Update- Victims' Family Outraged By Alleged Killer's Dodge of Death: The Bologna family's suit against the city of San Francisco for the death of Tony Bologna and his two sons, Michael and Matthew will move to state court. San Francisco Chronicle writer Bob Egelko reports that U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has declined to rule on whether the city's negligence caused the shootings, because the claim challenging the city's policies is state-law based, giving jurisdiction to a state court. Last month Illston had ruled against the family's claim that city violated the shooting victims' constitutional due process right. Ramos, the alleged killer, is a native of El Salvador and was arrested twice as a juvenile in San Francisco. The Juvenile court sent Ramos to a shelter after the first arrest and then to a city-run Log Cabin Ranch in the Peninsula after the second arrest. It is not clear whether the courts knew that Ramos had entered the country illegally, but even if they did know his illegal status, during that time city policy would not have allowed them to pass the information on to federal authorities. The Bologna family claims the city is responsible for the shootings because they allow Ramos to go free.
Incompetency Could Allow An Inmate To Leave Death Row: According to the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court, Viva Leroy Nash, 94 year-old death row inmate, must be competent enough to assist in his appeals. KSAZ Fox Phoenix News reports on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, found here, to remand the case to the District Court for a competency hearing in order to determine if Nash can adequately assist in his appeals. On May 25, 1983, Nash was convicted of murder for fatally shooting a Phoenix coin shop sale clerk and sentenced to death. In 1985, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed his conviction. Nash has a long criminal history, including a shooting of a Connecticut police officer in 1947 and the shooting death a Salt Lake City man in 1977. During his long stay on death row, Nash has filed many unsuccessful petitions for post conviction relief in both state and federal court. Nash claims that his progressive mental deterioration over the years has made him incompetent and would like a competency hearing. Nash is asking for a stay of appeal until he gains competency.
FBI Reports That Crime Decreased in 2008: According to the FBI's report, the number of violent crimes and auto thefts have dropped in 2008. New York Times writer David Stout reports that the information gathered by the FBI from police agencies show that in 2008 violent crimes have fallen, but burglaries and larceny thefts have gone up. The FBI does not have an explanation for any of their findings. FBI spokes man Bill Carter says, "we leave that up to the academics and the criminologists and the sociologists."
Incompetency Could Allow An Inmate To Leave Death Row: According to the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court, Viva Leroy Nash, 94 year-old death row inmate, must be competent enough to assist in his appeals. KSAZ Fox Phoenix News reports on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, found here, to remand the case to the District Court for a competency hearing in order to determine if Nash can adequately assist in his appeals. On May 25, 1983, Nash was convicted of murder for fatally shooting a Phoenix coin shop sale clerk and sentenced to death. In 1985, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed his conviction. Nash has a long criminal history, including a shooting of a Connecticut police officer in 1947 and the shooting death a Salt Lake City man in 1977. During his long stay on death row, Nash has filed many unsuccessful petitions for post conviction relief in both state and federal court. Nash claims that his progressive mental deterioration over the years has made him incompetent and would like a competency hearing. Nash is asking for a stay of appeal until he gains competency.
FBI Reports That Crime Decreased in 2008: According to the FBI's report, the number of violent crimes and auto thefts have dropped in 2008. New York Times writer David Stout reports that the information gathered by the FBI from police agencies show that in 2008 violent crimes have fallen, but burglaries and larceny thefts have gone up. The FBI does not have an explanation for any of their findings. FBI spokes man Bill Carter says, "we leave that up to the academics and the criminologists and the sociologists."
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