Pittsburgh officers are remembered: The Associated Press writes that "Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says three city police officers killed when they answered a call are heroes." Ravenstahl spoke to thousands who mourned the death of the three officers. "More than 1,000 police patrol vehicles from across the country have rolled into Pittsburgh for the event."
Execution dates set in Ohio: Andrew Welsh-Huggins, of the Associated Press, writes that "the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday set execution dates for two more condemned killers as the state accelerates its death penalty cases." July 14, 2009 is set for John Fautenberry who was sentenced for the "fatal shooting of man during a 1991 multistate killing spree." August 18, 2009 is set for Jason Getsy who was "given the death penalty in 1995 [for] slaying a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme in Trumbull County." CJLF's brief in the Sixth Circuit in Getsy is here. The Ohio State Supreme Court has "two other requests for executions pending."
CSI television show and the justice system: Elena Buckner, for the K-State Collegian, writes that "CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) might be one of the most misleading shows on television. The realistic elements of the show are few and far between." In relation to the justice system, "CSI misinforms people by creating the illusion that each and every case that goes to trial requires substantial amounts of forensic evidence." This is creating problems seen by lawyers and judges across the United States. Many have labeled the "CSI effect as the influence of juries who are becoming increasingly reluctant to convict a defendant without some forensic clue that the prosecution caught the right suspect." In reality, forensic evidence cannot be processed to close a case within a single hour, which each episode tries to convey as a possibility each week.
Execution dates set in Ohio: Andrew Welsh-Huggins, of the Associated Press, writes that "the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday set execution dates for two more condemned killers as the state accelerates its death penalty cases." July 14, 2009 is set for John Fautenberry who was sentenced for the "fatal shooting of man during a 1991 multistate killing spree." August 18, 2009 is set for Jason Getsy who was "given the death penalty in 1995 [for] slaying a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme in Trumbull County." CJLF's brief in the Sixth Circuit in Getsy is here. The Ohio State Supreme Court has "two other requests for executions pending."
CSI television show and the justice system: Elena Buckner, for the K-State Collegian, writes that "CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) might be one of the most misleading shows on television. The realistic elements of the show are few and far between." In relation to the justice system, "CSI misinforms people by creating the illusion that each and every case that goes to trial requires substantial amounts of forensic evidence." This is creating problems seen by lawyers and judges across the United States. Many have labeled the "CSI effect as the influence of juries who are becoming increasingly reluctant to convict a defendant without some forensic clue that the prosecution caught the right suspect." In reality, forensic evidence cannot be processed to close a case within a single hour, which each episode tries to convey as a possibility each week.
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