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1. Perhaps I’m not. I, together with some great colleagues, brought the first murder case in DC based on an “urban warfare” theory of homicide liability, for which there was no existing legal precedent. There is now, courtesy of the DCCA approving the novel approach on appeal.
2. Same holds true for the city’s first trial in absentia where a defendant starved himself into physical incapacitation in an attempt to avoid trial. I tried him via a video feed in his hospital bed at the United Medical Center. Point is, sometimes you have to do what’s hard &
3. what’s risky in an attempt to protect the public & achieve justice, even if it will inspire court battles & even if there’s a significant risk of failure. There’s no shame in failure. But there’s nothing but shame in shrinking from a public safety challenge for fear of failure
4. Of course, some may prefer to wait for the Senate to do the right thing. Sorry, but not me.
