Weekend News
Jury selection begins in Reno courthouse shooting case. Nevada Appeal 9/30/07
Scores of witnesses could take stand in Mack Trial. RGJ 9/30/07
Judge allows Mack e-mail as evidence in Reno trial. Nevada Appeal 9/28/07
Guns on campus: Plan faces faculty opposition. LVRJ 9/30/07
Coroner's inquest: Two officers cleared in death. LVRJ 9/29/07
OJ Simpson got all the hoopla. But for the police, it was just a day . . . LVSun 9/29/07
Simpson case judge and lawyers to meet on hearing for defendants. Nevada Appeal 9/29/07
Editorial: Ignorance of the law is no excuse? LVRJ 9/30/07
Secretive lab, UNLV part ways. LVSun 9/28/07
Other news of interest:
Federal judge disciplined for sexual harassment. Houston Chronicle 9/29/07 (via How Appealing)
The Roberts Court Returns. Editorial, NYTimes 9/30/07
Jena, OJ and the Jailing of Black America, Op-Ed, NYTimes 9/30/07
In new book, Justice Thomas weighs in on former accuser. NYTimes 9/30/07
Hard Case: Job Market Wanes for U.S. Lawyers. WSJ 9/24/07
The oldest inmate is ready to confess. Sort of. NYTimes 9/30/07
Second Opinion: Inconsistent Deference to Medical Ethics in Death Penalty Jurisprudence, Daniel N. Lerman Georgetown Law Journal (via Sentencing Law and Policy).
Crack sentencing is wack. Slate 9/28/07
Deception at the Supreme Court: The upcoming terms will look like a move to the left. Don't be fooled. Thomas Goldstein (of Scotusblog). Slate 9/28/07
Judges seek leeway in prison sentences. LATimes 9/29/07
Big drop in homicides in LA. LATimes 9/28/07