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Bring transparency to our prison system!
Bring transparency to our prison system!Bring transparency to our prison system!by the HONORABLE JAMES P. GRAY (RET.)James P. Gray is a retired judge of the Orange County Superior Court, and...
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: LET’S GO WITH WHAT WORKS!
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: LET’S GO WITH WHAT WORKS!To our 2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty Family, Attached is a copy of an article I just published in this month’s OC Lawyer Magazine. As you can see, its theme is...
Is Capitalism Immoral?
Is Capitalism Immoral?Dear Jim, “The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” “It's a zero-sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses.” “If you need a friend, get...
Congress must retake war powers
Congress must retake war powersAs we all know, each year our country sets aside the last Monday as Memorial Day. The purpose of this day is, of course, to honor those people who have served in the...
“OPEN LETTER TO THE ACLU, NAACP, LULAC AND MALDEF”
OPEN LETTER TO THE ACLU, NAACP, LULAC AND MALDEF We hope you share our outrage that far too many schools today all around our country are failing our children! And, equally regretfully, most of...
Verdict : Life Inside Prisons
Life Inside PrisonsIntroductionThis article has its roots between 10:00 p.m. and midnight Pacific time last July 4 when I was a guest on George Noory’s radio show “Coast to Coast AM.” The general...
Who is Judge Jim Gray?
Blunt Force
Blunt ForceJames Gray and attorneys agree the retired judge is unafraid to speak honestly to all parties.IRVINE - "What's the most important thing in life?" retired judge James P. Gray asked a week...
Gray Matters
Gray Matters: Judge James P. Gray (Ret.) Celebrates Life and LibertyIntroduction: Franklin G. West Award: The OCBA’s Highest HonorFranklin G. West, the son of a local jurist, was an Orange County...
Judge Jim Gray Campaign Issues for Senate in 2004
Campaign Issues for Senate 2004Much of what the Federal government does exceeds the limited powers granted to it under the U.S. Constitution. The result has been the huge growth of government,...
To Write a Book
"To Write a Book"I Never in my life thought that I would write a book. But It Happened.I never in my life thought that I would write a book. But it happened. It began more than twenty years ago when...
Judges Rule Lawyers
Judges Rule LawyersThey maintain lead over their friendly rivals to win second annual softball game between county judges and trial lawyers.By Michael Miller Updated: Saturday, September 20, 2008...
Libertarian Approaches
Bring transparency to our prison system!
Bring transparency to our prison system!Bring transparency to our prison system!by the HONORABLE JAMES P. GRAY (RET.)James P. Gray is a retired judge of the Orange County Superior Court, and...
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: LET’S GO WITH WHAT WORKS!
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: LET’S GO WITH WHAT WORKS!To our 2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty Family, Attached is a copy of an article I just published in this month’s OC Lawyer Magazine. As you can see, its theme is...
Congress must retake war powers
Congress must retake war powersAs we all know, each year our country sets aside the last Monday as Memorial Day. The purpose of this day is, of course, to honor those people who have served in the...
“OPEN LETTER TO THE ACLU, NAACP, LULAC AND MALDEF”
OPEN LETTER TO THE ACLU, NAACP, LULAC AND MALDEF We hope you share our outrage that far too many schools today all around our country are failing our children! And, equally regretfully, most of...
We must unite to solve Police Issues
We must unite to solve Police IssuesThere comes a time when all Americans of goodwill must take a stand about the dissension now existing in our country. And the first thing that must be said here...
Make the System Work: Life Inside Our Prisons
Make the System Work: Life Inside Our PrisonsThose of us who are citizens of the United States of America are truly blessed because we get many benefits from that status. But citizenship also brings...
One Man’s Libertarian Whitepaper
ONE MAN’S LIBERTARIAN WHITEPAPERAlthough I understand that no one speaks for the Libertarian Party, it is fair to say that, unlike the Democrats and Republicans, Libertarians are not...
An Institutional Approach to Homelessness
An Institutional Approach to Homelessness All of us should take affront that people living in the United States and within its laws are being reduced to living on the streets.” So how is this...
Go With What Works
Go With What WorksU.S. Must rethink Drug policy and take a different approach toward Non-problem usersHow is actor Robert Downey Jr.'s problem with drug abuse any different than Betty Ford's problem...
Follow the Money
Follow the MoneyHalt terrorists' cash flow by making sale of illicit drugs unprofitable One of the overwhelmingly difficult things we face when confronted with a tragedy of the magnitude and...
Liberty Magazine
Liberty Magazine ArticleFor more than two decades I was a soldier in the War on Drugs. In the course of my career, I have helped put drug users and dealers in jail; I have presided over the break-up...
