link dump

I have tried to think of something to write about – honestly – but most of the topics out there right now are just meh, so I’m gonna take the easy way out and give you some links to click on. Some of these are stories you’ve heard about ad nauseum already and some you’ve only heard of a few times. But here they are anyway. Hey. Don’t take that attitude with me. At least I’m posting again. Ingrate.

• The Evidence Prof has a new paper on the potentially unintended consequence of Arizona v. Gant, funnily titled “Stranger than Dictum:…“
• Mike at C&F points to a fun opinion by Judge Alex “so what if I look at porn” Kozinski.
• Illinois passed a bill banning sex offenders from the whole wide world wide webs.
• There’s a blog about snitches. But don’ tell anyone.
• There’s that whole let’s see if Troy Davis might be innocent thing. Resulting from which is the bitchslap of Nino by Dershowitz.
• Apparently, Archie turned out to be nothing more than a gold digger.
• Plaxico “I’m so cool I shoot myself” Burress is now officially a member of the Cleveland Browns (or is that the Cincinnati Bungles?).

That’s all for now.

photo credit: Jake Wild!

One day left before the end of the week, so it’s time to dump some links on you:

• ACLU has asked a CT court to vacate its decision to force feed an inmate on hunger strike.
• A Newsweek review of “Ganja Queen”, the story of Schappelle Corby, still stuck in an Indonesian jail.
• Follow this twisted logic: More police misconduct suits = more deaths in Chicago.
• Indigent clients may be more charitable than those with money.
• How much do eyewitnesses really see?
• Child sex assault cases are a zero sum game.
• A blogger points out that 7 jurisdictions, not 6, have the death penalty for child rape, contrary to the majority’s statement in Kennedy. Gideon yawns. Still yawning. Can’t stop yawning.
• NY will now hand out consent forms for suspects to sign prior to searching their vehicle.
• The Confrontation Blog reflects on Giles (he’s not happy).
• Stephen Gustitis is writing an excellent series of posts on the Intoxilyzer 5000. A must read for anyone doing DUI work.
• f/k/a produces a quality post yet again, this time on California’s new hands-free cell phone law (much like CT’s).
• From SCOTUSblog, “victims’ rights plea denied“.
• Is Heller on a collision course with self-defense laws?
• A day in the life of a MN public defender. Via Skelly.

It’s hump day. It’s been a long hump day. So here’s a link dump.

• People of Lesbos sue over use of the word “lesbian”.
• Should cops value lives of others over their own? No, no and you people have got it all wrong.
• Man accidentally buys son Mike’s Hard lemonade, loses kid for a week. From Volokh.
• Consensual encounters gone awry (It’s not what you think, pervs. This is a family blog).
• Researchers discover a-hole in blogosphere.
• Australia to revoke 100 anti-gay laws, except marriage.
• Alan Shore goes to the Supreme Court. From CrimLaw.
• Apparently, jurors have to abide by a dress code too.
• Federal Court upholds ban on drug offenders receiving student aid.
• The Government on trial? What a novel concept!
• Should we be ruthless or compassionate?

And finally, in honor of hump day, the Black Eyed Peas:

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• ACLU presses for death row inmates’ rights.
• Apparently, there’s a wave of sexual offenders preying on nursing home residents. Not.
• State ethics bill “implodes“.
• Bill introduced in Congress to impose sanctions on countries that don’t take back illegal immigrants.
• State lawmakers discuss prison population.
• FBI determines Lieberman campaign to blame for crashing own site.
• Interesting 9th Circuit dissent discussing meaning of a PSR (pre-sentence report).
• Federal inmate sues to lift limits on passover foods.
• Prof. Berman wonders why Congress is “wasting time” taking stock of the state and quality of capital counsel, instead of making a “serious effort to get some of the excessive resources spent seeking to impede the executions of convicted murderers redirected toward providing more defendants charged with murder better initial representation.”
• A life of honor, one day at a time: One man’s story of turning his back on a life of crime.