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Category: Due process

Due process/Trial by jury

Blame the prosecutors

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This is more evidence of the disconnect so many people have in how criminal trials work. If the defense does nothing in the trial and the person is still acquit...

Due process

There’s no injustice here

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Here’s the article headline: “Kansas City man, acquitted of murder, remains in jail weeks later“. And in reading the article, I found the head...

Due process/Fifth Amendment

On Bill Cosby

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

As I write this, the hot ticket news headline is Bill Cosby’s indictment being vacated by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. And a lot of people are naturall...

Due process

Presume Andrew Cuomo is innocent

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York has a bit of a problem on his hands. Multiple “credible” allegations of sexual harassment or assault have bee...

Due process/Ethics/Marriage and Relationships

Prove you’re not cheating

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This was from Reddit’s AmITheAsshole forum: Me (34m) and partner (33f) went on a holiday to Bali with two of her friends and their husbands. On the second...

Double jeopardy/Due process

Mississippi man facing 7th trial on same charges

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is quite simple in its language: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not ...

Due process

Presume Michael Avenatti innocent

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Since I get a lot of flak from those I know about not bashing the right “enough”, I’m going to take this opportunity to do just that. One of t...

Due process/Feminism/Supreme Court

Understand Kavanaugh’s response to the allegations

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Now that the nomination is through the Senate Judiciary Committee, let’s look back a moment at the allegations themselves and how they were being made. Fo...

Due process

Presume Brett Kavanaugh is innocent

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Two things are definitely true about the accusation against Brett Kavanaugh: It is impossible to know if the allegation is true, and Democrats don’t care,...

Due process/Fourth Amendment/Law Enforcement/Police

Why police may not act on tips

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

After the recent tragedy in Florida, one question I’ve seen raised numerous times can be boiled down to this: why did the FBI and local police not act on ...

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