Legal Commentary

Wednesday Afternoon News And Open Thread

By Jeralyn

I've missed a lot of news yesterday and today while trying to meet a deadline for filing briefs. Now I'm off to the jail to share them with my clients. Here's what I would have blogged about if I had been online:

• A Botched Execution in Ohio Results in Delay
  

• House Introduces Legislation to Repeal DOMA . Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette released this statement.

• Obama Seeks to Deny Bagram Prisoners Access to Courts

• Obama Administration Open to Patriot Act Reform
  

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• Fusion Centers to Get Classified Military Information

• Financier Allen Stanford has been appointed a public defender. His previous counsel, Dick DeGuerin, in moving to withdraw, noted that in addition to the Government not allowing Stanford to pay him even one dollar in fees, the attorney-client relationship had been irreparably damaged by other lawyers jousting for the case.

  Was he referring to Karl Rove's lawyer Robert Luskin? Did Luskin think he could get money released from the Government where DeGuerin failed? The bottom line is that Stanford, who had millions, will now be represented by the public defender's office.

• The 24 year old, Denver airport limo driver who was the subject of an out-sized terror-related search in Queens, NY Monday, says he has no connection to al-Qaeda.

• One of the Norfolk 4 Defendants is Cleared

• Say hello to Huffington Post Denver! I'll be contributing soon.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).