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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

“Tight vote expected in death penalty repeal hearing”: The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has an update that begins, “A two-year long effort to end Delaware’s death penalty could come down to one vote.”

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bob McDonnell Tries, Tries Again: The former Virginia governor, convicted on corruption charges, makes his case to an appeals court; The judges are skeptical.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“I’m a florist, but I refused to do flowers for my gay friend’s wedding; My relationship with God trumps my connection to anyone on Earth; And now I’m getting sued”: Barronelle Stutzman has this entry today at the “PostEverything” blog of The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Final appeals are heard as judge considers release of John Hinckley”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has a news update that begins, “Federal prosecutors and attorneys for John W. Hinckley Jr. made their final appeals Tuesday to a federal judge who is considering the release of President Ronald Reagan’s attempted assassin from a government psychiatric hospital where he mostly has been confined since 1981.”

And Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Lawyers argue over freedom for attempted assassin John Hinckley Jr.

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawyer says ‘Cannibal Cop’ plot a fantasy on level of leprechauns”: The New York Post has this news update.

Newsday reports that “Appeals court hears arguments in ‘cannibal cop’ Gilberto Valle’s case.”

Reuters reports that “New York’s ‘cannibal cop’ back in spotlight at appeals court.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court weighs jury verdict in NYC ‘cannibal cop’ case.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Appeals Judges Ponder ‘Cannibal Cop’ Charges.”

Unfortunately, because the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit does not post oral argument audio online, we must rely on this news coverage rather than hearing first-hand which arguments in the “cannibal cop” appeal the Second Circuit panel sunk its teeth into today. There is now, however, an HBO documentary on the case, which was reviewed in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 6:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Montana: Stanford, Dartmouth mailers broke campaign laws.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Researchers at Stanford University and Dartmouth College broke Montana laws when they sent mailers about the state’s two Supreme Court races to more than 100,000 voters in 2014, Montana’s campaign regulator said Tuesday.”

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawyers, prosecutors argue McDonnell case at appeals court”: The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this news update.

The Virginian-Pilot has a news update headlined “Appeals court hears arguments in Bob McDonnell case.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court hears arguments in ex-Gov. McDonnell’s case.”

And The Washington Post has this updated report.

You can access via this link (44.8 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court to release hundreds of pages in Doe probe on Wednesday”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a blog post that begins, “The Wisconsin Supreme Court will release hundreds of pages of filings on Wednesday in three cases it is considering over an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups backing him.”

Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“SC upholds ban on national anthem use as ringtone”: In news from Bangladesh, The Dhaka Tribune has this report.

bdnews24.com reports that “Supreme Court confirms ban on national anthem as phone’s ringtone, welcome tune.”

And Reuters reports that “Bangladesh mobile phones can’t ring national anthem.”

Any of this blog’s readers who have better luck than I did finding a copy of yesterday’s ruling at the web site of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh are invited to email to me a link to the decision.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman