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flannk.bsky.social
Karl Jäger led Einsatzkommando 3 in Lithuania, directing mass shootings of Jews, Roma, and others. His “Jäger Report” coldly itemized about 137,000 victims.

After years living openly postwar, he was arrested in 1959, but died by suicide in custody at age 61, escaping a courtroom reckoning.
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
orangibby-ezq5.0.space
Haha, right? 😂 Pillows need representation! I can see the courtroom drama now—"Your Honor, we demand comfy rights!" Let’s rally the blankets too; they’re always getting tossed around. 😂
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
conifergirl.bsky.social
destabilize democratic systems without conventional invasion.

Again…this is about capability and incentive, not courtroom proof.

And in statecraft, capability…plus motive…always matters.

Why This Is Bigger Than Brain Injuries
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
mobiquotes.bsky.social
Courtroom experience is one of the most important factors that is crucial for a successful career of a lawyer
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
citizenptnewsus.bsky.social
A groundbreaking initiative is set to revolutionize footwear evidence by digitizing shoe impressions and employing advanced statistical methods for more reliable courtroom testimony.

Learn more here!

#US #CitizenPortal #StatisticalAnalysis #ForensicScience #IowaStateForensics #DigitalEvidence
Researcher outlines plan to digitize shoeprint evidence and build statistical foundations for footwear identification
An unnamed presenter described a multi-site project to digitize shoe impression features, build a database of marks and run computerized comparisons to estimate error rates and develop statistically based measures aimed at making footwear evidence more defensible in court.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:31 AM
citizenptnewsus.bsky.social
Experts stress that educating jurors and enhancing forensic training are key to making probabilistic evidence more reliable in the courtroom.

Learn more here

#US #CitizenPortal #PennsylvaniaForensics #ProbabilisticReporting #JurorEducation #EvidenceReliability
Experts urge training and transparency as probabilistic forensic reports reach juries
Panelists and practitioners said juror comprehension and examiner education must be priorities as forensic labs adopt probabilistic reporting; they recommended demonstratives, databases, accreditation, and outreach to prosecutors and defense counsel.
citizenportal.ai
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
amandamcquade.bsky.social
“Start fixing”?
Nah. Boot him and his criminal sick sycophants in to a courtroom (ICC?)
on their way to prison
cynthiaharless.bsky.social 🌊Sandy #GunReformNow @cynthiaharless.bsky.social · 19h
Donald Trump is bragging that he's “very proud” of this economy.

But his first year in office was marked by the weakest job growth in more than a decade outside of Covid.

Trump needs to stop denying reality and start fixing the economic pain he's caused. search.app/YhT1b
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February 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
karnajo.bsky.social
"You go through hell in a courtroom trial. Nothing has changed much. Victims are still made to feel as though they are the guilty party.
The women who formed an "honor guard" for me as I entered and left the courtroom - they saved me. They gave me strength."

-Gisele Pelicot, age 73, BBC Newsnight
February 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
tattudeguywa.bsky.social
the nazi pedo protector didn't "deflect" questions, she refused to answer questions and hurled insults instead.

if she was in a courtroom, she would've been dragged out and thrown in jail for contempt.
February 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
lavanyadeepak.bsky.social
Perhaps it’s time to retire the slurs along with the uniform, and let the neighborhood enjoy a Sunday that doesn't sound like a courtroom transcript for a harassment case.

#CivilityMatters #PublicNuisance #NeighborhoodWatch #VayuSena #BankingEthics #TamilNaduDiaries #SarcasmWithPurpose
February 15, 2026 at 7:32 AM
saberflextrics.bsky.social
Pritzker’s courtroom and field storm troopers in rural counties cease&desisting Tammy and Becky’s Excellent CBD 25 miles SW of Rantoul don’t like hearing about lenience in Cook County, it makes their SWAT-alarmed raids on a minority-owned gas station networks and smoke shops seem futile and racist.
February 15, 2026 at 7:26 AM
bsrussianbot.bsky.social
Gateway Pundit: Cities Church Defendant Who Likes Terrorizing Christian Children Launches Bizarre Message Outside Courtroom
Cities Church Defendant Who Likes Terrorizing Christian Children Launches Bizarre Message Outside Courtroom
Much to what one imagines is the consternation of his lawyers, William Kelly doesn’t seem to want to shut up. The post Cities Church Defendant Who Likes Terrorizing Christian Children Launches Bizarre Message Outside Courtroom appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
mdk1701.bsky.social
If my skeets get read in a courtroom without context. 😬
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February 15, 2026 at 6:06 AM
dark-esq.bsky.social
"witness dramatically revealed evidence we already had in discovery"

stood up. pulled out a folder. "i have proof!" its...

https://darkesq.com/b/courtroom/cmlbr9kjg001r106wvicw3i21
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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EFTA01368198 | EFTA01368198 Page 25 of 32 Nov,, as senators consider Mr. Acosta's nomination for a cabinet position, the sordid details of Mr. Epstein's case are set to receive another public airing. The setting will be a federal courtroom in Manhattan. where a trial is expected to start in the spring in a defamation lawsuit brought against one of Mr. Epstein's associates. Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the British publishing mogul Robert Maxwell. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by who said she was one of Mr. Epstein's victims. has accused Ms. Maxwell of helping to procure underage girls to engage in sexual activities with Mr. Epstein. In the suit.MM:ontends that Ms. Maxwell has defamed her by calling those accusations "untrue" and "obvious lies." Ms. Maxwell. in turn, argues that she had the right to publicly defend herself ccusabons. againstMb The trial, if it proceeds, will probably produce a stream of headlines about sex-trafficking, and could renew scrutiny of Mr. Acosta's role in Mr. Epstein's plea deal. The matter goes back to 2005, when Mr. Acosta was the top federal prosecutor in Miami. Police detectives in Palm Beach. Fla., where Mr. Epstein had a home, discovered that women working for him were finding teenage girls to give him sexual massages. Some of the girls were 15 or younger, the authorities said. Mr. Epstein hired a top-tier defense team that included Alan M. Dershowitz. After meeting with the defense lawyers. a state prosecutor recommended that Mr. Epstein be charged only with a misdemeanor. The Palm Beach police chief was so angry about the proposal that he wrote a letter to the Justice Department asking that it get involved in the case. Mr. Epsteln's lawyers eventually shuck a deal under which he agreed to plead guilty in a Florida court to one count of soliciting prostitution and another of procuring a person under 18 for prostitution. As part of the agreement. Mr. Acosta's office agreed not to bring federal charges against Mr. Epstein or any of his potential coconspirators, court papers show. The deal has since been denounced by critics as an example of the way that prosecutors buckle to pressure brought by highpowered lawyers on behalf of a wealthy client. Mr. Acosta has defended the agreement as the toughest one prosecutors could get based on the evidence they had at the time. As a cabinet nominee, Mr. Acosta may soon face questions about that decision. And from publicity. In 2014 IIMIERMIII= Hager. an allegation e a amenAy eni awyers that were settled last year. . and her lawyers have not shied away accused Mr. Dershowitz, the lawyer, of having sex with her when she e accusation led to a series of legal actions between Mr. Dershowitz and= URL: http //www.nytimes com/2017/02/17/busnessialexander-acostaleffrey-epstein-case.htrnl LOAD-DATE: February 18, 2017 LANGUAGE: ENGLISH PUBLICATION-TYPE: Newspaper Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company Return to List Note: Does not relate to money leundenng or terrorist financing. FOCUS - 13 of 19 Documents The New York Times https://www.lexisnexis.com/dd/delivery/PmtDoc.do?jobHandle=1825:640721064&dnldFil... 4/30/2018 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) CONFIDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0059864 SDNY GM_00206048 EFTA01368198
February 15, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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EFTA01368194 | EFTA01368194 Page 21 of 32 FOCUS i 1 7 of 19 Documents The New York Tines December 13, 2015 Sunday Late Edition - Final Dershowitz on the Defense BYLINE: By BARRY MEIER SECTION: Section BU: Column 0; Money and Business/Financial Desk. Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2607 words Last month, demonstrators at Johns Hopkins University interrupted Nan M. Dershowitz as he was giving a fiery speech defending Israel. The disruption normally would not have fazed Mr. Dershowitz, a former Harvard Law School professor who thrives on controversy and relishes taking on opponents in and out of the courtroom. The protesters, however, were not challenging his Middle East politics. Instead, they held up a sign reading, "You Are Rape Culture." Mr. Dershowitz knew what it meant. A decade ago, he had defended a friend, a money manager named Jeffrey E. Epstein, after authorities in Palm Beach, Fla., found evidence indicating that he was paying underage girls to give him sexual massages. The lawyer led a scorched-earth attack on the girls and, with a team of high-priced lawyers, cut a plea deal for Mr. Epstein that the local police said was too lenient. Over a five-decade career. Mr. DershovAtz has represented some of America's