is not about how competent your opponent is…the right to counsel is categorical because of your lack of knowledge of the system irrespective of the other side's skill level.
The respondents also make arguments about civil contempt as opposed to criminal contempt. For the most part, these arguments are what you would expect and I will direct those who have more interest in this aspect to read pages 35-40 of the brief itself.
Along with the arguments on criminal / civil distinctions above, the respondents argue that finding for the petitioner would "flood courts with litigation seeking to extend other criminal prosecutions to civil cases." For the reasons I've suggested in my post, Turner v. Price: Thoughts on Civil Contempt, I still disagree.
C. Per Se Right to Appointed Counsel
Now we get to the arguments of what satisfies due process. It bears noting here that the argument respondents take up is that a right to counsel is not categorical here. In other words, they argue that the mere possibility of imprisonment does not automatically suggest due process is threatened if counsel is not appointed for indigent defendants. In so arguing, they attack the petitioner's explanation of Lassiter v. Department of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18 (1981), suggesting that the case cannot be relied upon since it was not addressing an imprisonment situation. True enough, Lassiter was about a mother facing loss of custody of her child. Even still, the Court did say quite clearly there that the one thing guaranteeing a right to counsel was imprisonment.
Of course, the brief advances a strongly deferential approach to evaluating the constitutional claims of the petitioner. To very quickly summarize the point made at length: family law is a state issue best left to the state. The Court shouldn't intervene unless there is some incredibly egregious injustice occurring.
Then comes my hot-button issue. The brief calls for highlighting the pro se aspect of civil contempt proceedings. It argues at some length that this case should be decided within the context of parents proceeding as plaintiffs pro se. Specifically, two arguments are made: (1) proceedings in these types of matters are simple enough that defendants don't need lawyers, and (2) plaintiffs (and their children) will be disserved by appointing counsel to defendants in these proceedings.
I have a real problem with these notions. It is suggested that indigent defendants have no great need for representation because lawyers would contribute little in such proceedings and because defendants would have to prove essentially the same facts (lack of sufficient income) in order to get a court-appointed lawyer as they would to avoid civil contempt.
So what?
It does not follow to say that, because defendants don't necessarily face insurmountable odds, they shouldn't have a right to counsel. The test has never been whether or not defendants are have the skills to try a case themselves but rather, whether or not they are poor. The presumption is that all laypersons, regardless of income, lack sufficient legal skills to ensure they receive a fair trial. With that as a fundamental assumption set down in Gideon, the question then turns on whether or not a person has access to legal representation and what happens if they do not. It would be one thing if Mr. Turner was wealthy or if he was facing court fines yet this is not the reality. The reality is that Mr. Turner faced incarceration (and indeed was incarcerated) and that he could not afford an attorney. Here, I will admit that if the respondents' assertions about Mr. Turner's own ability to pay are correct, the right to an attorney obviously does not exist. However, this case takes up the question of indigent rights. If we operate on the assumption that Mr. Turner was unable to pay for an attorney, we necessarily must admit that he is of precisely the vulnerable population Gideon seeks to protect. It should make no difference what court he is in, how stringent the rules of procedure are, or how sophisticated the substantive claims are. What should matter is that he was threatened with jail time.
