Ohio Determined To Start Killing People Again
When you can't even tell the truth to yourself about what you are doing, it's a pretty good indication that what you are doing is wrong.
Morning Docket: 01.29.16
* “This is, since the recession, the most robust job growth we’ve seen." Nearly all students who worked at Biglaw firms this past summer as associates received offers of full-time employment. Offer rates haven't been this high in more than a decade. [National Law Journal] * Mommy, wow! I'm a big kid now! Affluenza teen Ethan Couch was finally deported from Mexico and booked into a juvenile detention center. Today, we'll see if he'll be moved to a big-boy jail, and in February, we'll see if his case is moved to the grown-up court system. [Associated Press] * Sorry, Hillary Clinton, but President Obama has no desire to be on SCOTUS. According to White House press secretary Josh Earnest, while Obama “would have plenty of ideas for how he would do a job like that,” he "may have other things to do." [The Hill] * It's so hard to get execution drugs that Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is asking state legislators for alternative methods for carrying out death sentences, like death by firing squad, electrocution, and hanging. Seems reasonable? [Reuters] * Arizona is so eager to kill people it hired Alston & Bird to go up against the Food and Drug Administration in the state's quest to obtain the release of a shipment of execution drugs that it had imported to the country from India this summer. [BuzzFeed News]
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Judge Alex Kozinski Speaks His Mind — On National Television — About The Death Penalty
Judge Kozinski poses the question on 60 Minutes: Should we bring back the guillotine or the firing squad?
Morning Docket: 11.09.15
* On Friday night, Judge Julie Kocurek, the presiding felony judge for Travis County, Texas, was shot outside her home. Her condition has been upgraded from critical to stable, and some say that she may have been a target of retaliation. We may have more on this terrible news later today. [American-Statesman] * Apparently it takes podcast stardom to get a post-conviction hearing these days: A Maryland judge has agreed to reopen the case against Adnan Syed, the man whose murder conviction received an in-depth look during the first season of "Serial." [CNN] * Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector added 700 jobs in October, bringing the industry to its highest level of employment all year. Don't get too excited -- we're still a long way from reaching pre-recession era glory. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA] * It took almost 10 years without putting anyone to death, but California has finally proposed a one-drug alternative to its three-drug lethal injection protocol after it was struck down as unconstitutional in 2006. Was this worth the wait? [WSJ Law Blog] * Following a much-deserved public excoriation from our very own Elie Mystal, Mizzou Law's Student Bar Association has decided to do away with its absurd social media policy. In a media statement, the SBA even agreed that it was "poorly written." [Huffington Post]
The Latest Lethal-Injection Challenge May Depend On The Answer To One Question — And It’s Not What You Think
Does a person sentenced to death have the right to be unconscious at the time of his death? No, argues columnist Tamara Tabo.
Is Death By Firing Squad ‘Cruel And Unusual’? Try Asking Someone Who’s Been Given The Choice
After looking at the death penalty through the eyes of those facing it, alternatives to lethal injection, even the firing squad, might not look quite so objectionable.
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Morning Docket: 01.26.15
* Senate Republicans are contemplating abolishing filibusters for SCOTUS nominees. This could go one of two ways: it could work out nicely for them, or explode in their faces. It's like a choose your own adventure game. [POLITICO] * When it comes to the upcoming gay marriage cases before SCOTUS, "[e]very lawyer involved will want to argue." Remember, when you're given the chance to make history, you better hope that you're on the right side of it. [National Law Journal] * "[I]f there is one decision I would overrule, it is Citizens United." Even RBG thinks this campaign finance decision is one of the Supreme Court's "darkest hour[s]." [Salon] * SCOTUS refused to stay Charles Warner's execution, but it agreed to grant cert on his lethal injection case days after his death. Better late than never? [New York Times] * The NFL has drafted Ted Wells of Paul Weiss to blow up the absurd controversy that is "Deflategate." Come on, who cares if the Patriots cheated again? [WSJ Law Blog] * Do you know any chronic Biglaw firm-hoppers? How many firms are too many to lateral to? Three? Five? Seven? Jesus Christ, for this guy, try 10 firms. [Am Law Daily]
Is The Death Penalty Worth It?
Can we stomach the splatter? Conservative columnist Tamara Tabo argues that the death penalty isn't worth defending.
Let’s Make Death Row Inmates Drink Bleach
Would this be a viable alternative to lethal injections?