by branden | Feb 8, 2012 | Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Human Rights
[Update3 – 10PM February 8] Edwin Hart Turner was executed at 7:21PM EST after receiving a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Turner declined to make a final statement. [Update2 – 1PM February 8] The Fifth Circuit has ruled 2-1 to...
by branden | Nov 6, 2011 | Amicus, Voting and Elections Rights
Arizona was back in the news last week with Governor Jan Brewer’s highly controversial move removing the chairwoman of the state’s “Independent” Redistricting Commission and attempt to remove the two Democratic committee members, all for...
by branden | Sep 28, 2011 | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, LGBTQ Rights
The United States Census is reporting in an upswing in both the number of same-sex couples and the number of same-sex couples who indicated that they are married. The Washington Post reports that the number of same-sex couples identified by the Census...
by branden | Sep 22, 2011 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Human Rights
I’m watching the streaming video from outside the “Georgia Diagnostic Prison” right now. Just writing that euphemism makes me feel dirty. The Supreme Court has granted a temporary reprieve, but the millions around the world following the story of...
by branden | Sep 13, 2011 | Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, LGBTQ Rights
– Politico reports that President Obama is the first President to appoint a majority of judges who are members of racial minorities or women. We all know that the President has appointed two women to the Supreme Court, increasing the Court’s female...