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Beat The Prosecution- Fairfax, Virginia, Criminal Defense / DUI Lawyer

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Welcome to Beat The Prosecution with Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense / DUI lawyer Jonathan Katz. Jon Katz believes in spreading the word of justice on this podcast, in court, and on his blog at https://katzjustice.com/blog, to regularly provide information and ideas for beating your prosecution. More information is available at https://KatzJustice.com and at (703)-383-1100.

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  • Attacking gender bias by prosecutors- Christa Pike's legal team member Sandra Babcock

    Attacking gender bias by prosecutors- Christa Pike's legal team member Sandra Babcock
    Nov 4 2026
    Send us Fan MailA prosecutorial title does not guarantee fair and just prosecution. In fact, plenty of non-federal chief prosecutors are elected, and regularly respond to the political and voter pressures of the job, which often goes opposite Constitutional civil liberties guarantees. Cornell Law Professor Sandra Babcock has for many years revealed the many times through the centuries that prosecutors have demonized women criminal defendants in the courtroom about such irrelevant matters as the clothing they have worn, the flirting they have done, and the sexual relationships they have had, when men would not be treated that way in the courtroom. In this interview, Sandra includes addressing the plight of death row inmate Brenda Evers Andrew, whose capital prosecutor introduced prejudicially irrelevant evidence of Andrew's sexual and attire habits spanning two decades, including in closing argument at the culpability phase of trial focusing on such evidence by "displaying Andrew’s 'thong underwear' to the jury, by reminding the jury of Andrew’s alleged affairs during college, and by emphasizing that Andrew 'had sex on [her husband] over and over and over' while 'keeping a boyfriend on the side.'" Andrew v. White, 604 U.S. 86, 88-89 (2025). (See the September 2026, petition for writ of certiorari for Brenda Evers Andrew, after the Tenth Circuit denied relief on remand from the Supreme Court.) Sandra is on Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike's legal defense team, and in this episode includes addressing Christa's plight, what she has suffered during and from the state's botched effort to execute her (characterizing this as a clear and torturous Eight Amendment Constitutional violation), and Christa's humanity so many decades after the brutal murder in which she participated. (If you agree for Christa's sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment, here is a clemency petition to sign to Tennessee's governor.) When your Beat the Prosecution podcast host Jonathan Katz was seeking information about Christa Pike's plight soon after the botched execution attempt on her, Jon found an update from Death Penalty Worldwide at Cornell, asked his prior guest Joseph Marguilies -- a Cornell professor -- for a DPW contact person, and learned from Joe that the founder and faculty director of DPW, Sandra Babcock is his wife. Death penalty defense involves plenty of sweat, tears and proverbial blood. Sandra and Joe have spent countless hours fighting for capital defendants and their Constitutional rights. Sandra's Death Penalty Worldwide has an in depth database make the real facts available about people being prosecuted for alleged capital offenses and condemned to execution. All the hooting and hollering in the world against capital punishment and other injustices in the criminal justice system does only so much to remedy the situation. Sandra has for years been proactive to raise awareness about the realities of the death penalty and to make a real difference, for instance by having previously directed the Mexican Legal Assistance Program to provide strong advocacy for Mexican nationals being prosecuted for alleged capital and non-capital crimes in the United States and to deal with the cultural and racial dimensions of those prosecutions. Sandra is listed as a team member of the Center on Gender and Extreme Sentencing. She is a law professor involved in real world battles for justice. Sandra's message to criminal defense lawyers is to listen to their clients. That is not an overly simplistic message, which recognizes that obtaining justice for criminal defendants requires close teamwork between them and their attorneys. This episode is also available on YouTube. This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at info@KatzJustice.com, 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text). If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675
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    58 min
  • Persuading with visual imagery- Lessons from comics legend Bob McLeod

    Persuading with visual imagery- Lessons from comics legend Bob McLeod
    Oct 29 2026

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    Near the last day of the Trial Lawyers College, everyone painted something meaningful to them. This was not about artistry, but about the imagery involved in telling a persuasive story. Through visiting various comics conventions over the years, Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz and his son met and re-met legendary Marvel Comics artist Bob McLeod (on Patreon.com and MBartist , who also created the great Superhero ABC and co-created New Mutants. Bob has penciled and/or inked a vast number of superhero comics, Crazy magazine for years, and several Star Wars comic issues.

