The blog is 18 today.

It's really hard to believe that I started this experiment back in 2005 when I was 32 years old (I'm 50 now). Since then, there have been over 4,400 posts, over 16,000 comments, and over 6.3 million page views.  It's hard to believe!  (The first post called for President Bush to appoint a Floridian to the Supreme Court in Justice O'Connor's seat.  It didn't happen then; instead we got John Roberts.  Of course, we got the first Floridian with Justice Jackson last year.)

The podcast, For the Defense, is catching up. Today is our 33rd episode and we've had over 128,000 downloads. Pretty cool!

Today's episode -- Gerald Lefcourt for Abbie Hoffman -- marks our 33rd episode and we've had over 128,000 downloads. Pretty cool!  The release is below.

The blog and the podcast are labors of love and I really do love keeping up with our district and with the great trials.  Thanks again for reading, listening, and sending tips.  

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FOR THE DEFENSE -- SPECIAL JULY 4TH EPISODE JERRY LEFCOURT (right) FOR ABBIE HOFFMAN Happy Fourth of July! This is the perfect episode to celebrate our freedom and independence -- Jerry Lefcourt for Abbie Hoffman in the Chicago 8 trial. (Listen on your computer here, or on Apple, Google, Spotify, or Amazon). Jerry is a legend and you're going to love the stories he tells about this once-in-a-lifetime trial -- from how he got the case to getting sent to jail to the impact on our country. Next up, in two weeks, is Lisa Wayne, the executive director of NACDL.  She will discuss her representation of New Orleans district attorney, Jason Williams.  Thanks for your feedback on the first two episodes with Milton Hirsch (Pedro Guerrero) and Todd Blanche (Paul Manafort). That's Jerry and Abbie leaving court in 1969.  As always, you can catch these episodes on all podcast platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and Google,  All other platforms can be accessed on this website.  Please send me your feedback -- and of course, subscribe, like and comment!  If you have a friend that would like to receive these updates, please have them sign up here.   Hosted by David Oscar Markus and produced by rakontur