The Libertarian Philosophy
It's A Gray AreaThe Libertarian PhilosophyI was a lifelong Republican until I realized my party couldn’t be counted on. Not to protect my freedom or my liberty, and not to be “fiscally...
Drug Policy
The Hopelessness of Drug Prohibition
The Hopelessness of Drug ProhibitionIntroductionI am a former “drug warrior.” Although I may not have given it too much critical thought, during my time of service in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps and as...
Top Ten Drug Policy Goals
Top Ten Drug Policy GoalsWe have been actively “fighting” our nation’s War on Drugs since the time of Richard Nixon. But during all of that time I have never heard anyone in government discuss, much...
It’s Time for New Battle Plan in the Losing War on Drugs
Orange Country VoicesIt’s Time for New Battle Plan in the Losing War on DrugsSeptember 22, 1996 By Judge James P. Gray Our great country is reeling from self inflicted wounds resulting from our...
Legalization No. Policy Overhaul Yes
Legalization, No Policy Overhaul, Yes EDITORS, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1994 Calls by Orange County judge for a critical study of drug laws gain influential support Bit by bit, adding a...
Is Our Drug Policy Failing? Don’t Ask
Is Our Drug Policy Failing? Don’t AskMarch 29, 2000 in print edition B-7 Los Angeles Times Recently, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, our nation’s “drug czar,” was invited to Orange County for a debate about...
Clarify Terms for Drug War’s End
Clarify Terms for Drug War’s EndThom Marshall Words intended to mean one thing when leaving your mouth can mean something completely different upon entering the ear of another. Saying what you mean...
The Drug Dilemma
The Drug DilemmaWar or PeaceEvery American was shocked when Robert McNamara, one of the master architects of the Vietnam War, acknowledged that not only did he believe the war was, "wrong, terribly...
This Newport Beach Resident Talks about America’s War on Drugs
The Newport Beach Resident Talks about America's War on DrugsAs America's War on Drugs is increasingly being questioned, few have been doubting its effectiveness longer, or with greater insight,...
A Judge’s Critique of the War on Drugs
A Judge's Critique of the War on DrugsIt has been several years since Orange County's own Judge James P. Gray stood on courthouse steps and condemned the so-called war on drugs -- the...
Just Say No
Just Say NoOur drug laws have failed. We’ve lost the so-called War on Drugs, and now it is time for a coherent and common-sense approach to the drug problem. I say this not as an ivory-tower...
Regulate Marijuana Like Wine
Regular Marijuana Like WineIn my public discussions about our nation's failed and hopeless policy of marijuana prohibition, I often say that Proposition 19 actually won the election last November,...
Death Penalty
Essay: Facing Facts on the Death Penalty
In this article for a Special Issue of the Loyola Marymount University Law Review in 2011, Judge Gray shows how, regardless of a person’s philosophy, the death penalty isn’t working, and will never work.
Peer Court
The Peer Court Experience
The Peer Court ExperienceWithout Question, numbers of things with our young people are not going well in out society today. Even worse, in several well-publicized situations our local government...
Professional Tools for Litigators
Professional Tools for Litigators: Depositions
Professional Tools for Litigators: DepositionsBy far the most effective discovery tool in litigation, but also the most expensive, is the deposition. So why, when and where depositions should be...
Professional Tools: Settlement Conferences
Professional Tools: Settlement ConferencesBack in the Dark Ages when I was still trying cases as an attorney, it was frequently considered a sign of weakness to be the first one to suggest...
Professional Tools for Litigators: Opening Statements
Professional Tools for LitigatorsOpening StatementsMany attorneys, judges and legal commentators believe that, second only to issue of the credibility of witnesses, the opening statement is the most...
Professional Tools for Litigators: Direct and Cross-Examination
Professional Tools for Litigators: Direct and Cross-ExaminationWhat is really the difference between direct and cross-examination? Think of a megaphone. Direct examination is represented by the side...
Professional Tools for Litigators: Closing Arguments
Professional Tools for Litigators: Closing ArgumentsThe opening statement in a trial should be treated like the preview of a movie, the trial like the movie itself, and the closing argument like a...
Support the Justice System
Verdict : Life Inside Prisons
Life Inside PrisonsIntroductionThis article has its roots between 10:00 p.m. and midnight Pacific time last July 4 when I was a guest on George Noory’s radio show “Coast to Coast AM.” The general...
Judge Gray, a Drug-War Foe, Will Run for Senate
Judge Gray, A Drug-War Foe, Will Run for SenateAs crusades go, Judge James P. Gray’s fight to legalize drugs has been a long and lonely one. His advocation of treatment instead of jail time for drug...