    In this Beat the Prosecution podcast episode, Bob discusses the process of developing a story's imagery and characters, replacing comics' earlier history of white male characters with extensive diversity, working a few doors down the hallway from Stan Lee, and the teamwork involved in producing a comic (which relates to the teamwork needed by lawyers defending co-defendants joined together for the same criminal trial).

    Bob's initial efforts to break into comics were rejected. He persevered, including studying the work of successful comics artists. Bob then got his break by starting with such work as lettering on Marvel's Crazy humor magazine. His talents then got increasingly noticed, and Bob became a highly sought-after comics artist. In this interview, Bob aptly underlines the importance of persevering for success, which is also vital for criminal defense lawyers and their clients.

    This interview will appeal to trial lawyers, comics fans, and those interested in the storytelling process.

    This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at info@KatzJustice.com, 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text).

    If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675
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    1 ora e 4 min
  • Criminal defense requires trial readiness

    Criminal defense requires trial readiness
    Oct 22 2026

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    Plea deals are overrated. Talk to any excellent criminal defense lawyer, and learn about the many times they have won trials that they were not sure they would win. Talk to them about the importance of being great at cross examining opposing witnesses, and how they approach cross examination (which is part of the criminal defense lawyer's ongoing telling of the defendant's persuasive story, without needing always to destroy the cross examinee and what they say on direct examination). Ask the lawyer how much they do or do not love trials, which take longer than proceeding with a plea deal, but are invigorating to handle, when fully and well prepared for trial.

    Any former prosecutor's insistence about the need to hire a former prosecutor -- someone who used to push for convictions and incarceration -- finds that assertion dismantles when they are asked how much cross examination experience they got as a prosecutor (so often very limited). Also, ask the former prosecutor whether they favor prosecuting or defending, and how much they do or do not enjoy representing criminal defendants rather than, as a prosecutor, putting police and civilians on the witness stand (and hopefully knowing, in their heart of hearts, that not all prosecution witnesses are telling the truth). Ask your potential criminal defense lawyer what motivated them to choose criminal defense (and, with former prosecutors, what motivated them to prosecute).

    In this episode of the Beat the Prosecution podcast, Fairfax criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz discusses three trial acquittals he obtained, with one in particular not being a shoe-in by any stretch of the imagination, with another acquittal coming from a judge who said he was very skeptical of Jon's theory of defense presented in opening statement until hearing the smoking gun surreptitious audiotape, and another acquittal with a judge known to not frequently enough say "not" in front of guilty.

    If someone calls themselves a trial lawyer, hopefully that means they have great trial experience and ability, and the drive to do what it takes -- within the bounds of the law and ethics -- to obtain trial victory for their clients.

    Yes, negotiation skills and ability are essential for your criminal defense lawyer. At the same time, ask your potential criminal defense lawyer about the number of times that saying not guilty has gotten them better negotiated settlements (whether plea deals or better) and the number of times that they have actually obtained better settlements at mid-trial. Ask your potential criminal defense lawyer about the number of times they convinced the prosecutor to leave their plea offer open until the resolution of a suppression motion hearing or other specified hearing, where winning the hearing might put the brakes on the prosecution altogether. Your criminal defense lawyer should be great both with trials and settlement negotiations.

    This podcast with Fairfax, Virginia criminal / DUI lawyer Jon Katz is playable on all devices at podcast.BeatTheProsecution.com. For more information, visit https://KatzJustice.com or contact us at info@KatzJustice.com, 703-383-1100 (calling), or 571-406-7268 (text).

    If you like what you hear on our Beat the Prosecution podcast, please take a moment to post a review at our Apple podcasts page (with stars only, or else also with a comment) at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beat-the-prosecution/id1721413675
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    13 min
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