Thursday, May 3, 2012
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Death row inmate Hank Skinner’s decade-long fight for DNA testing, which he hopes will prove his innocence in a grisly West Texas triple murder, will take center stage this morning in the state’s highest criminal court….
Who is able to pray for him, please, do this! Let the light shine about this innocent man!
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Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
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West Texas Lightning Storm (Photo credit: jeffk)Death row inmate Hank Skinner’s decade-long fight for DNA testing, which he hopes will prove his innocence in a grisly West Texas triple murder, will take center stage this morning in the state’s highest criminal court….
Who is able to pray for him, please, do this! Let the light shine about this innocent man!
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Reblogged from Wrongful Convictions Blog:You can’t make this up. From news source:
In a new twist for a case full of them, lawyers of Kerry Max Cook, the Dallas man sentenced to death for a gruesome rape and murder before being exonerated two decades later, are accusing a prosecutor in his case of taking home the murder weapon as a dark, twisted souvenir.
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In a new twist for a case full of them, lawyers of Kerry Max Cook, the Dallas man sentenced to death for a gruesome rape and murder before being exonerated two decades later, are accusing a prosecutor in his case of taking home the murder weapon as a dark, twisted souvenir.
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Reblogged from *CLAIM YOUR INNOCENCE*:Update may 2 2012 Source : http://www.texastribune.org
Sensitive to dozens of DNA exonerations in recent years, judges on the nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today grilled the Texas solicitor general about what harm could be done by granting death row inmate Hank Skinner‘s decade-old request for biological analysis of crime scene evidence.
“You really tought to be absolutely sure before you strap a person down and kill him,” Judge Michael Keasler said.
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Sensitive to dozens of DNA exonerations in recent years, judges on the nine-member Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today grilled the Texas solicitor general about what harm could be done by granting death row inmate Hank Skinner‘s decade-old request for biological analysis of crime scene evidence.
“You really tought to be absolutely sure before you strap a person down and kill him,” Judge Michael Keasler said.
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pYesterday, J.T. Ready, a neo-Nazi and member of the anti-immigrant Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, reportedly strapped on body armor, grabbed several firearms, and then killed four people in Gilbert, Arizona. One of the dead is a toddler. Ready also was killed in this incident, although reports vary on whether he took his own life. At [...]/p
viaReported Neo-Nazi Spree Killer Called SB 1070 Sponsor Russell Pearce His ‘Surrogate Father’.
viaReported Neo-Nazi Spree Killer Called SB 1070 Sponsor Russell Pearce His ‘Surrogate Father’.
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By Rachel Raskin Vallejo Times Herald VALLEJO, Calif. — A Napa State Hospital patient died while under police restraint Tuesday morning, a Napa Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said. It's the second major incident there since January, a local legislator's spokesman said. The death of Brandon Coates, 29, described as an "especially assaultive and aggressive client," comes ...
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... Psychiatry News · Google Reader - Forensic Psychiatry News ... This expression consisted of two plausible environmental-scanning behaviors (eye darts and head swivels) and was labeled as anxiety, not fear. The facial ...
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All symptoms and behaviors fit into this (relat... In the news by Karen Franklin PhD: Ranking forensic journals through content analysis. In the news by Karen Franklin PhD: Ranking forensic journals through content analysis ...
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... Psychiatry News · Google Reader - Forensic Psychiatry News ... This expression consisted of two plausible environmental-scanning behaviors (eye darts and head swivels) and was labeled as anxiety, not fear. The facial ...
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Lowinson and Ruiz's Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) Section 2, “Determinants of Abuse and Dependence,” includes chapters on genetics, neurobiological factors of drug abuse, psychological factors in substance abuse disorders, behavioral aspects, and sociocultural factors. The chapters on genetics and ... |
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By Rachel Raskin Vallejo Times Herald VALLEJO, Calif. — A Napa State Hospital patient died while under police restraint Tuesday morning, a Napa Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said. It's the second major incident there since January, a local legislator's spokesman said. The death of Brandon Coates, 29, described as an "especially assaultive and aggressive client," comes ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/2/12
By Alicia A. Caldwell Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating how its agents forgot about a college student who was picked up during a sweep and left him in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet. Daniel Chong, 24, was never arrested, was not going to be charged with a crime and should have been released, said a law enforcement ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/3/12
By Julie Watson Associated Press SAN DIEGO — A college student picked up in a federal drug sweep in California was never arrested, never charged and should have been released. Instead, authorities say, he was forgotten in a holding cell for four days. Without food, water or access to a toilet, Daniel Chong had to drink his own urine to survive and began hallucinating after three days because of ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/1/12
By Greg Bluestein Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. — Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus courthouse building. Brown, 36, spent nine months in jail before his April trial. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to another month behind bars, and three years of probation that includes a six-month stay in a halfway house ...
