According to a recent AP poll, discussed here, only 8% of Americans said that they felt very confident about the "people who are running" blogs, while 47% lacked confidence in bloggers. Ouch! At least we are held in greater esteem than Congress. Click the link to see Americans' views of the Supreme Court, the military, state and local government, and the media, among other institutions. In other news: 1. The Innocence Inquiry Commission has been busy recently. According to the News and Observer, "[f]ormer SBI agent Duane Deaver picked up a courtroom victory Wednesday when a Superior Court judge dismissed a contempt of court charge alleging false and misleading testimony before the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission in 2009." The testimony at issue concerned blood testing done by Deaver in connection with the Greg Taylor case. The paper reports that the case was dismissed pursuant to a "settlement order," which contained the following statement: "Deaver acknowledges the confusing nature of his testimony, and he understands how the Commission could have been misled." Meanwhile, the Commission has presented another case to a three-judge panel. As the News and Observer explains here, the matter concerns two defendants who pled guilty to a Buncombe County murder, but now profess their innocence. Another man has since confessed to the crime, and DNA evidence appears to support his claim of responsibility. 2. As reported in the Hickory Daily Record, the Zahra Baker case has come to a conclusion. Elisa Baker, the girl's stepmother, pled guilty to second-degree [...]
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