piper carrington who teaches at ole miss writes for the district of columbia and one of the funnier essays he tells about his representation of the woman who he tried to send mail to take a plea and thought it was sheer craziness to go to trial in this case. she was going to get so much time and contrary to visit vice a jury finds her not guilty and it's a wonderful story that i don't want to give away the punchline to. are there others that come to mind? he writes about his experience representing people accused of crime in the role his jewish faith plays. david singleton a former public defender in new york and washington d.c. now writes a criminal justice policy oriented litigation called the ohio justice and policy center and he writes wonderful essay about his efforts up sex offenders a phrase he doesn't especially like for people convicted of those kinds of defenses. he took on the state of ohio's sex offender registration laws. renting a fledgling donation funded organization to take on the powers that be and makes a strong case about how the american public and elected officials ce