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Does Casey Anthony Want To, Or Should She, Testify?

By On June 27, 2011 · 4 Comments

by Anne Bremner, originally posted here.

I, for one, think Casey Anthony wants to testify. But should she?

Casey is the decider, not her defense team. Many people believe that the decision for a client to testify is solely the lawyer’s prerogative. Yet, legally, the decision rests with the client, taken under the [...]

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The Strauss-Kahn Case: Free Press, Fair Trial?

By On May 30, 2011 · 2 Comments

by Anne Bremner, originally posted at the NY Times web site here.

Anne Bremner is a Seattle trial lawyer, legal analyst and former sex-crimes prosecutor. She was a counsel for a group supporting Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murder in Italy.

A prominent world figure is arrested for the brutal rape [...]

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Amanda Knox: Traveler’s Advisory

By On May 29, 2011 · 2 Comments

by Mark Waterbury and Anne Bremner, originally posted on the Women in Crime Ink Blog here.

NOTE: As this post goes to press, two important developments in the appeal of Amanda Knox’s wrongful conviction in Perugia, Italy, have taken place. A group of Italian legislators led by Rocco Girlanda has filed a

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Stigmatizing Mental Illness Ought to be a Crime

By On April 27, 2011 · 3 Comments

From the Women in Crime Ink blog, by Anne Bremner.

Catherine Zeta Jones was outed by the National Enquirer for having sought treatment for bipolar disorder. Her response was swift, sure, and inspiring: “There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.” She acknowledged [...]

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Seattle Times Fails to Disclose Conflict of Interest in Anne Bremner Case; Disclosure of Documents Comes to an End

By On September 7, 2010 · 15 Comments

Concluding the end of a several month investigation by the Seattle Times related to my sister attorney Anne Bremner pleading guilty to a DUI, the Seattle Times has continued in their failure to reveal a conflict of interest related to the fact that they were involved in a lawsuit with a committee co-chaired [...]

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Welcome to America, Where We Have Criminalized Mental Illness: The Case of My Sister, Attorney Anne Bremner

By On September 2, 2010 · 42 Comments

On June 3, 2010, my sister Anne Bremner, an attorney from Seattle, WA, who is a frequent commenter on legal matters on FOX, CNN, and other channels, was side swiped by a car, driven off the road, crashed, and hit her head and suffered a concussion. She was coming from a party where she’d had a [...]

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Doctor’s Letter: Philip Dawdy Needs Nicotine for His Mental Condition

By On January 28, 2009 · 24 Comments

I was concerned to learn that Philip Dawdy who writes on the Furious Seasons blog was about to get kicked out of his appartment in Seattle. I grew up in Olympia WA and interviewed for a position in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Washington in 2000 where I noticed that [...]

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