One day at Weaks Hospital, we got a call from the morgue on the second floor. A recent Brachy Therapy patient had passed away. Could we come check his radiation levels? Of course we could. It’s what we do. The Radiation Safety Unit of the Environmental Health and Safety Department got this type of callContinue reading “Into the Fire”
Tag Archives: TASER
Anger Management 2
I went back to my anger management guy’s office and took my place on the sofa. He sat at his desk with his laptop. Or sometimes he would sit in an easy chair with his laptop. I would sit of lie back on the sofa. In one of our early sessions, he took a certainContinue reading “Anger Management 2”
Rehab Session
My first night of Rehab I checked in at the front desk. “Driver’s license and insurance card.” said the secretary. I gave them. “OK” she said, after checking, “your insurance co-pay is $25. How would you like to pay? HSA Debit Card? OK, that’s fine. OK, it went through. Just sign here and go toContinue reading “Rehab Session”
a cup of coffee
I called Attorney Phycks and left a message. “Hi this is Justin Marlin, blah blah blah, I wanna sue the County Sheriff for excessive use of force.” His paralegal returned my call shortly thereafter and we set up an appointment. His office was in downtown Roquefort. I found parking and rode the elevator up toContinue reading “a cup of coffee”
Mr. Phycks
I called a couple of other lawyers and explained my problem: I wanted to sue the County Sheriff, and to further defend myself from my current charges. After a few “No, thanks” I got a nibble. “Good morning, Generic Lawyer speaking.” “Yes, Mr.Lawyer, my name is Justin Marlin. I’m looking to change attorneys from aContinue reading “Mr. Phycks”
Goodbye, McMurphree
McMurphree set up an appointment to talk about my case and the plea offer. “What do you think?” he asked “Will you accept the plea deal and finish this off? I got you down from a felony to a misdemeanor. If you take the deal, all you plead guilty to is Resisting Arrest.” “Did youContinue reading “Goodbye, McMurphree”
The Mistake
McMurphree and I went back and forth a few times via email about the plea deal. I told him I wanted to see the police “use of force report” showing that they had TEASER-ed me. I wanted to know everything they had done, and exactly what they accused me of doing. At one point McMurphreeContinue reading “The Mistake”
Flag Football
I brought my son to community flag football that weekend. I was one of the two coaches for my son’s team. The irony wasn’t lost on me that I was out on bail for Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon; Doorknob on my son, and yet here I was coaching his 8/9 year old flagContinue reading “Flag Football”
Good Charge/Bad Charge
To me it was always common knowledge that modern law consists of very few trials, but mostly of plea deals. Trials are expensive for both the defendant and the State. For this reason, I was leaning toward a trial rather than a plea. If the State wanted me, they were going to have to comeContinue reading “Good Charge/Bad Charge”
Email to McMurphree
[Redacted], I spoke with my neighbors who witnessed my arrest. Apparently, I was TEASER-ed several times while the officers sat on my back and whacked at my arms with their batons, trying to get me re-cuffed. Several people have died over the years from being TEASER-ed, especially if they were having trouble breathing. I askedContinue reading “Email to McMurphree”
Shocked in the Suburbs 