Wrongful Death of Unborn Babies Killed by Ariel Castro
Unlawful Killing of a Fetus Ohio prosecutors sought death penalty charges against convicted kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro for the miscarriages he inflicted on the women he held prisoner for ten years. The women testified that Castro starved them and beat them in the stomach in order to terminate their pregnancies making him the first […]
Wrongful Death of Bride and Her Friends Killed in Limousine Fire
Tragic California Wrongful Death Case In the California Bay Area, five women, including a bride, were killed while on their way to a bridal shower when their limousine – a 1999 Lincoln Town Car – suddenly caught fire on a San Francisco bridge. Four other passengers escaped with injuries including burns and smoke inhalation and […]
There Was Something About Mary
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com For the first 89 years of this country’s existence, no woman was ever executed for any crime. Then along came Mary Surratt. How It All Began Mary Surratt and Thomas Jones never knew one another, but they both knew the actor John Wilkes Booth. In […]
No Cold Case for This Murder
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com ‘Professor Kirkpatrick’ His friends called him Kirk but I always called him Professor Kirkpatrick. He sat white-haired, dignified in his wheelchair, patient to his admiring students, popular, even kind. So I felt grateful to take three of his classes, plus a seminar, plus an independent study. […]
Right to Privacy
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com The Fate of Roe v. Wade The Los Angeles Times reminded us this week that the fate of Roe v. Wade likely depends on this presidential election. The next president, they say, will appoint the swing votes on the Supreme Court for or against the […]
When David Killed Goliath
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com David Steals Goliath’s Music – A New York Times editorial weighs online music piracy. David Versus Goliath – Business Week describes podcast wars. Newsweek says Arabs on the street see America as Goliath. An ad agency just calls itself “David and Goliath,” because everyone […]
The Sport of Headhunting
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com To Litigate or Not to Litigate Litigation is a nasty business, an expensive process which usually leaves the underdog deep under. But it is the system we have for ordinarily civilized people to resolve conflict, so as to come to a settlement no one is […]
Underdog Justice™
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com Petra Hernandez, the bread-winning mother of four, was on her way to work along Route 144. Ten minutes later, state troopers sifted the remains of Petra’s head-on meet with a dozing truck driver. One minute Nga Li was minding her own business, turning left on Alvarado, […]
One Against a Billion
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com A Mind-Numbingly Tragic End Start with the young beauty, out there in every sense, with the rich older man. Add the scandalous theft of oil billions by bribery and forgery. Mix in sensational front-page death with uninformed legal opinions. Finish with a baby girl whose […]