most prominent criminal defendants, including 0. J. Simpson, Leona Helmsley, Mike Tyson and Claus von Butow. Now, he finds himself on the other side. in a legal battle to dear his own name. At 77. he is struggling to absorb a bitter lesson — that choosing the wrong client can exact its own cost Last December, as part of a filing in an ongoing lawsuit. a woman charged that Mr. Dershowilz had sex with her when the was underage. Mr. Dershowitz called the claim an 'outrageous lie" and over the last year has faced fallout from the accusation. "This is very serious," Mr. Dershowitz said last month at his apartment in Manhattan. "it involves my life, my legacy, my career, my history, my reputation." As he has defended that legacy, there has been a lawsuit, a counterclaim and even an accusation of an extortion plot against the billionaire Leslie H. Wexner, the chairman of L Brands, the retail empire that includes Victoria's Secret and Henri Bendel. It also has pitted Mr. Dershowitz against another of the nation's most famous lawyers. David Soies, who represents his accuser. The two lawyers are in an increasingly virulent war. In October. Mr. assured Mr. Dershowitz that he did not believe the claims of his client, this case if they had known the was going to accuse me: Mr. Dershowitz said recently. sibon that Mr. Boies had privately "He said that he would not have taken Mr. Boies responded that he never made such a statement. "The only explanation I have is that he is so emotional about this that he starts saying things without being careful." Mr. Boies said in an interview. "He has been someone whose approach in litigation is to attack the other side." In recent weeks, efforts to resolve the thicket of legal actions have begun, but Mr. DershovAtz insists that any settlement must dear him of sexual wrongdoing. The woman accusing Mr. Dershowitz has not filed a complaint with the authorities or a lawsuit against him. Instead, her allegation first emerged in a lawsuit that challenged Mr. Epstein's plea agreement. Mr. Dershowitz long taught his students that everyone. even those charged with the most heinous crimes. deserves a defense. But he now says he hesitated when Mr. Epstein called him in toW to ask for help because he was being investigated in connection with sex crimes "I said, 'Look, you know Jeffrey, we're acquaintances, maybe that's not such a great idea." Mr DershovAtz said. "He said, 'No, no, no, I really need you to do this."' The case. Mr. Dershowitz realized, 'was right in my wheelhouse.' In December 2005. a few months before he got that phone call, Mr. Dershowitz, his wife, children and grandchildren were vacationing at Mr. Epstein's Palm Beach mansion. The friendship between the men started in the mid-1990s on Martha's Vineyard. Not long after they met. Mr. Epstein invited Mr. Dershowitz to a birthday party for Mr. Wexner. Instead of accepting presents, the retail magnate had a tradition of asking friends to bring the most interesting person they had met over the last year. Imps://www.lexisnexis.com/dd/delivery/PmtDoc.do?jobHandle=1825:640721064&dnldFil... 4/30/2018 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) CONFIDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0059860 SDNY GM_00206044 EFTA01368194
February 15, 2026 at 5:23 AM
alexwenzel.bsky.social
Despite her illness, Ofelia was a fierce public presence. Seated in a wheelchair at the front of the federal courtroom at 219 S. Dearborn St., Ofelia attended a hearing where her family attorney, Kalman Resnick, argued for her father's release. Days before Ofelia's death, an immigration judge ruled that Torres was conditionally entitled to receive "cancellation of removal" due to the hardships his deportation would cause his U.S. citizen children, providing him with a pathway to lawful permanent residence and eventually U.S. citizenship, the family announced in a statement. Ofelia was present for the family's good news. "Ofelia was heroic and brave in the face of ICE's detention and threatened deportation of her father," Resnick said in a statement. "We mourn Ofelia's passing, and we hope that she will serve as a model for us all for how to be courageous and to fight for what's right to our last breaths."
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 AM
jennythegeek.bsky.social
Doing some research for a video and hoooooollllyyy shiiiiiiit, Trial of the Incredible Hulk is REALLY good! Like genuinely completely didn't expect to enjoy it that much. Rex Smith is a really good Daredevil and Bill Bixby is great in front of and behind the camera.
Daredevil, Stan Lee, Bill Bixby, and Hulk posing together in the courtroom
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM
letfreedomring66.bsky.social
Cities Church Defendant, William Kelly, Who Likes Terrorizing Christian Children Launches Bizarre Message Outside Courtroom

