Norm Pattis
Norm Pattis is a criminal defense attorney and civil rights lawyer in Bethany. Most days he blogs at www.pattisblog.com.
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Opinion: No Sympathy For Tea Party Or IRS
Friday, May 17, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
I should be bleeding red, white and blue over reports that the Internal Revenue Service has singled out some Tea Party groups for extra-special scrutiny as tax exempt organizations. Instead, I can't help but giggle.
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Opinion: Amanda Knox Memoir, Truth Or Fiction?
Friday, May 10, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
Is Amanda Knox guilty of murder? One Italian jury said yes. Then a second jury said no. Now the case is being sent back for another trial.
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Opinion: Maybe The Skakel Jury Got It Wrong
Friday, April 26, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
Trial is an imperfect vehicle for finding the truth. We all know that. Why don't we permit defendants to ask for a new trial when they believe juries make factual mistakes?
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Opinion: Second Circuit Judges Take Unfair Potshot At John Williams
Friday, April 19, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
I fail to see why the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit went out of its way to tomahawk attorney John R. Williams. But there it is in cold print: An unsolicited attack on a barrister whose been a role model and inspiration to a couple of generations of lawyers.
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Opinion: Gun Law Discriminates Against Disabled? Hardly
Friday, April 12, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
If you doubt the law's capacity to transform almost anything into a farce, look no further than the case of Disabled Americans for Firearms Rights LLC, et al., v. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Opinion: Make Corporations Bleed Cash For Gun Deaths
Friday, April 5, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
Let's not congratulate ourselves too much about having addressed gun violence. Yes, the General Assembly passed new gun control legislation. But the new law is merely a baby step on the road to meaningful reform.
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Danbury Search Warrant Secrecy Is Offensive
Friday, March 29, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
Just whose life is now in danger in the wake of the mass shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown? There is no reason to believe that there was a second shooter at the scene.
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Opinion: UConn Needs To Escape Yale's Shadow
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Friday, March 22, 2013 | by Norm Pattis | The Connecticut Law Tribune
The University of Connecticut School of Law turned a new page in its epic identity crisis this month. It snared a tip-top, white-shoe lawyer to serve as its next dean
