Criminal Law

"Supreme Court turns down boy killer's appeal"
"Supreme Court turns down boy killer's appeal": Bill Mears of CNN.com provides this report.

LibDem MP in idiotic publicity stunt: He opposes killer's early release
LibDem MP in idiotic publicity stunt: He opposes killer's early releaseA campaign to keep the killer of a South Gloucestershire pub landlord in prison has been taken to parliament.Is this idiotic LibDem MP attempting to pervert the course of justice? This is not a matter for Parliament...

The Curtis Osborne Case in Georgia
Race and the death penalty is rearing its ugly head in the Georgia case of Curtis Osborne, who has a June 4 execution date. Today's Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, "Racism 'infected' killer's defense?," by Bill Rankin...

"Killer's execution delayed; Texas lethal injection was to resume, but Harris County inmate gets new stay"
"Killer's execution delayed; Texas lethal injection was to resume, but Harris County inmate gets new stay": This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

Read My Brain - From Science Friday
Watch the Science Friday crew take trip to Columbia University’s Program for Imaging and Cognitive Sciences for a quick fMRI. Here’s the blurb from the show, “Looking Inside the Human Brain,” broadcast on May 2, which you can listen to here...

Short Cellar: A tale of two rieslings
This past weekend, I was in Canadian Tire searching for a new garbage can. I stuck my head inside of...

Michelin hit with $11.9M verdict for fatal head on crash
Michelin Settles Lawsuit for $11.6 Million

Killer Heir
Estate of Fred Keller pays $40 million settlement.

Serial Killer
Hospitals agree to confidential wrongful death settlement for employing former registered nurse Charles Cullen.