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via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 4/27/12
By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series of actions that supporters say represents increasing evidence that America may be losing its taste for capital punishment. As early as this week, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, is poised to sign a bill repealing the death penalty in that state. A separate proposal has ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 4/26/12
By Dudley Sharp The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eighty-one percent supported and 16 percent opposed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's execution for the murder of 168 people, 19 of whom were infants. Moreover, 80 percent supported Saddam Hussein's execution. Western European nations, save one, also showed majority support. Polling has consistently found that 80 percent of Americans support ...
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Doubts are growing about the reasonableness of the sentencing guidelines, as more judges refuse to follow them
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The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says a sheriff's deputy has pleaded no contest to charges that he smuggled drugs into a courthouse jail by concealing them in a burrito. A Justice System Integrity Division prosecutor says 27-year-old Henry Marin entered the pleas Monday in Superior Court to one count each of bringing drugs into a jail ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/1/12
By Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Bureau of Investigation director Vernon Keenan isn't known for being soft on crime, but he is working to keep one class of "criminals" out of jail. Keenan, like sheriffs statewide, contends law enforcement turns jails into asylums at huge human and financial costs. Now, a study in which the GBI is partnering with the Georgia chapter ...
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By Michael Graczyk Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man was spared from the death chamber Wednesday after a federal appeals court refused to overturn a district judge's reprieve for the prisoner who's facing execution for killing a neighbor more than 15 years ago. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after attorneys for Anthony Bartee filed a civil rights ...
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Feds to investigate law enforcement, Montana college's response to sexual ...
Washington Post The investigations have indicated an association with patterns of behavior from a small number of student athletes, UM President Royce Engstrom said in January. Four of the cases resulted in student conduct code action against eight students, ... Justice Department probes University of Montana student rape reportsChicago Tribune all 265 news articles » |
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/2/12
Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, was executed for killing a Tulsa convenience store manager almost 37 years ago
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By Matt Gouras Associated Press DEER LODGE, Mont. — Montana officials on Friday rejected parole for a notorious "mountain man" who abducted a world-class athlete in 1984 to keep as a wife for his son, and then shot her and left her to die during a rescue attempt. The state Board of Pardons and Parole held its third parole hearing for Don Nichols as federal authorities search for his ...
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via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 4/27/12
By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series of actions that supporters say represents increasing evidence that America may be losing its taste for capital punishment. As early as this week, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, is poised to sign a bill repealing the death penalty in that state. A separate proposal has ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 4/26/12
By Todd South Chattanooga Times Free Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A 19-year-old Chattanooga man arrested in connection with a shooting Tuesday night was free on bond from murder charges in a separate shooting. Police arrested Demetrius Bibbs on Wednesday for a shooting at 2601 Fourth Ave. that injured 28-year-old Guy Wilkerson. Police believe the shooting is gang-related, according to a news release ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 4/27/12
By Bill Rankin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A federal prisoner who killed his cellmate because he was a child molester was spared the death penalty Thursday when a jury hearing the case could not reach a unanimous verdict. After deliberating two days, a federal jury in Atlanta could not arrive at a verdict as to whether Brian Richardson should live or die. Without unanimity on death, the sentence ...
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Chico Enterprise-Record RED BLUFF, Calif. — While waiting for an inmate work farm to materialize, Tehama County officials are planning a vehicle maintenance station as a work release option to ease jail populations. With the Tehama County Jail feeling the burden of increased population due to state prison realignment in Assembly Bill 109, administrators have had to think fast. AB109, which took ...
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This segment of "A View from the Sidelines" was generated by this e-mail by Sgt. Dominic Turner of the Door County, Wis. Sheriff’s Department. Although he is addressing his question on the justification of using force on an inmate based on Wisconsin training standards, his question has application to all correctional use-of-force situations. Remember that the purpose of the View from ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/1/12
By Dirk Lammers Associated Press MADISON, S.D. — A 73-year-old South Dakota man accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate will plead guilty but mentally ill to a second-degree murder charge, his attorney said Tuesday. Defense attorney Scott Bratland said during a pretrial motions hearing in Madison that Carl Ericsson has been examined by a psychiatrist but that an affidavit has not been ...
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By Jeff Horseman The Press Enterprise RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Riverside County supervisors are being asked to OK development of new zoning rules for parolee/probationer homes — less than two years after banning them in unincorporated areas. The Board of Supervisors will take up the request from county staff at its meeting at 9 a.m. today at the County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon St., Riverside ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/2/12
By Matt Gouras Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — The only Canadian on death row in the United States is asking the Montana Parole Board to instead let him live the rest of his life in prison. Ronald A. Smith of Red Deer, Alberta, was sentenced to death in 1983, seven months after he marched cousins Harvey Mad Man, 23, and Thomas Running Rabbit, 20, into the woods just off U.S. 2 near Marias Pass ...
via CorrectionsOne Daily News on 5/3/12
By Errin Haines Associated Press ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that will overhaul the state's criminal justice system to provide alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders and reduce soaring prison costs. Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican governors have been pushing to overhaul years of policies that were designed to lock up ...