It is equally unsatisfying to dwell on the plaintiff's rights. I have a great amount of sympathy and compassion for mothers…especially for those like Mrs. Rogers who are living below the poverty line. But for all my sympathy, the law is nevertheless clear on this point: there is not a duty to make sure indigent plaintiffs have representation. Though this may seem cold, the policy behind it is sensible. We must draw a line somewhere with respect to when tax-payer money will support a person's legal representation. Both the respondent and I are in agreement that this line does (regardless of whether or not it should) fall short of purely civil matters. Both the respondents and I agree that an indigent defendant facing a personal injury suit does not have a constitutionally mandated right to appointed counsel…and that's the party at risk. When a plaintiff brings an action it generally occurs after a wrong has happened (with the caveat of preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders readily acknowledged). My point here is that when we draw a line, we look to preventing or minimizing the risk of unjust harm befalling a person. This is the logic that underlies the "innocent until proven guilty" mantra. By the time of trial, the party at risk is no longer a plaintiff, who already alleges some harm, but rather a defendant. If the plaintiff loses, the status quo is preserved. If the defendant loses, he or she may face serious consequences that disrupt the status quo. That is why we have determined that appointed counsel is crucial to indigent defendants facing serious charges; there's physical freedom at stake. One can argue, as I'm sure someone already has in a law review article, that plaintiffs who are indigent deserve more rights than they currently have. That might be true…but it is harder to justify providing a plaintiff representation than it is a defendant. If we must draw a line somewhere, as respondents argue we must, then we certainly cannot abide the notion that we must be concerned with the disadvantage brought to a plaintiff.
I am sympathetic to the arguments that the respondents close on in this section, noting that imposing requirements for representation would strain already-scare public resources. I recognize all too well the difficulties facing public defenders across this country. I also share sympathy for the mothers who desperately need child support. It doesn't change my view however to say that these reasons are good enough to refuse a right to counsel. All but a handful of states have this policy in place; the handful that don't are not experiencing any more effective payment of child support funds to mothers nor are they experiencing lighter loads on public defender offices. It is a mistake to argue under the logos of fear; it gets us nowhere. Similar arguments were advanced when Gideon came down in 1963 yet I doubt anyone would be willing to say it was the wrong decision because of all the work it created for public defenders. Sure poverty is a strain but it's a strain regardless. The least we can do is work to ameliorate the inequalities of legal representation that are pervasive for the financially disadvantaged. I cannot agree that we should not hold for Mr. Turner merely because it will create a burden on the State or the system.
D. Rejection of Case-Specific and Additional Procedures Tests
I won't discuss this section in too much detail. The basic are these: the respondents urge the Court not to adopt two tests or legal theories as a way of determining when court-appointed counsel is necessary. The respondents do not address these in depth but rather argue that the Court's task at hand is to only examine the absolute, constitutional right of a defendant. As such, the respondents argue that the tests mentioned do not have a place in the Court's analysis or ruling. This is in response to amicus curiae briefs that I've not yet had a chance to read. Thus, I'll leave the matter for later consideration.
All in all, the brief is quite well-written. It's evident that the counsel for the respondents are experienced. It's also obvious that the brief is strongly fact and policy laden. It makes an emotional appeal to us. It asks us to think about the poor mothers, desperate for child support, who are battling the reprehensible deadbeat dads trying to avoid helping their own children. Further, it makes strong arguments about the burdens a ruling for the petitioner would create. Nevertheless, I think the arguments on the law are rather weak for the most part. As I said earlier and had predicted, this brief is about arguing the facts.
The strongest arguments are probably the ones relating to jurisdiction, actually. I think the respondents did a very convincing job of arguing that the Supreme Court has no place to hear this case. However, I don't see this argument gaining much traction because a nearly identical argument was attempted in Kentucky v. King. There, the respondent argued that, since her client had already been freed from jail by the Kentucky Supreme Court, the case was moot. When she tried that argument in court, Chief Justice Roberts got fairly upset about it. Specifically, he noted that since the Court had obviously chosen to take the case and hear arguments, she'd be better off arguing the substantive issues rather than the procedural ones. I suspect a similar attitude will be taken here.
It will be very interesting to see what gets discussed and questioned in oral arguments. I'm hoping to do a post in the near future on how I expect the justices to fall. I'm also hoping to get some time to read the amicus briefs but that's less likely. At any rate, if anything else happens between now and March 23 with Turner v. Rogers, I'll be sure to post about it.
-Zachary Cloud
Posted in Big Picture, Criminal Law, Indigent Defense
A brief update here [yes, pun intended]. I know some of those following Turner v. Rogers have been waiting to see what respondent Rebecca Rogers' brief has to say about the case. I am too.
