Leahy Pressured to Delay Liu Hearing: Judson Berger from
Fox News reports
that Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) to postpone an April 16 hearing to
consider President Obama's nominee to the Ninth Circuit, Berkeley law
professor Goodwin Liu. The committee members cited Liu's submission on
Monday of over 117 additional speeches, publications and other
background materials he failed to disclose when his nomination was
announced in February. Among these were speeches on affirmative action
and participation in an event co-sponsored by Berkeley's ultra liberal
Center For Social Justice. In their letter to Leahy, the members noted
that Liu only provided the additional background material after staff
discovered omissions in the information he initially submitted. Also, Larry Margasak has this AP story on the controversy.
Execution Delay Rejected: The Ohio Supreme Court has denied a convicted murderer's request for additional delay of his April 20 execution. The Associated Press reports that Darryl Durr sought the delay while he sought more DNA testing and challenged the state's lethal injection process. Durr, a habitual sex offender, was convicted on strong evidence of the kidnap, rape and murder of sixteen year old Angel Vincent. A unanimous 2006 Sixth Circuit decision denying Durr's multiple error claims presents the facts supporting his conviction and death sentence.
Holder: No DP for Gang Murderers: Examiner.com writer Dave Gibson reports that, in a February 3, 2010 letter, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia not to seek the death penalty for three gang members charged with the robbery and murder of Alexandria man last summer. U.S. Attorney Neal McBride had previously indicated that he would seek death sentences for the three illegal alien members of the notoriously violent MS-13 gang who were indicted last November on federal racketeering and murder charges. The gang, which was formed in the 1980s by mostly illegal Salvadorian immigrants in Los Angeles and has since gone nationwide, recruits high school aged males. The initiation requires new recruits to kill a rival gang member or an unsuspecting civilian. Attorney General Holder has refused public comment on the matter.
Execution Delay Rejected: The Ohio Supreme Court has denied a convicted murderer's request for additional delay of his April 20 execution. The Associated Press reports that Darryl Durr sought the delay while he sought more DNA testing and challenged the state's lethal injection process. Durr, a habitual sex offender, was convicted on strong evidence of the kidnap, rape and murder of sixteen year old Angel Vincent. A unanimous 2006 Sixth Circuit decision denying Durr's multiple error claims presents the facts supporting his conviction and death sentence.
Holder: No DP for Gang Murderers: Examiner.com writer Dave Gibson reports that, in a February 3, 2010 letter, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia not to seek the death penalty for three gang members charged with the robbery and murder of Alexandria man last summer. U.S. Attorney Neal McBride had previously indicated that he would seek death sentences for the three illegal alien members of the notoriously violent MS-13 gang who were indicted last November on federal racketeering and murder charges. The gang, which was formed in the 1980s by mostly illegal Salvadorian immigrants in Los Angeles and has since gone nationwide, recruits high school aged males. The initiation requires new recruits to kill a rival gang member or an unsuspecting civilian. Attorney General Holder has refused public comment on the matter.
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