“I used to joke about the fact that I crammed eighty years of guilt into the first twenty years of my life. It”
―
Sheldon Siegel,
Criminal Intent
“and Money.” Judge Tsang’s usually stoic bailiff smiled as he swore Archer in. Archer” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Out
“She” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Dreamer
“The perception is always more important than the truth.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“For better or worse, civil litigation is generally driven by economics. If somebody thinks they’ve been wronged, they go to court and ask for money.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“You didn’t do anything illegal, and you shouldn’t be penalized just because the technology outpaced the theology.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“that” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Out
“I keep that photo to remind me to be forgiving and to look into people’s souls with an open mind. It isn’t the initial judgment that matters, Mike. It’s the last one that counts.” ― Sheldon Siegel, Higher Law
“eight:” ― Sheldon Siegel, Hot Shot
“I don’t want to do anything that might be perceived as overstepping our bounds. Pigs get fat, but hogs get slaughtered.” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Verdict
“process.” ― Sheldon Siegel, Serve and Protect
“All tenants must check in at the front desk. Absolutely no visitors allowed.” — Alcatraz Hotel. Before the 1906 earthquake, the area east of City Hall was a fashionable neighborhood with graceful apartment buildings and elegant shops, but those days are long gone. The Tenderloin, as it is now called, is a forgotten cesspool of decaying tenements and residential hotels whose teeming streets are populated by poor immigrants, welfare recipients, drug addicts, prostitutes, and the homeless.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“first person who’s” ― Sheldon Siegel, Hot Shot
“Maybe you can explain how you figured out the time of death.” He flips through his report. It’s an act. He can recite verbatim the contents of his reports from twenty years ago. “In both cases, I put the time of death between one and four in the morning.” “I’ve wondered how you figured that out.” Actually, I already know. He knows I know. I still want to hear it from him. It’s a free preview of his testimony. “We look at a number of factors. First, we look at body temperature, which drops by about one and a half degrees per hour after death. Second, we look at lividity. When you die, your blood pressure goes down to zero, and your body begins to discolor. We can calculate the time of death based upon the amount of discoloration. We look at food in the victim’s stomach. We see how far the digestive process has gone. We know Mr. Holmes and Ms. Kennedy ate dinner around ten o’clock. There was undigested food in their stomachs. Mr. Holmes had crab cakes. Ms. Kennedy ate a cheeseburger. We do a number of other tests.” I try to sound like an earnest high-school student. “And from this evidence, you concluded the time of death was between one and four in the morning” ― Sheldon Siegel, Higher Law
“be” ― Sheldon Siegel, Incriminating Evidence
“Photoshop. The dog tag could” ― Sheldon Siegel, Higher Law 3
“also” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Dreamer
“upset.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“distraction.” He wiped his mouth with his starched” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Out
“and Money.” Judge Tsang’s usually stoic bailiff smiled as he swore Archer in. Archer” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Out
“She” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Dreamer
“The perception is always more important than the truth.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“For better or worse, civil litigation is generally driven by economics. If somebody thinks they’ve been wronged, they go to court and ask for money.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“You didn’t do anything illegal, and you shouldn’t be penalized just because the technology outpaced the theology.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“that” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Out
“I keep that photo to remind me to be forgiving and to look into people’s souls with an open mind. It isn’t the initial judgment that matters, Mike. It’s the last one that counts.” ― Sheldon Siegel, Higher Law
“eight:” ― Sheldon Siegel, Hot Shot
“I don’t want to do anything that might be perceived as overstepping our bounds. Pigs get fat, but hogs get slaughtered.” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Verdict
“process.” ― Sheldon Siegel, Serve and Protect
“All tenants must check in at the front desk. Absolutely no visitors allowed.” — Alcatraz Hotel. Before the 1906 earthquake, the area east of City Hall was a fashionable neighborhood with graceful apartment buildings and elegant shops, but those days are long gone. The Tenderloin, as it is now called, is a forgotten cesspool of decaying tenements and residential hotels whose teeming streets are populated by poor immigrants, welfare recipients, drug addicts, prostitutes, and the homeless.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“first person who’s” ― Sheldon Siegel, Hot Shot
“Maybe you can explain how you figured out the time of death.” He flips through his report. It’s an act. He can recite verbatim the contents of his reports from twenty years ago. “In both cases, I put the time of death between one and four in the morning.” “I’ve wondered how you figured that out.” Actually, I already know. He knows I know. I still want to hear it from him. It’s a free preview of his testimony. “We look at a number of factors. First, we look at body temperature, which drops by about one and a half degrees per hour after death. Second, we look at lividity. When you die, your blood pressure goes down to zero, and your body begins to discolor. We can calculate the time of death based upon the amount of discoloration. We look at food in the victim’s stomach. We see how far the digestive process has gone. We know Mr. Holmes and Ms. Kennedy ate dinner around ten o’clock. There was undigested food in their stomachs. Mr. Holmes had crab cakes. Ms. Kennedy ate a cheeseburger. We do a number of other tests.” I try to sound like an earnest high-school student. “And from this evidence, you concluded the time of death was between one and four in the morning” ― Sheldon Siegel, Higher Law
“be” ― Sheldon Siegel, Incriminating Evidence
“Photoshop. The dog tag could” ― Sheldon Siegel, Higher Law 3
“also” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Dreamer
“upset.” ― Sheldon Siegel, The Confession
“distraction.” He wiped his mouth with his starched” ― Sheldon Siegel, Final Out
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