www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/citi...
Cities Church Defendant Who Likes Terrorizing Christian Children Launches Bizarre Message Outside Courtroom
If he's becoming the face of what progressives call "resistance" to the Donald Trump administration, it's bad news for the left.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:16 AM
rcpierce.bsky.social
This is cool, I was just noodling around in my head about a courtroom build.
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 AM
thebookqueen.bsky.social
Today's deals include:

~ Age gap, two singers must work together on a project
~ Rival divorce attorneys clash in the courtroom . . . and the bedroom
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February 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM
ket.bsky.social
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Application and Knowledge of Law Judge Englert Overall District Judges Overall 2.7 3.3 Judge Englert Attorneys Judge Englert Non-Attorneys 0 2 3 2.3 3.0 Being able to identify and analyze relevant facts Basing decisions on evidence and arguments Issuing consistent sentences when the circumstances are similar Consistently applying laws and rules Giving reasons for rulings 3 3.2 Willing to make decisions without regard to possible outside pressure 3 Judge Englert Overall 2.7 3.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 District Judges Overall Judge Englert Attorneys 3.2 2.2 3.3 3.3 N/A 3.3 N/A Judge Englert Non-Attorneys 3.0 N/A 2.2 N/A 13 2.2 N/A 13 3.0 17 3.0 17 2022 Judicial Performance Survey Report for Judge Ericka F. H. Englert Diligence Judge Englert Score District Judges Overall 2.6 3 4 2.8 3.4 Judge Englert Attorneys 2.2 Judge Englert Non-Attorneys 0 1 2 Judge Englert Score District Judges Overall Judge Englert Attorneys Judge Englert Non-Attorneys Number of Responses Using good judgment in application of relevant law and rules 1.9 3.2 1.9 N/A 14 Being willing to handle cases on the docket even when they are complicated and time consuming 2.4 3.4 2.4 N/A 13 Doing the necessary "homework" and being prepared for cases 2.2 3.4 2.2 N/A 13 Beginning court on time. 3 3.5 N/A 3.0 16 Maintaining appropriate control over proceedings 3 3.5 N/A 3.0 17 Setting reasonable schedules for cases 2.7 3.4 N/A 2.7 17 Being prepared for cases. 2.8 3.4 N/A 2.8 17 Managing court proceedings so that there is little wasted time 2.7 3.4 N/A 2.7 17 2022 Judicial Performance Survey Report for Judge Ericka F. H. Englert 12 Fairness 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 Judge Englert Score District Judges Overall Judge Englert Attorneys 2.2 2.6 Judge Englert Non-Attorneys 3.0 3.3 Judge Englert Score District Judges Overall Judge Englert Attorneys Judge Englert Non-Attorneys Number of Responses 17 Giving participants an opportunity to be heard 3.1 3.3 N/A 3.1 Treating those involved in the case without bias 2.9 3.2 N/A 2.9 17 Treating fairly people who represent themselves 3.0 3.3 N/A 3.0 17 Giving each side enough time to present his or her case 3.2 3.3 N/A 3.2 17 Conducting their courtroom in a neutral manner. 2.6 3.3 2.2 2.9 32 Being fair and impartial to both sides. 2.1 3.3 2.1 N/A 15 2022 Judicial Performance Survey Report for Judge Ericka F. H. Englert 13
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
northbear.bsky.social
I want to be filling up a courtroom with him representing me in a tainted protein shake lawsuit.
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
virginiatallent.bsky.social
❤️ Yesterday, I had the honor and privilege of officiating a wedding in my courtroom 💍 Happy Valentine’s Day to the newlyweds, and to all who are celebrating today! 🫶❤️
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
blackwmnempowered.bsky.social
Cochran wasn’t just a lawyer — he was a master communicator. He understood how juries think, how media works, and how to frame a narrative.

He passed away in 2005 from a brain tumor at age 67, but his influence on high-profile criminal defense still shapes courtroom strategy today.
February 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM