Texas appears to have executed an innocent man. I realize that I’m a hippy-dippy criminal defense lawyer, but the thought of watching your children be burned alive and then being erroneously executed for it should keep us all awake at night.
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Why we shouldn’t have the death penalty
Posted by bundrick on September 4, 2009
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Oh, how I love POs
Posted by bundrick on June 4, 2009
From Farrell v. Burke, 449 F.3d 470:
MR. NATHANSON: Are you saying, for example, that that condition of parole would prohibit Mr. Farrell from possessing, say, Playboy magazine?
P.O. BURKE: Yes.
MR. NATHANSON: Are you saying that that condition of parole would prohibit Mr. Farrell from possessing a photograph of Michelangelo['s] David?
P.O. BURKE: What is that?
MR. NATHANSON: Are you familiar with that sculpture?
P.O. BURKE: No.
MR. NATHANSON: If I tell you it’s a large sculpture of a nude youth with his genitals exposed and visible, does that help to refresh your memory of what that is?
P.O. BURKE: If he possessed that, yes, he would be locked up for that.
That made my day.
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