by Scott Holmes | Dec 19, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
By Samuel Wells and Marcia Owen Reviewed by Scott Holmes In this beautiful little book, my friend Marcia Owen shares her way of making peace in our community. Marcia is the executive director of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham....
by Scott Holmes | Jun 30, 2011 | Civil Rights, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
I was sitting in the corner of the cramped court room at the Durham County Jail when they rolled an inmate wearing orange into the courtroom in a wheel chair. I was waiting my turn to ask for a bond reduction for a client, and had about a lot other things waiting for...
by Scott Holmes | May 28, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law, Trial Practice
When a mother loses her son, when he is shot and killed, it is natural to assume there is nothing but anger, hatred, and revenge in her heart. When a sister loses her dear brother, the source of joy and humor in her life, it is natural to assume she feels only ill...
by Scott Holmes | Apr 2, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
For two weeks we all sat in the same room hearing about the death of two young men, the shootings of two others, a robbery and a pistol whipping. The families of people shot and killed sat right next to the family of the person accused of the shootings. Jurors sat and...
by Scott Holmes | Mar 20, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
As a Quaker, I practice historic testimonies for peace and simplicity. In addition to the Quaker testimonies for peace and simplicity, there is the testimony of integrity. Historically this testimony was expressed as a fierce determination to tell the truth, and a...
by Scott Holmes | Mar 19, 2011 | Civil Rights, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
I have represented female police officers fighting for equal treatment at work, gay and lesbian victims of hate crimes, an African American family chased at gun point by a member of the KKK, persons with mental health problems arrested and tasered without cause,...
