….and nothing but the truth

And Nothing But the Truth

Ramesh Nyberg  What It Takes to Make a Case Stick Have you ever gotten pissed off at the prosecutor? My guess is that, if you have been in law enforcement for more than three years – and especially if you’ve worked in an investigative capacity – you’ve had your share of frustration with them. They are, after all, the people whose job is to vigorously pursue a conviction of the people we worked hard to put in handcuffs. Our work…

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AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH March/April 2025

Ramesh Nyberg A Salute to the King No, not Elvis. The “king” I want to write about is a man named Joseph Wambaugh. As I sat down to start this column, I had two other ideas battling for first place as the topic for this issue, but then I saw a post about Wambaugh’s passing and I sat there reflecting on his work and how much it meant to me. I didn’t discover Wambaugh until my third year in law…