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On high-profile cases

• How to lie and get away with it (Jan. 7)
• When the truth hurts, lawyers try closed proceedings (Jan. 8)
• Inside the Jackson courtroom (Jan. 16)
• To Kobe & Michael: Playing the race card would be a mistake (Jan. 23)
• We need to get over O.J. (Feb. 11)
• Why are witnessess often smeared? (April 2)
• How to prevent another Tyco trial disaster (April 5)
• Judge should unseal Tyco records (April 6)
• Making the Enron mess worse (April 7)
• Why dumping a lawyer is like ending a relationship (April 26)
• Calling accuser a "victim" is within prosecutor's rights (April 28)
• Michael Jackson behaves this time around (April 30)
• When money talks, celeb defendants walk (June 8)
• The O.J. verdict, ten years later (June 14)
• Why Frey's testimony is important (August 9)
• The uncomfortable testimony of Amber Frey (August 10)

On the 9/11 hearings and report

• The 9/11 hearings and politics (March 23)
• Why Bill Frist has taken the politicizing of 9/11 to new heights (March 30)
• Trusting the 9/11 commission (April 8)
• The release of the Aug. 6 PDB doesn't mean we can blame Bush (April 12)
• Defending the commission before its report is even out (April 14)
• The President and Vice President should have testified separately (April 29)
• Parsing words confuse 9/11 report statements (June 22)
• 9/11 report out: Focus on the future, not past (July 22)

On the legal system

• Being more frugal with the death penalty (Jan. 14)
• Are you willing to watch a televised execution? (Feb. 25)
• California Supreme Court sends right message to sleazy lawyers (April 21)
• The "Ashcroft defense" (April 20)
• 'No' to a Constitutional ban on gay marriage (July 13)

On the war in Iraq

• Trying Saddam in Iraq (Dec. 16)
• Where are the WMDs? (Jan. 9)
• Why did we go to war? (Jan. 26)
• Crucial questions on Iraq remain unanswered (Feb. 5)
• Reflections on the war in Iraq one year later (March 19)
• People are ignoring the cold, hard facts on war (April 22)
• The Arab media isn't doing journamlism (April 27)
• Myers' media plea not suppression of speech (May 7)

On terror

• What hurricanes can teach us about terrorism (Sept. 19)
• Government proposal on airline screening seems fair (Jan. 12)
• Europe and America need to work together against terror (March 11)
• Did the Spanish voters reward terror? (March 15)
• Forget about appeasing terrorist groups (March 17)
• Are Palestinian terrorists using children? (March 16)
• Turning a blind eye to child suicide bombers (March 24)
• How my “Closing Arguments” got Amnesty International to take a stand (March 25)
• We should be thankful for thwarted terrorist attacks (April 19)
• Madonna lets terrorists win (May 15)

The Martha Stewart trial

• Closed jury selection at the Martha Stewart trial (Jan. 22)
• Martha Stewart trial: Not the celebrity circus (Jan. 29)
• Why Martha Stewart shouldn't testify (Feb. 19)
• Martha Stewart: When prosecutors overcharge (Feb. 27)
• Martha's celebrity friends visit the courtroom (March 3)
• Was justice done in the Martha Stewart case? (March 6)
• On Martha Stewart's sentence
• Martha Stewart doesn’t want your pity (July 16)

On news of the day

• Pleading lenience for a criminal (Oct. 20)
• The covert appointment of Judge Pickering (Jan. 18)
• Banning lap dances around U.S. military bases (Feb. 4)
• Terry Schiavo-related proposed bill (Feb. 6)
• Protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits (Feb. 16)
• Calling for patience on the gay marriage issue (Feb. 24)
• Lawsuits against fast food companies are ridiculous (March 7)
• A New York Supreme Court judge, on trial for drunk driving  (March 31)
• Why you gotta love Arnold (April 9)
• Not-guilty verdict for judge shouldn't mean case over (April 13)

  10 Commandments judge should pay up (April 16)
• Political discrimination by insurance companies (May 5)
• Cracking down on bogus degrees in U.S. government (May 12)

Our favorite 'Closing Arguments'

• Stupid warning labels (Jan. 13)
• An ode to Dr. Seuss (March 2)
• A bizarre bill to make sure new underwear is just that—new (May 27, 2004)
• You are the jury in this election (August 2)

Dan defines...

• Innocence is not presumed (June 30, 2004)
• Jury of one's peers
• What pleading 'not guilty' really means (Jan 21)
• So what exactly is an indictment? (April 22)

Tributes

• Remembering firefighters (Dec. 18, 2003)
• A tribute to Jerry Nachman (Jan. 19)
• An ode to Dr. Seuss (March 2)
• Pat Tillman was more than a hero (April 25)

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