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Greg Westfall graduated in 1993 from Texas Tech School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law
Review. Board certified in Criminal Law since 2000, Greg practices both criminal defense and civil trial law
with Hill Gilstrap, PC, in Arlington, Texas. Greg has regularly published and spoken at seminars since 1994
and has served as Editor of the Voice for the Defense. Greg is married to Mollee Westfall and has two
children.
Stories from Greg Westfall
[2]Editor's Comment: Out to Pasture - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Saturday, July 20th, 2013
I grow old ?
I grow old ?
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind?
Do I dare eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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.[4]Editor's Comment: Help Wanted - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
When I started as editor of the Voice with the July/August issue in 2009, we were a print-only magazine
running 10 issues per year to our members plus the Texas judges. We are still that. But we are also a lot
more now.
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[5]Trial Lawyer, Songwriter
[3]Greg Westfall
Friday, December 28th, 2012
?Every truly successful song expresses a universally understood meaning.?
?Sheila Davis, The Craft of Lyric Writing, 1985, at 2.
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.[6]Editor's Comment: Long Live Pussy Riot - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
This summer, we spent our family vacation in Moscow, Russia. We got there at the end of June. By then,
Pussy Riot had been in jail over three months awaiting trial on charges of ?hooliganism,? which apparently
carries up to seven years in Russia.1
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.[7]Editor's Comment: Why I Think the Death Penalty Will Die - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
?From this day forward I shall no longer tinker with the machinery of death.?
Justice Harry Blackmun (dissenting to denial of cert.)
Callins v. Collins, 510 U.S. 1141 (1994)
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.[8]Editor's Comment: A Little Death Penalty Math, Part 2 - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
How much education could one death penalty case buy?
By the most recent numbers I have seen, it costs a county $500,000 to try the average death penalty case and,
all things considered, approximately $2 to $3 million from investigation to execution.[1]
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[9]Editor's Comment: 100,000 Views - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Well, it?s the last issue of Voice for the Defense for 2011. I wanted to update you all on what the year has
brought.
A year ago, we were a print-only publication with a circulation of between three and four thousand. We sent
a free copy to all judges. Otherwise, our members were our readership. We struggled for articles.
What a difference a year makes.
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.[10]Editor's Comment: What Life Is - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Yes, I am a pirate
Two hundred years too late.
The cannons don?t thunder, there?s nothin? to plunder.
I?m an over forty victim of fate;
arriving too late, arriving too late.
Jimmy Buffett, ?A Pirate Looks at Forty?
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.[11]Editor's Comment: A Little Death Penalty Math - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
I watch presidential debates for the same reason I suspect some others watch NASCAR races?to see the
crashes. And so it was as I settled in to watch the September 7, 2011, debate between the current Republican
presidential hopefuls moderated by Brian Williams. I knew, of course, that unless he backed out or otherwise
refused, Rick Perry would be in this debate, so I thought my chances were good. I had not been watching for
long when this exchange occurred:
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.[12]Editor's Comment: It?s Sausage Time! - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Well, as September 1 rapidly approaches, carrying with it the product of our duly elected representatives, I
am reminded of some words by Grant Gilmore:
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.[13]Editor's Comment: Why I Do What I Do (A Work in Progress) - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
You know you?ve been around a while when you get tapped to give the ?Why We Do What We Do? speech.
It would seem that once a criminal defense lawyer achieves the right mix of experience and age, he or she
gets that figured out. Maybe. I don?t pretend to have it completely figured out yet, but I have been thinking
about it lately.
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.[14]Editor's Comment: Driving My Kids to School on Monday Morning - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
So this morning I?m taking my kids to school and listening to the radio. My son and I are talking about the
debt ceiling, and I explain to him about debt, budgets, and the politics of the debt ceiling. At one point, my
explanation becomes something like this: ?It?s a lie. Everything the politicians say is a lie. The politicians
who hate Obama lie about Obama and his policies. The ones on the other side lie about those guys.
Politicians never tell the truth. They always overstate their claims. They always posture. They always lie.
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.[15]Editor's Comment: And Then There Were Three: A Non-Law-Related Story - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
I figured out several years ago that emotional devastation over the death of a dog is kind of optional. Our
first standard poodle died due to a bad reaction to anesthesia. Mollee and I were devastated, of course, and
sat at our dining room table in shock. At once, without giving it much of a thought, I went to the recycling
and pulled out the classified ads. Five hours after our first standard poodle, Truman, died, we had our second
standard poodle, Hugo, who is black.
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.[16]Editor's Comment: Voice for the Defense Online - By Greg Westfall
[3]Greg Westfall
Friday, April 1st, 2011
1972
The first video game (PONG) and the first handheld calculator (HP-35) are introduced. Five White House
operatives are caught burglarizing the Watergate Hotel. The Volkswagen Beetle sets the record for the most
cars sold worldwide. And Voice for the Defense is born as an eight-page hole-punched pamphlet issued four
times per year.
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