At first these articles don’t seem to line up. The headline in the LA Times reads “Drone attacks may be expanded in Pakistan“, but Newsweek says Obama is firmly against any expansion of the attacks. Here’s an excerpt from the LA Times piece (via Kevin Drum):
Senior U.S. [...]
Logan Carver writes, "Death penalty cases more expensive than lifetime imprisonment, but local CDA says cost never a consideration." It appeared in the Sunday edition of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Here's an extended excerpt:
Legal experts and trial attorneys agree that most people outside the legal community don’t realize the high cost [...]
Sci-Fi writer John Scalzi has put together a list of the “10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time.” I refuse to excerpt any of it because I demand that you follow the link and read the whole thing for yourself, but the titles include “Ayn Rand’s A Selfish [...]
Well, Cathie and mooks over at the RPT tried to make hay on Friday. I wrote this in response and this little candyass referred to the post today with what I certainly hope is affected indignation...
The reference about "bloodying-up" Cathie is especially disturbing. Cathie Adams, of course, is [...]The RPT, in response to this, tweeted this.
To Cathie and all our friends over at the RPT, you want to stay out of this. We'll bloody you up soon enough and you really don't want a premature boot (or Gucci slip on as the case is today) [...]
That's the title of Linda Greenhouse's latest post at the New York Times Opinionator blog. LINK It's a must-read. Several excerpts:
In overturning a death sentence this week of a Korean War veteran whose lawyer failed to inform the jury about the man’s combat-related traumatic stress disorder, the Supreme Court [...]
"Ohio's execution of Kenneth Biros an experiment on involuntary human subject," is the title of Richard Dieter's commentary at Jurist. He's the Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center. Here's an excerpt of this must-read:
In a rapid sequence of events, the state of Ohio has abandoned its [...]Also yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected one California death case with an innocence claim. It granted cert in a Michigan case involving double jeopardy, and requested additional briefing in an Alabama death case.
Let's begin with an excerpt of Lyle Denniston's SCOTUS Blog post, "Court scuttles photo ruling; grants 3 [...]
Prof. Steven Haycox, Editorial excerpt, Anchorage Daily News (ADN), Nov. 27, "Palin's anti-Intellectualism Dangerous":Sam Pizzigati regales us with the sad result of the decades-long conservative “tax revolt” that has gutted social welfare programs and let wealthy taxpayers off the hook while left middle and lower class taxpayers are left holding the bag (via Adam.) He’s worth excerpting at length:
Tax relief had become, [...]
Adam Liptak's latest Sidebar column is, "Standards for Juvenile Punishment." It's available at the New York Times website and is scheduled for tomorrow's print edition. An extended excerpt:
The law is made up of rules and standards.
Here is an example of a rule, established by the [...]
Redmond and Elvis over at Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog are doing a hilarious chapter-by-chapter review of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," which they have re-titled "Why Me Not President?" So far they have covered Chapters One and Two. I'll share a few excerpts,' [...] 
Sarah Palin Sets the Record Straight!That's the title of analysis by Ian Urbina in today's New York Times. LINK An extended excerpt:
Prison officials in Ohio never planned to become pioneers in death penalty protocol. But the failed effort on Sept. 15 to execute Romell Broom, a convicted killer, forced the state to rethink how people are put [...]
That's the title of Tim Carpenter's report from Kansas' Topeka Capital-Journal. It appeared in the Sunday edition. LINK An extended excerpt:
The life, and more pointedly, the death of small-time hoodlum Ruben Montoya Cantu is etched into the consciousness of former Texas prosecutor Sam Millsap.
Millsap's legal prowess and persuasive skills as Bexar [...]
Over the weekend there was a great deal of commentary -- editorials, OpEds, and column -- on the need for juvenile sentencing reform. Because of the sheer volume, I'm going to limit excerpts, but those interested in the issues raised in Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida [...]
"Prosecution will cost county plenty," is the title of Dennis Palmitier' OpEd from the Sunday edition of the Amarillo Globe-News. An extended excerpt:
Many folks are wondering just what 31st District Attorney Lynn Switzer accomplished in her pursuit of the death penalty for Levi King.
With the dust of the jury's verdict [...]
This excerpt, from an otherwise okay article about the (literal) evolution of religious belief, irkes me:
For atheists, it is not a particularly welcome thought that religion evolved because it conferred essential benefits on early human societies and their successors. If religion is a lifebelt, it is hard to portray [...]
