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Flag burning is still a crime, notwithstanding Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), if the perpetrator sneaks around in the wee hours burning other people's flags. Lindsey Baguio has this story in the Orange County (Cal.) Register. See Cal. Penal Code § 451. Bite-mark analysis got a deservedly bad rep after some high-profile false positives. Todd Richmond of AP reports on an attempt to bring it back from ignominy. Cyber bully Lori Drew of Missouri was indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, "Invoking a criminal statute more commonly used to go after computer hackers or crooked government employees," report Scott Glover and P.J. Huffstutter for the LA Times. The case raises both substantive and venue questions. Ninth Circuit Habeas: The Ninth Circuit has granted rehearing en banc in Hayward v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on May 16, 2008 (boomark / email).