The Definition of Insanity
The defendant paused, looked up at the judge, and asked in return, “Are you talking about me, or you?”
Tagged: crime and punishment
Shouldn’t Need Saying
And another thing: it’s really not such a good thing from a vehicular maintenance perspective.
U.S. Inspector General — Audit of the DEA’s Management and Oversight of Confidential Source Program
Things you probably didn’t know your tax dollars were doing: paying airline workers previously proven to perjure themselves to spy on you.
Ken Womble — The Pandora’s Box Of Jury Nullification
Not my principal concern about jury nullification but a good point nonetheless.
A Sore Test of a New Conviction
Strong is the desire for vengeance. Pretends to be “justice,” vengeance does.
But down that path, no benefit will you find.
On Death And Execution
If the three-drug cocktail used for capital punishment is found cruel and unusual, how ever shall we kill our prisoners?
No Way To Die In California
A judge recently found that California’s death penalty, as it is administered, is cruel and unusual punishment, serving no identifiable purpose. Digging in to the opinion, Burt Likko finds a perverse conflict: an effort to comply with one part of the Constitution leads to a violation of another.
