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FISA: The Wall Street Journal has this editorial on the FISA legislation stalled by the House. "What we have here is a remarkable display of the anti-antiterror minority at work."

Mumia Abu-Jamal had his third state postconviction petition denied by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Opinion here. AP story here. Hat tip: How Appealing. Abu-Jamal's federal habeas case is still pending in the Third Circuit.

Cal. Commission: Howard Mintz has this story in the San Jose Mercury News on the meeting of the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice.


Posted by CJLF Staff on February 19, 2008 04:27 PM |

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