Sadly, I don't have access to a copy of the brief yet. Although the Supreme Court's electronic database indicates it was submitted this past Tuesday (Feb 8), I have not yet been able to get ahold of it. It can take a few days from the time these docs get submitted to when they're up online…but don't worry. When I get access, my analysis/commentary will quickly follow!
-Zachary Cloud
Posted in Administrative, Big Picture, Criminal Law, Indigent Defense
"I paid a little bit here and there. And, when I finally did get to working, I broke my back, back in September. I filed for disability and SSI. And, I didn't get straightened out off the dope until I broke my back and laid up for two months. And, now I'm off the dope and everything. I just hope that you give me a chance. I don't know what else to day. I mean, I know I done wrong, and I should have been paying and helping her, and I'm sorry. . . ."
That's what Michael Turner tried to explain to the South Carolina Family Court in Oconee county on January 3, 2008. It was surely a heartfelt plea but it mattered not; he was sent to the Oconee County jail for being $5,728.76 in arrears for the child support owed to the State of South Carolina on behalf of Rebecca Rogers. In fact, this was not the first time he was placed in jail. On three other occasions from 2003 to 2008 the state had successfully brought "rule to show cause" proceedings against Mr. Turner. In each instance, the proceedings resulted in Mr. Turner's incarceration and, in the last instance, liens being placed on the Social Security disability benefits Mr. Turner was to receive.
The facts are all-too-familiar. In 1996, Ms. Rogers gave birth to B.L.P. Seven years later, she sought child support for B.L.P. and, with assistance from the State, determined that the father was Mr. Turner. In June of 2003, the Oconee Family court ordered a determination of financial responsibility and ruled Mr. Turner had an obligation to B.L.P. When this order was entered, Mr. Turner was held responsible for payments of $51.73 each week retroactive to the date that proceedings were instigated, meaning he was automatically in arrears.
Thus the start of a cycle. Mr. Turner struggled to find employment and battled drug addiction. When he would be unable to pay his weekly requirements, the clerk of courts would automatically order a rule to show cause hearing pursuant to the South Carolina's procedural requirements. Mr. Turner would go to jail where he would be unable to pay or even look for work. When he got out, it wouldn't be long before he was once again haled into court. At the Jan 2008 hearing, Mr. Turner tried to explain his situation but without counsel, he was unable to demonstrate his indigent status and inability to pay. With the aid of counsel, he could have avoided jail– yet the South Carolina law on point was silent as to an indigent's right to appointed counsel in civil contempt proceedings.
After this 2008 ruling, counsel acting pro bono decided to help Mr. Turner by appealing this ruling on the grounds that he was entitled to appointed representation. The challenge was filed in the South Carolina Court of Appeals but not taken particularly seriously by the Department of Social Services— they didn't even respond. However, the South Carolina Supreme Court acted on its own initiative and certified the appeal to itself before the appeals court could take any action.
Just a little less than a year ago, the South Carolina Supreme Court came down with a ruling, finding that Mr. Turner's case didn't warrant court-appointed counsel because his incarceration was not "unconditional" but rather could be relieved upon his payment. Price v. Turner, 691 S.E.2d 470, 472 (S.C. 2010). In their ruling, the South Carolina Supreme Court made an acknowledgment: they were taking a minority view. Id. Most states would mandate legal representation for Mr. Turner.
This March, the United States Supreme Court will take up that logic in Turner v. Rogers, 10-10. The case will generate a lot of contemplation on the legal requirements set down by Gideon and its progeny, people will make predictions on how the Justices will rule, legal scholars will opine on the substance of the arguments, and it will become easy to forget that behind these abstract legal questions about 6th amendment rights there is a man– a humble, indigent, father who's had his share of struggles in life.
It will be easy to forget that, but let's try not to. Let's try to remember that the foundations of this case rest on a poor man, his 15 year-old child, and a mother struggling to pay the bills. Let's try to remember that this case is ultimately an unfortunate testament to the difficult realities facing parents and their children living below the poverty line.
-Zachary Cloud
Posted in Big Picture, Criminal Law, Indigent Defense