“Perverting Justice: Jessica’s Law prevents paroled sex offenders from residing near schools or parks; That means they can only live one place in S.F. — on the streets.” SF Weekly published this article in late December 2009.
Tomorrow, as noted at this link, the Supreme Court of California is scheduled to issue a ruling on whether certain individuals are entitled to relief from the residency restrictions imposed on persons required to register as sex offenders.
And in this past Thursday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward reported that “Ordinance limiting where sex offenders can live heads to state Supreme Court.”
“Site for Terror Trial Isn’t Only Obstacle”: This article appears today in The New York Times, along with an article headlined “In New York, Mix of Emotions Over 9/11 Trial Move” and an editorial entitled “It Happened in Our Backyard.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Many obstacles to choosing a site for 9/11 trials.”
“Politicians target corruption law; They are waiting for U.S. Supreme Court ruling”: Today’s edition of The South Florida Sun-Sentinel contains an article that begins, “Some of South Florida’s public officials who were swept up in recent public corruption investigations hope the U.S. Supreme Court will make a favorite prosecution tool disappear when the justices rule on a controversial law aimed at dishonest politicians. Prosecutors say the 20-year-old federal law in question, honest services fraud, is a valuable anti-corruption measure.”
“May it please the court? Sotomayor agrees to receive Dunnellon students.” The Ocala Star-Banner has this report.
“Three lives linked by call to duty, common tragedy; The sacrifices of Harvard Law graduates who took unconventional paths leave friends and classmates searching for answers about themselves”: Farah Stockman has this front page article today in The Boston Globe.
“Scott Roeder’s calculated path to murder”: Ron Sylvester will have this lengthy article Monday in The Wichita Eagle.
And online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay entitled “Murder He Wrote: A jury convicted Scott Roeder of killing Dr. George Tiller after a rocky trial.”
“California gay marriages may hinge on one man”: Columnist Dan Walters has this op-ed today in The Sacramento Bee. The one man he writes of is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
And Neon Tommy, the online publication of the Annenberg School of Journalism, has a blog post titled “Prop. 8 Trial Finds Its Way to YouTube.” You can view the reenactment at this link.
“An advocate for juveniles; Law center fights for justice”: This article appears today in The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
“Ghosts in the Machine: What happens when justices get personal.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“U.S. Supreme Court: Government’s hand on a slippery Internet.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.
