DC Sniper Cert. Petition: Mark Sherman reports for AP that D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad has asked the Supreme Court for a stay of execution while they consider his certiorari petition.
Cal. Sex Offender Residency Restriction: Jason Dearen reports for AP on oral argument in the California Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the portion of the state's "Jessica's Law" that bans registered sex offenders from living with 2000 feet (0.38 miles) of schools and parks. CJLF warned back in our Winter 2006 newsletter that this provision was constitutionally questionable because it effectively exiled registered offenders from some cities in their entirety.
Sheriff Makes Inmates Pay: The New England News reports on a sheriff's controversial plan to make inmates pay for their time in prison. In 2002, Bristol County sheriff Thomas Hodgsons began charging inmates fees for everyday services. These included small fees for renting a cell, getting a haircut, and taking the G.E.D. Hodgson ran the program for two years and got $750,000 in escrow. A superior court judge ordered him to stop, but the sheriff has appealed and now the case is before the Supreme Judicial Court.
Ex-Con Charged in Mayberry Shootings: Associated Press writer Alysia Patterson reports on a soured affair that may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men. Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged with four counts of murder in the slayings last Sunday. Jose Armando Hernandez said through a translator that three of the victims were his nephews and that his family has been destroyed over problems Gonzalez had with a woman. Gonzalez has already served two years on a 2002 conviction for kidnapping a minor and a probation violation.
Don't Flip Off the Judge: The Chicago Area Local News reports on a man's punishment for raising his middle finger and hurling profanities at the judge while being sworn in. Kane Kellet is charged with aggravated battery and assault, and is accused of attacking two people, one of whom was a pregnant woman. After Kellet's actions in court, Judge G. Martin Zopp promptly gave Kellett six months in jail for contempt of court.
Cal. Sex Offender Residency Restriction: Jason Dearen reports for AP on oral argument in the California Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the portion of the state's "Jessica's Law" that bans registered sex offenders from living with 2000 feet (0.38 miles) of schools and parks. CJLF warned back in our Winter 2006 newsletter that this provision was constitutionally questionable because it effectively exiled registered offenders from some cities in their entirety.
Sheriff Makes Inmates Pay: The New England News reports on a sheriff's controversial plan to make inmates pay for their time in prison. In 2002, Bristol County sheriff Thomas Hodgsons began charging inmates fees for everyday services. These included small fees for renting a cell, getting a haircut, and taking the G.E.D. Hodgson ran the program for two years and got $750,000 in escrow. A superior court judge ordered him to stop, but the sheriff has appealed and now the case is before the Supreme Judicial Court.
Ex-Con Charged in Mayberry Shootings: Associated Press writer Alysia Patterson reports on a soured affair that may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men. Marcos Chavez Gonzalez was charged with four counts of murder in the slayings last Sunday. Jose Armando Hernandez said through a translator that three of the victims were his nephews and that his family has been destroyed over problems Gonzalez had with a woman. Gonzalez has already served two years on a 2002 conviction for kidnapping a minor and a probation violation.
Don't Flip Off the Judge: The Chicago Area Local News reports on a man's punishment for raising his middle finger and hurling profanities at the judge while being sworn in. Kane Kellet is charged with aggravated battery and assault, and is accused of attacking two people, one of whom was a pregnant woman. After Kellet's actions in court, Judge G. Martin Zopp promptly gave Kellett six months in jail for contempt of court.
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