In Chapel Hill, the start of the John Edwards trial is big news. The News and Observer covers the beginning of jury selection here, and has an interesting story on Edwards’ increasingly isolated existence here. The only story that may be making a bigger splash is Jessie Smith’s contest, It’s a Crime What I Did to My NC Crimes, which offers a free copy of the new edition to the person who provides the most appalling photographic evidence of heinous abuse of the previous edition. Waive your right against self-incrimination and enter the contest here. It ends today, so don’t dither. And you need to do better than this, which looks to me to be among the most promising contenders (though I am not a judge): In other news: The New York Times reports here that “[a]ccording to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 72 officers were killed [nationwide] by perpetrators in 2011, a 25 percent increase from the previous year and a 75 percent increase from 2008.” Most of the deaths occurred in small towns, not big cities. Some believe that an increasing emphasis on community policing and frequent officer/citizen interaction may be responsible for the trend. Connecticut is repealing its death penalty. The New York Times notes here that the repeal bill has passed the legislature, on a vote that mostly followed party lines, and is sure to be signed by the governor. Only Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, among New England states, retain the death penalty, though [...]
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