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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 "New Albany again rebuffed in battle against adult bookstore": Yesterday's edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal contained this article. Posted at 09:30 PM by Howard Bashman "18 And a Life To Go: The U.S. is the only country that sentences juveniles to life in prison without parole; Will the Supreme Court declare it unconstitutional?" This article appears online at the web site of Newsweek magazine. And online at Slate, Amy Bach has a jurisprudence essay entitled "All Locked Up: Did Joe Sullivan, sentenced to life at 13, have a fair trial?" "Supreme Court orders new trial in CV defamation case": The Citizens' Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has a news update that begins, "The state Supreme Court ordered a new trial today in $3.5 million defamation verdict against The Citizens' Voice that the newspaper's attorneys allege was possibly fixed in a conspiracy between a Luzerne County judge and a convicted mobster." And The Associated Press reports that "NE Pa. paper wins new trial in defamation case." You can access today's order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link. The Report and Recommendation referenced in today's order can be accessed here. "The Framers on the Framers: Does the Constitution protect prosecutors who fabricate evidence?" Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate. Posted at 08:57 PM by Howard Bashman "DC sniper proclaims innnocence in 2008 letter": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 07:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Death sentence upheld for Julie Love's killer": Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, "The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday upheld the death sentence against a man convicted of one of Atlanta's most infamous murders -- the abduction and killing of 27-year-old Julie Love." Circuit Judge Ed Carnes wrote today's 116-page ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for a unanimous three-judge panel. "Panel to discuss U.S. Supreme Court and the media": Princeton University has issued a news release that begins, "Noted law reporters and media analysts will participate in a panel discussion titled 'Full Court Press: The Supreme Court, the Media and Public Understanding' at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11." Posted at 05:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court appears split on tackling rogue prosecutors; The Supreme Court Wednesday heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by two Iowa men who spent 25 in prison after prosecutors allegedly fabricated evidence against them; Justices seemed divided on the issue of how much immunity prosecutors should enjoy": Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report. And this evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "High Court Weighs Prosecutors' Immunity" featuring Nina Totenberg. "Melvin Brunetti dies at 75; federal appeals court judge; He sat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for 24 years; His key opinions include upholding Robert Alton Harris' death penalty and broader Pentagon scrutiny of homosexuals' security clearances": Carol J. Williams had this obituary yesterday in The Los Angeles Times. And yesterday's edition of Metropolitan News-Enterprise contained an article headlined "Services Set for Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Brunetti." This U.S. Supreme Court case does not involve Woody Allen: Although, if glanced at too quickly, the case of Wood v. Allenin which the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument today (the transcript is available at this link) does look a bit like "Woody Allen." But while speaking of Hollywood, it is noteworthy that petitioner Wood's first name actually is Holly. Because this is a death penalty case, it remains to be seen whether -- and, if so, for whom -- it will have a happy ending. "Court worries about stifling prosecutors": Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed worried that allowing people to sue prosecutors who fabricate evidence to win convictions might chill other prosecutions - even if those prosecutors are doing their jobs correctly and honestly." You can access at this link the transcript of today's U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, No. 08-1065. "Charlotte judge nominated to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals": The Charlotte Observer has this news update, along with a news update headlined "Wynn, Diaz tapped for U.S. appeals court." At the "44" blog of The Washington Post, Michael A. Fletcher has a post titled "Obama nominates two to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals." The Daily Reflector of Greenville, North Carolina has a news update headlined "Robersonville native nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals." The News & Record of Greensboro, North Carolina has an update headlined "Obama appoints two N.C. judges to Fourth Circuit." And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," David Ingram has a post titled "Obama Nominates Two from N.C. to the 4th Circuit." Today's official news release from the White House is headlined "President Obama Nominates Judge Albert Diaz and Judge James Wynn to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals." To quote from a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today, "Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yea": It's true, the "Bow Wow refrain" is at issue in a copyright infringement appeal that the Sixth Circuit decided today. You can access today's ruling at this link. Posted at 11:10 AM by Howard Bashman "Prosecutors keep eyes on Bluffs case": This past Sunday's edition of The Omaha World-Herald contained an article that begins, "A case that began in a dark used car lot 32 years ago will see the light of the U.S. Supreme Court chamber this week. The issue before the high court isn't whether Curtis McGhee and Terry Harrington, both of Omaha, were wrongly convicted of murdering a retired Council Bluffs police officer. Or whether the two men were unjustly imprisoned for 25 years. The court also isn't tasked with deciding whether county prosecutors fabricated evidence that led to the men's conviction. Rather, the question is: If prosecutors in fact fabricated evidence, can they be sued for it?" And on today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition," Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled "Can Prosecutors Be Sued By People They Framed?" "Wisconsin Supreme Court hears lawsuit on civil unions; Case could overturn amendment which bans gay marriage": The Badger Herald, the student newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, contains this article today. And The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today that "State Supreme Court hears arguments on gay marriage amendment." "Orie Melvin bucks odds to win Pa. Supreme Court seat": This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that "Melvin wins Supreme Court race." The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that "Melvin will become next justice." And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that "Orie Melvin leads Panella for Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat." "State justices debate limits on sex offenders": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "The California Supreme Court appeared to be searching for a middle ground Tuesday in a dispute over whether thousands of formerly imprisoned sex offenders must live at least 2,000 feet from parks and schools, a voter-approved restriction that would exclude them from most of the state's urban areas." Posted at 07:20 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court is asked to spare sniper; Lawyers: Muhammad shouldn't have been allowed to represent self." This article appears today in The Washington Post. Posted at 07:18 AM by Howard Bashman "Michigan Supreme Court justices take up doctor liability; Patient shot in '99 sued psychiatrist's estate": Today's edition of The Detroit Free Press contains an article that begins, "More than 10 years after an explosion of violence and death at the office of a Southfield psychiatrist, the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the estate of the slain psychiatrist is liable for injuries a patient suffered when a former patient shot them." Posted at 07:14 AM by Howard Bashman "Justices split on Series": Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, "He's a right-leaning New Jersey native with a lifelong love of the Phillies. She's a liberal New Yorker who grew up near Yankee Stadium. They're eying each other warily these days from opposite ends of the Supreme Court bench. Justices Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor make no secret of their rooting interests in the World Series, though neither would say whether they have a wager on the outcome." Posted at 07:10 AM by Howard Bashman  
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