Weird Criminal Law Stories - Paperback

by Leonard Birdsong (Author)

Although Professor Birdsong has been involved in serious criminal law work over the years as a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and a law professor, Professor Birdsong knows that it's good to stay grounded. This means taking time to look at the many funny and weird criminal law stories that crop up around the United States and the world. He believes we should not always take criminal law so seriously and instead, just have a good laugh at some of the silly foibles of dumb criminals and their crimes. That's why several years ago he began to collect and edit from the wire and news services the type of weird and funny criminal law stories that appear in this volume. Professor Birdsong hopes you will get a few good laughs or at least, some chuckles, from this collection of weird criminal law stories and his "snarky" commentary accompanying each of them. Enjoy

Author Biography

Professor Birdsong received his J.D. from the Harvard Law School and his B.A. from Howard University. He teaches law in Orlando, Florida. After graduation from law school he worked four years at the law firm of Baker Hostetler. He then entered into a varied and distinguished career in government service. He served as a diplomat with the U.S. State Department with various postings in Nigeria, Germany and the Bahamas. Professor Birdsong later served as a federal prosecutor. After leaving government service, and before he began teaching, Professor Birdsong was in private law practice in Washington, D.C.