Like with so many things in law, the answer is 'depends'. In my punch to the face example, the judge of course knows that a punch is a punch and is the same 'seriousness' either way. But then you add who got punched, why did they get punched, and what effect did the punch have on them. And from that, the judge has…

I thought he was involved with gretchen but she got swooped up by eliot, turning the spurned walt against both

my lines of thought here:

victim impact statements supposedly help the judge determine the seriousness of the crime. "This guy hit me and I've never been able to leave the house for fear of being hit again vs. this guy hit me, and I shrugged it off. give me my medical bills and call it a day." It can escalate to a vengence standard, but judges…

DA's do that a lot. They represent the state and are on the side of the victims. That said, if Chuck is the big name in law that it's implied he is in New Mexico, it makes added sense that she'd be cozy with him

There are often letters of apology as part of a plea deal and/or restitution. It depends on the mood of the DA to force it as part of the negotiation or the judge as part of his order, as well as the existing relationship between offender and victim to see if it is warranted.

maybe. the show isn't old enough for us to see aging or non aging effects. but with heart beats at 10 a minute or so, I have to imagine it's all slowed down

I'm just going to express my distaste for disquss, yet again. somehow logged out or disconnected while scrolling through this long thread with interesting comments and then unable to post a reply, and unwilling to rescroll to try and find it. bah- humbug

when the highest score possible is an A, I think, for this show, A- is common just in case something truly phenomenal comes up and needs an A

it was the DA, not a judge or arbitrator. It was an asshole move on her part, but as part of the "deal", it was within her rights to demand it (but no his obligation to comply). I expected Jimmy to refuse based on his initial facial expression and derail the deal, but he's got another game in mind, and most of his…

I have to disagree up to a point. This is a prequel. By definition, it's backstory. To be contemporary, we'd have to watch Gene making cinnabons all day. I love the backstory, and while I would enjoy a season or two of Saul being Saul before he ever comes across Walt and co., I won't care if the last scene we see of…

I'm sorry I already erased my dvr of the ep. I think my first commercial was for babyback rib meet on a hardee's/carl jr's burger

Like most legal questions, the answer is - it depends.
There is an affirmative obligation to report a crime that the lawyer reasonably believes is going to be committed, even if by his/her own client. The rules of honesty for lawyers are supposed to prevent them from lying about what their clients have done in the…

I was listening for the rustle, but didn't notice one way or the other. Good catch on Jimmy having the lights on, though. While I noticed they turned them off for Chuck, I missed that Jimmy of old would have already had them off for him.

I prefer to read as many comments as I can handle before making my own, but I get enjoyment from articulating my own thoughts either on the episode or the review. In that sense, just coming to comment on one's own without consideration or contamination of other thoughts and comments is a-ok in my book. Besides, I'm…

It's not entrapment or enticement in that sense, but there is a legal defense of provocation, especially in terms of physical crimes such as battery and disorderly conduct. I could use the defense of self defense in a bar fight for example, but I would lose that defense if it was shown that I provoked the other person…

Timeline speculation time: Clearly the poolside scene came after Gus lost his partner and began hating Hector, but I think it was also months or years before the cut scene to the ice cream shop being raided. The reactions of the cartel boss to the bobble head made me think it was new to him, whereas the shop itself…

there's a separate channel subscription to HBO through amazon prime, so I figured this was inevitable. The last season of true blood and few of those others isn't available anyway.

Howard has heard it. They listened to it together at the law firm and Howard said it was largely useless for various legal reasons. But Chuck had a plan

you can't stroll faster, it'd be striding probably would've been my laugh out loud RitB line, but the conclusion to yours "Let's just agree it was brilliant" held the lead