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 Newsday |
MoveOn's Quest to Outlaw the Term “Illegal Immigrant”
FrontPage Magazine There are no shades of gray here. And it is also fundamentally unfair to Hispanic and other immigrants who have come to this country legally, and have followed the law since arriving here, to airbrush and reward illegal behavior. Historical US Immigration Policy Impacts Elections: Danny Quintana's Book ...NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) all 313 news articles » |
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Feds to investigate law enforcement, Montana college's response to sexual ...
Washington Post The investigations have indicated an association with patterns of behavior from a small number of student athletes, UM President Royce Engstrom said in January. Four of the cases resulted in student conduct code action against eight students, ... Justice Department probes University of Montana student rape reportsChicago Tribune all 265 news articles » |
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Lieberman, Collins Demand Answers from Secret Service
U.S. News & World Report (blog) Are Secret Service personnel, or any subset of Secret Service personnel, required to abstain from any types of otherwise legal behavior? Are there any rules regarding the use of alcohol or legal or prescribed drugs or medications by Secret Service ... New Secret Service rules on alcohol, unsavory barsLas Vegas Sun 3 Secret Service agents refuse polygraphCNN New investigation launched into prostitution scandalCNN International all 1,511 news articles » |
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Middleborough Swearing Problem Leads to New Law to Fine Cursing
Christian Post Sexual relationships are off-limits for moral judgment. Once sexual behavior is ... By Sami K. Martin , Christian Post Contributor Middleborough, Mass. is considering passing a law that would allow police officers to fine swearers $20. and more » |
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The Law of Allowing: Submission 2.0
Huffington Post The authors' claim that you can only be "fierce and feminine" by substituting "masculine" behavior with the curious, "Law of Allowing." What is that you may wonder? "Using your feminine grace" to get what you want, claims Grado. |
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U.S. Legal Profession Makes a Case for its Critics
Slate Magazine (blog) Law schools aim to attract more tuition-paying students. And Dewey may have tried to hide its financial woes to retain its dwindling business. While understandable, such behavior undermines lawyers' reputations and worse. To improve its image, ... and more » |
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Ind. lawmakers seek changes to early release law
RealClearPolitics Indiana lawmakers are planning changes to the state's early release law in response to this week's slated release of two convicted sex offenders who significantly shortened their prison terms by earning college degrees. Republican Sen. and more » |
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Police: Health Inspectors Arrested for Taking Bribes
First Coast News Tuesday, police arrested Davis at his home, charging him with unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior. While investigating Davis in Jacksonville, law enforcement agencies were also investigating Steven Rivera by setting up the same type ... Cops catch state inspectors in Jacksonville restaurant bribery stingFlorida Times-Union all 7 news articles » |
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Sex offender laws are adequate, experts say
The Columbian The state's definition for Level I sex offenders is that they present the lowest possible risk to the community, have not shown predatory behavior and are successfully completing treatment. All but one of the 48 registered in the county's schools are ... Sheriff's Office issues Level 2 Sex Offender notificationsEastern Arizona Courier all 20 news articles » |
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Kramer Levin Recognized Among Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity by MultiCultural ...
Sacramento Bee By Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is pleased to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, the firm has been named to MultiCultural Law Magazine's "Top 100 Law Firms ... |
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Who Regulates The Regulators?
Forbes Whether the rule is ever applied to that person will depend on the vagaries of enforcement: whether the offensive behavior is observed, recognized as outside the boundaries, and thereafter punished by those charged with enforcement. Other laws command ... |
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Clues to 'slacker' behavior found in brain
13abc Action News Taser guns used by law enforcement can cause heart rhythm problems, sudden cardiac arrest and death, according to a new study. Taser guns used by law enforcement can cause heart rhythm problems, sudden cardiac arrest and death, according to a new study ... and more » |
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In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.
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 Toronto Star |
Conrad Black release ends sorry saga
Financial Times By Hal Weitzman in Chicago When Conrad Black is released from a Florida prison on Friday, it will cap a good recent period for the disgraced peer and former media magnate. Two weeks ago, Canada's Supreme Court ruled he could pursue libel cases against ... Welcome back, Conrad Black!Globe and Mail Conrad Black granted permission to live in Canada after release from prisonToronto Star Conrad Black Nears End of Jail TermWall Street Journal all 499 news articles » |
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Equality Florida: Federal Bureau of Prisons now requires LGBT employee ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog) Equality Florida says the Federal Bureau of Prisons now is requiring LGBT employee representation in the national federal prison system. "I expect Chief Executive Officers at every level to demonstrate support for diversity and inclusion. |
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