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In this age of high technology, text messages, cell phone records, cell phone photos, tweets and Facebook and MySpace information are a part of our everyday lives that document our friends, likes, dislikes and whereabouts for the world to see. What has become America’s fascination is increasingly creeping into the courtrooms across the country as criminal evidence. Whether it is…Read More

Of course no one should drink enough to be over the legal limit and drive a vehicle. It goes without saying. But it happens – and if you are charged with Operating While Intoxicated, or OWI, commonly misunderstood as Drunk Driving, then you must know your rights. Just because you made one mistake, and got behind the wheel after the…Read More

This blog contains excerpts from Scott Weinberg’s CBS Radio interview with Public Radio co-host Celeste Headlee, on “The Takeaway.” You can take the girl out of Detroit, but you can’t take Detroit out of the girl. I know you weren’t born here, but you have spent a fair amount of time in Detroit and throughout the Midwest as an NPR…Read More

Of course no one should drink enough to be over the legal limit and drive a vehicle. It goes without saying. But it happens and if you are charged with Operating While Intoxicated, or OWI, commonly misunderstood as Drunk Driving, then you must know your rights. Your first mistake was getting behind the wheel after that office party and driving…Read More

This blog contains excerpts from Scott Weinberg’s CBS Radio interview with ACLU attorney Dan Korobkin. Medical marijuana – is it a sham? A liability? A reprieve? Or is this new legal leniency a joke? As a criminal defense attorney, I’ve represented many people charged with possession of marijuana. Now, they are trying to plead legal under the medical marijuana law.…Read More

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick steps up to the plate…Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy eyes the batter at the defense table, it’s a fast ball, STRIKE ONE… Kwame lies under oath and flaunts a judge’s authority, ignoring his obligation to the court and the City of Detroit with a lack of humility and arrogance. The wind-up again, this time a…Read More

We don’t expect police officers to kill children. And they shouldn’t. Which is why the story of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, shot while sleeping on her couch by a blind bullet from a Detroit police officer irresponsibly shooting through the door, is horrifying, unacceptable and just another example of why it is so important to fight for the rights of everyday…Read More