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Back in 2005 I decided to retire after a 29 year and 10 month career as an assistant state attorney. I now have a job as a legal skills professor at the University of Florida overseeing the prosecution clinic. I have had three books published-- "Prosecution Principles: A Clinical Handbook," "The Last Murder: The Investigation, Prosecution, and Execution of Ted Bundy," and "Cross Examination Han… Read moreBack in 2005 I decided to retire after a 29 year and 10 month career as an assistant state attorney. I now have a job as a legal skills professor at the University of Florida overseeing the prosecution clinic.
I have had three books published-- "Prosecution Principles: A Clinical Handbook," "The Last Murder: The Investigation, Prosecution, and Execution of Ted Bundy," and "Cross Examination Handbook: Persuasion, Strategies, and Techniques." I hope to have at least one more published in the not too distant future.
At least for the duration of my literary efforts, I have retired from writing reviews.
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At the beginning of this slim book Evans makes claims that cause him to sound just a trifle arrogant. Read his book two minutes a day and think about the principles set forth in the book for another eight minutes a day, and you will become an exceptionally good trial advocate. I had to smile as I read his claims. Then I read his book. It might not be quite as helpful as Evans says, but it is a very good book. I wish I had been able to read it at the beginning of my career as a trial advocate rather than at the end. Evans dogmatically sets forth four dimensions of advocacy and follows them up with around thirty "golden rules" of advocacy, each being a pithy saying on the art of… Read more
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When this book was originally written, it bore the title "The Golden Rules of Advocacy," and the previous edition is still available under that name from Amazon.co.uk. I discovered "Golden Rules" on a trip to England, where I found it on sale at the information desk of the Royal Courts of Justice in London. As a recently retired trial advocate of 32 years experience, I was interested in the English perspective on trial advocacy. I bought the book and read it straight through on the flight home from England and was greatly impressed by Evans' knowledge of the essentials of trial advocacy. When I discovered "Golden Rules" on Amazon.com, I wrote a glowing review. Then I found… Read more
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The fifties had to be the Golden Age of science fiction. It was the heyday of three of the greatest science fiction writers of all time (Asimov, Clark, & Heinlein, aka the Big Three), and there were many others writing who were almost as good. A goodly number of them are represented in this collection. Only Arthur Clark is missing. The stories, with their writers, and my ratings: ***"Destination Moon" by Robert Heinlein. This story was cutting edge for its day, but it has not aged very well. The science is good, but the characters and motivations are somewhat far fetched. ***"Pebble in the Sky" by Isaac Asimov. Another story based on a very interesting premise, but alas, the… Read more
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