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more about #justice more comments → Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Speaking of her being extremely likable, my old roommate was out with a friend when Sotomayor and her family came in to the same restaurant to celebra... more » picassobear: Speaking of people in the legal field, I'm taking the LSAT tomorrow and I want to throw up and break down crying every 5-10 minutes. Maybe the hope th... more » morninggloria: I wonder what the caller ID says when you get a call from inside the white house? "PICK UP THE MOTHERFUCKING PHONE" is what I imagine that it says. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Just like a man. Sure, they always SAY they'll call at 5, but then there's always some excuse. "Oh man, I got hung up at work! My secretary was out... more » sleepeatread: Even Sotomayor waits on the phone for some guy to call. more » Adah: If it were my kid who got raped, I'd have no problem with this. Mentally retarded or not, the guy obviously needs to be locked up somewhere and kept a... more » shorty63136: I feel very bad that this happened to the 6-year-old. He's not mentally equipped to really understand any of this. Unfortunately, neither is the perso... more » AshleyStIves: The kid is lucky. Usually the State of Texas prefers to execute the mentally retarded. \sarcasm more » JesterPrynne: I take issue with the use of pedophile to describe this defendant. His body may have matured to adulthood (with adult hormones and urges), but his in... more » SarahMC: If he were a man of average intelligence who fondled a little girl he'd have gotten a year, if anything. more » Dodgergirl: God, this story is horrible. The way we handle the intersection between mental health and criminal behavior in the US is very, very troubling, and th... more » sheleftyouasong: wait, "mentally retarded" is still an acceptable term for a disabled person in texas? that really disturbs me. more » karmasutra är svensk: I have to wonder if there is a bias against the mentally handicapped in courts. Does that often seem to be the case? more » Penny: So my understanding is that, due to the incompetence of his counsel, he confessed to 5 counts and was considered competent to stand trial, right? Does... more » apocalypse-nowish: Please don't start in with 'fuck you Texas' and 'this is why everyone hates Texas'. This has nothing to do with the state and everything to do with ho... more » -
#judgmentday
Waiting For Obama
On the night of May 26th, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was waiting at her office in New York for a call from the President. He did call (eventually), but he very nearly forgot. More » -
#anamericantragedy
When Everybody Loses
When an 18-year-old man with severe mental disabilities was convicted of performing sex acts on a six-year-old neighbor, a Texas jury sentenced him to 100 years in prison. "He couldn't understand the seriousness of what he did," says his father. More » -
#ragtrade
Jacko's Sparkly Concert Costume; Anna Read What You Wrote About Her On Facebook
- Michael Jackson has settled on a costume for his upcoming tour: an ensemble made entirely from Swarovski crystals. His wardrobe uses 300,000 of the sparklers. Of course, this is the man who once wore a gold-plated jacket. [WWD]
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#leftovers
Archbishop To Excommunicate All Who Aided Pregnant 9 Year Old • Manliest Men Live In Ohio
• Update: A Brazilian archbishop says that everyone who was involved in aiding the 9-year-old victim of abuse get an abortion will be excommunicated from the Catholic Church. • More » -
#justice
The Roman Polanksi Lawsuit: Unwanted, Undesired
The woman at the center of the Polanski case wants it dismissed. The events happened 31 years ago, and Samantha Geimer, 45, (pictured at the premiere of documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired) says: More » -
