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Welcome to March! Today also happens to be the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell who, as most of us surely know, invented the telephone (or rather the first to patent the working telephone) - the precursor to modern day social networking tools. So with that in mind, let us turn to what has been happening in the blawgosphere (and sometimes blogosphere) over the last week:

• There’s a new sex-ed bill making the rounds at the State Capitol and already people aren’t happy.
• Bad Court Thingy reminds us that juvenile defendants are often the product of the homes they grow up in.
• Co-op explores how David Lat of ATL got kicked out of Facebook with lack of notice and can’t seem to get an answer.
• Bennett gives us a glimpse of Nasty Little Surprises (NLSs) he had prepared for the State.
• What happens when a juror gets stage fright?
• The California Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the rights of same-sex couples. A similar case in CT was argued last year and a decision is still pending.
• Norm’s got his own take on the death penalty challenge in Connecticut.
• Maggie reports that a number of civil suits have been filed in the “Nichols case” in Georgia. Their problems just keep getting worse.
• Scott and Prof. Berman have been going at it - starting with whether asset forfeiture can be an appropriate punishment and devolving into whether liberals cause mass incarceration (sarcasm was used there). It’s a fascinating read.
• The Confrontation Blog analyzes the conviction of Mark Jensen and the admission of the “letter from the grave” in light of Crawford.
• Woman in Black reiterates that this job is not about us, but about the client.

Have a great day!