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A Supreme Court Nomination Stirs Up Bad Memories

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That's the title of an article in today's New York Times, written by Fernanda Santos.  LINKJeffrey Deskovic heard a TV talk show host announce President Obama?s nominee for the Supreme Court last month, and his mind raced. That name; he remembered that name. He emerged from bed and riffled through the boxes of motions, appeals and letters he had accumulated in the 16 years he spent in a New York prison for a rape and murder he did not commit. And there it was, a ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, dated April 26, 2000, and barely two pages long. It was co-written by Sonia Sotomayor. ?We have considered all of petitioner-appellant?s arguments and find them to be without merit,? the ruling said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).