Morning Docket: 11.29.10

* John Paul Stevens penned an essay explaining why he now believes that the death penalty is unconstitutional. Chief among the reasons is surely that, at 90, death is scary as all hell. [New York Times]

* Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether California’s prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded. Personally, I think any penal system that produced Straight Outta Locash can’t be that bad. [San Jose Mercury News]

* Arizona doesn’t care whether lawyers there have a wicked case of glaucoma. [East Valley Tribune]

* The book isn’t likely to be thrown at The Hammer. wut? [WSJ Law Blog]

* Kaplan may be looking for space in DC to build a law school. Sure. Why not? [Washington Post]

* Apple is hiring a mess of IP attorneys. Word on the street is the attorneys get to choose between a free iPad and a free Newton. [Bloomberg]

* Leslie Nielsen once toured the country, doing a one-man show in which he played Clarence Darrow. RIP, Enrico Pallazzo. [Yahoo! News]

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