Missouri sets execution date: The Missouri Supreme Court has set a May 20 execution date, writes the Associated Press. Dennis Skillicorn, who was convicted of killing a Missouri man 15 years ago, will be the first execution since 2005. Skillicorn's attorneys are seeking a stay until federal matters can be resolved. Attorney Jennifer Merrigan is claiming "Gov. Jay Nixon blocked her access to Department of Corrections staff witnesses in her previous clemency attempt," and therefore should not be allowed to make a decision in the matter.
Desperate for diapers: The Associated Press writes this story about a couple so desperate for $18 worth of diapers that the security guard who tried to stop them got punched. Spokane County Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Reagan said the man did yell "sorry" before punching him. Reagan was unable to stop them as they fled to their SUV and drove off.
Animal rights activists are indicted in CA: The Associated Press writes that "Linda Faith Greene, 61, and Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, pleaded not guilty to the charges during their arraignment in Superior Court." Both are suspected of conspiracy, stalking, and other crimes committed against researchers at University of California, Los Angeles and executives of POM juice company. "Greene, Olliff, and others conducted demonstrations at the professor's home and on the UCLA campus, during which they chanted threats through a bullhorn and disputed law enforcement claims that the wrong house was targeted." Greene is currently being held on $450,000 bail and Olliff, on $460,000. The pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 20, 2009. Animal rights activist Jerry "Vlasak said the activists targeted POM because they believe the company was using animal experiments to support claims that pomegranate juice could improve erectile function in men with mild impotence problems."
President Obama and the American Bar Association will be restoring the Association's "pre-eminence in federal judicial vetting--a privilege it lost under President Bush," writes The Wall Street Journal. Obama's recent announcement is concerning to many, considering "a study out of three universities in Georgia says the ABA's vetting is predisposed toward more generous ratings of liberal nominees than of conservatives." More specifically, according to Richard Vining of the University of Georgia, Amy Steigerwalt of Georgia State University, and Susan Smelcer at Emory University, federal appellate nominees between 1985 and 2008 favored the liberal nominees, who had a 62.3% chance of receiving a "'well qualified'" rating from the ABA.
Desperate for diapers: The Associated Press writes this story about a couple so desperate for $18 worth of diapers that the security guard who tried to stop them got punched. Spokane County Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Reagan said the man did yell "sorry" before punching him. Reagan was unable to stop them as they fled to their SUV and drove off.
Animal rights activists are indicted in CA: The Associated Press writes that "Linda Faith Greene, 61, and Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, pleaded not guilty to the charges during their arraignment in Superior Court." Both are suspected of conspiracy, stalking, and other crimes committed against researchers at University of California, Los Angeles and executives of POM juice company. "Greene, Olliff, and others conducted demonstrations at the professor's home and on the UCLA campus, during which they chanted threats through a bullhorn and disputed law enforcement claims that the wrong house was targeted." Greene is currently being held on $450,000 bail and Olliff, on $460,000. The pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 20, 2009. Animal rights activist Jerry "Vlasak said the activists targeted POM because they believe the company was using animal experiments to support claims that pomegranate juice could improve erectile function in men with mild impotence problems."
President Obama and the American Bar Association will be restoring the Association's "pre-eminence in federal judicial vetting--a privilege it lost under President Bush," writes The Wall Street Journal. Obama's recent announcement is concerning to many, considering "a study out of three universities in Georgia says the ABA's vetting is predisposed toward more generous ratings of liberal nominees than of conservatives." More specifically, according to Richard Vining of the University of Georgia, Amy Steigerwalt of Georgia State University, and Susan Smelcer at Emory University, federal appellate nominees between 1985 and 2008 favored the liberal nominees, who had a 62.3% chance of receiving a "'well qualified'" rating from the ABA.
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