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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

What's An Unlimited Delay When The Entire Proceeding Has Been A Delay?

The Kobe Bryant defense took a small step backward when the judge overruled their appeal to postpone the trial indefinitely. Actually, the judge did not have much of a choice, not if he wanted to remain a judge. To have given the defense an indefinite stay, to proceed whenever they felt the climate... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 24, 2004

And The Truth Shall Set You Free

A 17-year old confesses to the grisly crime of murdering her newborn (by strangulation) and subsequently tossing said baby's body into a nearby canal (as coverup, because it was a secret pregnancy). Now, some moronic judge in Florida has thrown out the confession, stating that the Miranda warning... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2004

Hold On There, Billy Bob, The Supreme Court Says Holster That Needle

What in the hell is wrong with Texas? The one state you could bank on to get rid of the riff-raff on death row is going soft. First, it allows two mothers in the past year to evade the death penalty by reason of mental instability (both used the “god told me to do it” defense – and it worked). Now,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Mininum Sentencing Gets Maximum Rebuke From Lawyers

Well, the bleeding hearts are at it again. Trying to disguise their obvious attempt at sympathy decision-making, the American Bar Association has released a report (a year in the making) suggesting that minimum sentencing is antiquated and unfair to most convicted felons. They further state that the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Protocols Of Political Posturing

A U.S. District Judge handed down a decision to indefinitely stay the execution of a three-time convicted murderer in Maryland. Part of the judge’s ruling actually stated that the stay was given because of recent events in the world with regards to prisoners. It was further stated that the defense... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 12, 2004

A Date With The Constitution

Given: some laws, events, publications, etc., etc., are unconstitutional and therefore are struck down, amended, barred etc., etc. Given: some litigious groups (foremost, the ACLU) will go to unheard of lengths to prove unconstitutionality and ensure that something in their target zone is ruled... Sign in to see full entry.

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