Public Defense

Monday Morning Jumpstart: June Swoon

By Gideon

June is here! Here are some stories to get your day (and month) started:

• The Day has this great feature on the New London public defender’s office.
• Mike at C&F takes on the anti-gay marriage lobby.
• Ken at KL deconstructs a dashboard-cam video and concludes that the cop was justified in shooting.
• Mark Bennett leaves the hidden meaning in this sentence up to us.
• A Seattle judge rules that breathalyzer tests will be inadmissible until accuracy questions are resolved.
• Yet another mis-ID wrongful conviction from IL.
• Grits reports that some police depts in TX are doing the right thing by dismissing cases after evidence room thefts.
• Charles Kenville at the Iowa Champion breaks down the reasons why it is a good idea never to talk to the cops.
• Norm brings some much needed sanity to the Doninger case.
• Scott writes of people’s fascination with crime and criminals.
• SL&P has this post about the inevitability of GPS monitoring and technocorrections.

Short list today, but I have to get out and enjoy the day!

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Full post as published by A Public Defender on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).