THE LEGAL WATCHDOG

All new Legal Watchdog posts, starting in October 2025, will be on a page on my website.  You can find The Dog's new home here: https://...

What's the definition of "Charge-Stacking"? Charge Stacking, v., Made possible by the legislature’s obsession with creating ov...

I always use the Oxford comma.   Not only does it look better—why anyone ever thought that removing it was a good idea is beyond me—but not...

Sass wards off the FBI Photo by Kristi Storz I suspect that most people view the FBI the way they view the IRS—yes, those organizations have...

As I wrote in my newest article, The Preliminary-Hearing Swindle (forthcoming) ,  I’m sometimes embarrassed, for my profession, by the judi...

Sass is looking for the money Whenever a defendant gets convicted of a crime in Wisconsin , the judge will soak the defendant with seemingly...

Sass can't believe the state's argument (photo by John Storz)   The question seems paradoxical, if not outright nonsensical.  And th...

One of my new articles, which is currently under submission for publication, is titled The Preliminary-Hearing Swindle: A Crime Against Proc...

I remember back when I was an accounting major, the AICPA was pushing its 150-credit requirement to sit for the CPA exam.  It just wasn’t en...

I’m no statistician, but I do like mathematics, statistics, and quantitative methods in general.  That’s why I hate to see lawyers use confu...