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.

I can has cheezburger?

Or wine with your dine. Or “if the trytophan won’t get you, these links sure will”.

• Sex offenders in CT still have no place to go. It’s Norm Pattis’ turn to rant against this.
• A Michigan prosecutor is complaining about lack of funding. Maybe someone should teach him how to count.
• Another prosecutor does some shady stuff, a Court has the stuffing to reject immunity, and now the prosecutor wants SCOTUS to intervene.
• Don Pesci takes a look at Hartford’s community court, which I wrote about almost exactly a year ago.
• Proud to go to jail for housing the homeless (via).
• Corporal punishment using reasonable physical force for maintaining discipline is a defense [pdf] to the amorphous Risk of Injury.
• Ryan McKeen tells us about “CT’s Great Turkey Case” in honor of Turkey Law Week.
• Dave Chappelle on the age of consent and stuff.
• Foreperson prevents juror from informing judge that they couldn’t reach a verdict. Court finds no problem with it.
• Maybe the tryptophan got to them already: Obama late in issuing first pardon and SCOTUS is late in issuing first opinion.
• CDW’s weekly edition is out.

Bonus for finding the hidden link.

• 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.

• Lori Drew moves to dismiss the “Myspace indictment”. [Prior coverage]
• Prof. Berman breaks down the chances of a rehearing in Kennedy.
• Constitutional right of access to DNA evidence for clemency.
• Are honor killings that foreign to Americans?
• The legality of NYT’s McCain op-ed snub.
• Catastrophic effects of stress on eyewitness ID.
• Is plea bargaining a “science“?
• SCOTUSblog’s preview of Bell v. Kelly.
• Here’s one for the DUI lawyers: a man was arrested in Rhode Island with a BAC of .491. Yes, that’s .491
• Avvo comes to CT and people are getting sucked in.
• Pool business owner in CT charged with manslaughter when customer’s child gets stuck in pool and dies.

That’s all. I got more posts to write!

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.

• Happy Birthday Miranda
• Judge and prosecutor of death row inmate had secret relationship.
• Dallas public defender facing budget cuts.
• How photo arrays are really conducted (they tell you what to do).
• Norm fights for his client and gets what he wants.
• Volokh finally weighs in on the Kozinski mess and he’s right on.
• R. Kelly flies…away from the courtroom a free man.
• Scott on how Boumediene really means squat.
• On a serious note, commentary on an interesting corporal punishment case.
• R.I.P. Tim Russert.
• Malum is back with a bang.

Have a good weekend. For those wondering about the title, see video clip below from the incredibly hilarious Flight of the Conchords.

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• 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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Lots more cool stuff for you to read, if you so choose:

• Seeking Justice seeks to explain the Cynthia Sommers arsenic murder non-prosecution.
• Orin Kerr gives his initial thoughts on Virginia v. Moore.
• Western Justice gets a CI’s former phone number.
• Scott expresses disappointment with Adam Liptak’s latest.
• Stephen Gustitis explores the “hired gun” theory.
• “Always ready, seldom prepared“, Mark Bennett.
• This op-ed on the barbaric history of the death penalty.
• Is 90 days for contempt excessive?