Wednesday is still link dump day
because it's been just too damn long
Too many browser tabs, not enough motivation to turn them into posts. My excess, your bounty. Or something:
- What has to be the story of the week and case-in-point in re my tirades against the press and its coverage of the #hayes trial: mother of the victim of a murder sees murderer plead to 30 years in jail, then goes outside courthouse where gaggle of #hayes reporters twiddle their thumbs, bangs on 3 news vans and not one is interested in this woman’s loss. Shame. Shame on us all. To top it off, this happened a month ago and we’re just hearing about it. You tell me the press’ coverage of #hayes wasn’t about race or socio-economic status. Just try.
- If it’s Wednesday, it must be time to get a-round-tuit.
- Does routinely sampling DNA from people who are merely arrested violate the 4th Amendment?
- Prosecutor says listening to call between defendant and his attorney was a “good faith mistake”.
- A CA judge ruled that laws restricting where sex offenders can live are unconstitutional.
- Co-defendants, Bruton, Crawford, hearsay… oh, my! A primer.
- Georgia keeps having to dismiss murder cases because they don’t got no money.
- The Texas Tornado on TSA, public fondling and specific intent. Gamso on why the Government always lies.
- Housing, jobs key to re-entry.
- Apparently, some people think that pro-se defendants shouldn’t have the right to cross-examine the complaining witness [this may actually be worth an entire post. Have at it, blawgers].
And finally, in the “Rivalry That No One Cares About And Also Proves That Ivy Leaguers Are Just Not Funny” category, this immensely stupid video that some Haahvard types made about Yalies. I turned it off at the 00:57 mark with the “Yale student murdered and stuffed in a wall” joke. See if you fare better.
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about 1 year ago
I read the rape cross-examination one.
The stupid; it burns.
about 1 year ago
I whole-heartedly agree with you on the story of the week. Although I do have to say, hey dude stop painting us all with the same brush. On the day the Hayes trial started I was in a New Britain court room gladly covering the capital felony case of Leslie Williams – who you referenced in a previous post about the death penalty. I remember pointing out to my editor I must be the only reporter in the state who wasn’t in New Haven but I knew I was exactly where I was supposed to be. I know you, Norm Pattis and others are using the Hayes trial to rally against the death penalty. That’s understandable to a degree. But the reality is cases like Williams’ are a far better barometer of how the death penalty is applied in this state – so I guess in a back handed way I’m accusing you of jumping on the same bandwagon as the media who you are so gleefully mocking. After years of absolutely loving covering crime and punishment in central Connecticut I’ve taken a job (more money, real editors) at a paper that is covering the Petit murders and will be in the courtroom for the second trial and possibly as soon as Hayes’ sentencing Dec. 2. Rest assured, I am of the ilk that no matter how long a day I spend in New Haven, the “other”cases on my beat will not go uncovered. Because like the New Haven Independent, I get it. Paul Bass is the man, by the way.
about 1 year ago
I agree. I should stop painting everyone with the same brush. Leslie Williams is another terrible story as is Razwaski (or however the hell you spell his name) in Bridgeport, or Dimaeo. But does anyone know their names or their victims’ names?
about 1 year ago
You tell me the press’ coverage of #hayes wasn’t about race or socio-economic status. Just try.
Right. Cause meeting a guy in a park to settle the score is exactly the same as home invasion, kidnapping, rape, being doused in gasoline and set on fire.
about 1 year ago
That’s exactly the problem, though. We’re making value judgments on whose death was more horrific? C’mon. Death is death and murder is murder. Lives are lost. It isn’t that the Courant needed to be turned into a 24/7 “Coward Channel” like it did for the Petits, but to not even be bothered to talk to the mother of the victim who’s banging on your window? As you’re waiting to cover another murder? In light of the beating the media’s taken for their preferential treatment? That’s just stupid.
about 1 year ago
Death is death and murder is murder
So there should be no distinction between manslaughter and first degree murder?
about 1 year ago
I didn’t say manslaughter is murder, did I? You know very well what I meant too.
Also, no first degree murder in CT.
about 1 year ago
Well, I’m not sure exactly what you meant by death is death … you write as if the New Haven and Cheshire murders were exactly the same and the variation is press coverage is entirely due to the race and economic status of the victims. I’m disagreeing.
The death is death precept leads to the (obviously) invalid conclusion that manslaughter is the same as murder; therefore the precept doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
about 1 year ago
Yale professor speaks out against flawed eyewitness procedures in Courant and Journal-Inquirer
about 1 year ago
Good piece. Thanks for the pointer. The message from Outing is clear: it’ll happen. Just not yet. Because…well, we don’t have to give you a real reason.
about 1 year ago
That’s exactly the problem, though. We’re making value judgments on whose death was more horrific? C’mon. Death is death and murder is murder. Lives are lost. It isn’t that the Courant needed to be turned into a 24/7 “Coward Channel” like it did for the Petits, but to not even be bothered to talk to the mother of the victim who’s banging on your window? As you’re waiting to cover another murder? In light of the beating the media’s taken for their preferential treatment? That’s just stupid.