Murderers Win Ohio Execution Delay: A Federal Magistrate Judge has delayed the executions of three Ohio murderers, ruling that the state's three drug lethal injection protocol is unconstitutional. AP writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins reports that Judge Michael Merz ruled yesterday that the state's use of the sedative midazolam in the protocol might allow the murderer's to feel some pain during their executions which he interpreted as a violation of the Eighth Amendment. The challenge to the protocol was brought by attorneys representing Ronald Phillips, who was convicted in 1993 of beating and raping his girlfriend's
3-year-old daughter, Sheila Marie Evans, who died from her injuries.
Does Chicago Need the Feds?: The President recently announced that if Chicago does not take effective action to reduce the epidemic of murders that is plaguing the city, he will send in the Feds to address the problem. While acknowledging that the huge spike in shootings and murders should be taken seriously by the President, Manhattan Institute scholar Heather MacDonald believes that ending the Justice Department's meddling with Chicago Police will do more to help reduce murders. Her piece in today's Wall Street Journal notes that Mayor Emanuel plans to sign a federal consent decree, placing his Police Department under the control of the DOJ, which will force cops, who should be on patrol, to waste time filling out reports to make sure they are not disproportionately stopping black suspects. .
DHS to Report Crimes by Illegals: In an executive order announced Wednesday, the President has tasked the Department of Homeland Security to publish a weekly report of U.S. crimes committed by illegal aliens. Mallory Shelborne of the Hill reports that the order directs DHS to make public a comprehensive list of criminal actions committed by aliens and any jurisdiction that ignored or otherwise failed to honor detainers with respect to such aliens. From a policy perspective, this data will allow assessment of crime impacts of illegal immigrant populations, and help to determine if people living in sanctuary cities are at a higher or lower risk of becoming victims of crimes committed by illegals.
Does Chicago Need the Feds?: The President recently announced that if Chicago does not take effective action to reduce the epidemic of murders that is plaguing the city, he will send in the Feds to address the problem. While acknowledging that the huge spike in shootings and murders should be taken seriously by the President, Manhattan Institute scholar Heather MacDonald believes that ending the Justice Department's meddling with Chicago Police will do more to help reduce murders. Her piece in today's Wall Street Journal notes that Mayor Emanuel plans to sign a federal consent decree, placing his Police Department under the control of the DOJ, which will force cops, who should be on patrol, to waste time filling out reports to make sure they are not disproportionately stopping black suspects. .
DHS to Report Crimes by Illegals: In an executive order announced Wednesday, the President has tasked the Department of Homeland Security to publish a weekly report of U.S. crimes committed by illegal aliens. Mallory Shelborne of the Hill reports that the order directs DHS to make public a comprehensive list of criminal actions committed by aliens and any jurisdiction that ignored or otherwise failed to honor detainers with respect to such aliens. From a policy perspective, this data will allow assessment of crime impacts of illegal immigrant populations, and help to determine if people living in sanctuary cities are at a higher or lower risk of becoming victims of crimes committed by illegals.
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