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Richard Lee Simmons: Pursuit Of Justice: A lawyer fights for a young man he says was wrongly prosecuted, by Karen McCowan, The Register-Guard, Appeared in print: Monday, Feb 8, 2010:

Excerpt: “A small-town Oregon lawyer remains so outraged over what prosecutors did to a Central Oregon teenager in 2006 that he intends to go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to seek redress.

For now, University of Oregon Law School graduate Steve Richkind, aided by several current students at the school, is asking the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to allow him to press a $3.5 million civil rights lawsuit against state prosecutors on behalf of Richard Lee Simmons….
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Joseph Rose, over at the Oregonian’s Commuting blog (aka Hard Drive) answers the question we are all asking. No, not that question or this one; the other one, this one:

What’s with the Flashing Yellow Arrows and how are they different from the not-flashing yellow and red lights?

Excerpt from: Of cleanups and flashing yellow arrows, by Joseph Rose, The Oregonian, February 01, 2010:

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State v. Thomas Gregory Machuca (TC 050647097) (CA A133362) (SC S057910):

“DE MUNIZ, C. J.

The state seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision that reversed and remanded defendant’s DUII conviction. The Court of Appeals concluded that the trial court had erroneously admitted test results of defendant’s blood alcohol content. The court reasoned that (1) defendant’s consent to have his blood drawn and tested had been unlawfully coerced because he had been read the legal consequences for refusing to consent to those procedures as required by Oregon’s implied consent statutes, ORS 813.095 to 813.136; and (2) the dissipation of alcohol from defendant’s bloodstream over time did not, by itself, provide an alternative justification for a warrantless blood draw conducted to secure evidence of defendant’s blood alcohol content. State v. Machuca, 231 Or App 232, 218 P3d 145 (2009). We allowed the state’s petition for review, and, for the reasons that follow, we now reverse the Court of Appeals decision….” (Read full case.)

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A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer, Adam Liptak, New York Times, February 8, 2010

‘… Mr. [Shon] Hopwood spent much of that time in the prison law library, and it turned out he was better at understanding the law than breaking it. He transformed himself into something rare at the top levels of the American bar, and unheard of behind bars: an accomplished Supreme Court practitioner….
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The law library changed Mr. Hopwood’s life.

“I kind of flourished there,” he said. “I didn’t want prison to be my destiny. When your life gets tipped over and spilled out, you have to make some changes.”

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For prisoners, the library as lifeline, by Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, Feb. 7, 2010

‘… Was she scared to be among men who had murdered and raped?

“No. They behaved more respectfully than many of the persons I encountered in public libraries. They were also grateful for the reading materials and for any questions that I answered.

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We might be having mild weather out here in the Northwest (sorry mid-Atlantic – yikes!), but we still want more – more daylight!

Daylight saving time begins: March 14th, 2010, at 2 a.m. (in most of the U.S.)

NIST: In 2010, DST is from 2:00 a.m. (local time) on March 14th until 2:00 a.m. (local time) on November 7th….” (link)

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I heard a riveting interview with the author of “Autobiography of an execution,” by David R. Dow, and was moved to put the book on hold at my local public library.

In case you want to hear or read about the book, here are some links:

1) NPR, Fresh Air, Terry Gross interview, February 8, 2010

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U.S. Presidents have been speaking out to members of Congress for a long time, and vice versa. Supreme Court Justices speak out every week, at the very least, and members of Congress get to have their say every minute of every day, or so it seems.

So, why the fuss when they disagree (e.g. making faces or outbursts)? It’s often about manners (e.g.), or history, or protocol, or even just frustration. Sometimes it’s about maturity and gravitas and mental health and sometimes it’s just about childish behavior. It might help if we had a Question Time where members of Congress could get it all out their systems, but that’s their own fault. If members of Congress wanted a Question Time, they could make that happen (House and Senate).

But we can all speak out. Isn’t that what America is about?

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