The stock market dropped like a rock yesterday, but it shouldn't take famous litigator David Boies long to make up his losses. He's just increased his billing rate to $1,220 per hour. I'm thinking of doing the same. Oh, wait, I don't have a billing rate. In other news: 1. Jamie blogged here about North Carolina's decision not to comply -- at least for now -- with federal mandates regarding state sex offender laws. This CNN report notes that only "14 states, nine tribes, and the territory of Guam" have substantially complied with the Adam Walsh Act's standards. Why so few? The article notes that "Texas has put the estimated federal funding cuts [for noncompliance] at $1.4 million, compared to a cost of $38.7 million [to implement the required changes]." By contrast, this interesting new paper by the Heritage Foundation argues that states' reasons for noncompliance aren't valid and that full implementation of federal standards is essential. (Hat tip: Sentencing Law and Policy.) 2. The recent Georgia execution of Andrew DeYoung was videotaped for the purpose of gathering data about the practice of lethal injection and whether it results in suffering by the condemned. (No visible evidence of suffering was noted.) This New York Times editorial argues that all executions should be not only recorded, but televised: "[A] functioning democracy demands maximum accountability and transparency. As long as executions remain behind closed doors, those are impossible. The people should have the right to see what is being done in their name [...]
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