John Kiriakou | Pleading Alford Is a Last Line of Defense Against the Death Penalty
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Many defendants who are innocent, or who otherwise have solid defenses, often conclude that an Alford plea is better than facing a trial with a disinterested attorney. Alford pleas are their only chance to get some kind of defense across in court while maintaining their innocence. But Alford pleas can backfire."
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Many defendants who are innocent, or who otherwise have solid defenses, often conclude that an Alford plea is better than facing a trial with a disinterested attorney. Alford pleas are their only chance to get some kind of defense across in court while maintaining their innocence. But Alford pleas can backfire."
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In Historic Accord, US, China Ratify Paris Climate Agreement
Valerie Volcovici and Ayesha Rascoe, Reuters
Excerpt: "The United States has joined China to formally ratify the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions, the world's two biggest economies said on Saturday, which could help put the pact into force before the end of the year."
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Valerie Volcovici and Ayesha Rascoe, Reuters
Excerpt: "The United States has joined China to formally ratify the Paris agreement to curb climate-warming emissions, the world's two biggest economies said on Saturday, which could help put the pact into force before the end of the year."
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Mylan, Corporate Tax Deserter, Is Taking Those EpiPen Profits and Fleeing the Country
Allan Sloan, The Washington Post
Sloan writes: "Mylan, the giant pharmaceutical company, has gotten tons of grief lately for jacking up the price of its lifesaving EpiPen. Millions of American families, including mine, carry Epis to protect against anaphylactic shock, which can seemingly come out of nowhere and kill someone remarkably quickly."
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Allan Sloan, The Washington Post
Sloan writes: "Mylan, the giant pharmaceutical company, has gotten tons of grief lately for jacking up the price of its lifesaving EpiPen. Millions of American families, including mine, carry Epis to protect against anaphylactic shock, which can seemingly come out of nowhere and kill someone remarkably quickly."
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Hillary Clinton Email Investigation: FBI Notes Reveal Laptop and Thumb Drive Missing
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "A Clinton Foundation laptop and a thumb drive used to archive Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state are missing, according to FBI notes released on Friday."
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David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "A Clinton Foundation laptop and a thumb drive used to archive Hillary Clinton's emails from her time as secretary of state are missing, according to FBI notes released on Friday."
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Texas Supreme Court Justice: States Can Deny Same-Sex Spousal Benefits to "Encourage Procreation"
Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Stern writes: "The court's decision leaves in place a pro-equality ruling that forbids the government from discriminating against gay people for no good reason. But one judge, Justice John Devine, argued that his court should have taken the case and reversed the lower court's judgment. His opinion is an ominous sign that conservative judges are striving to work around Obergefell v. Hodges."
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Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Stern writes: "The court's decision leaves in place a pro-equality ruling that forbids the government from discriminating against gay people for no good reason. But one judge, Justice John Devine, argued that his court should have taken the case and reversed the lower court's judgment. His opinion is an ominous sign that conservative judges are striving to work around Obergefell v. Hodges."
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The Trump Supporter Running Hungary Is Building a Wall to Keep Muslims Out
Robert Mackey, The Intercept
Mackey writes: "Having successfully hogged the media spotlight for a day with his surprise trip to Mexico City this week, Donald Trump might now be scanning the globe for another foreign capital to visit. If so, don't be surprised to see Trump Force One landing soon in Budapest."
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Robert Mackey, The Intercept
Mackey writes: "Having successfully hogged the media spotlight for a day with his surprise trip to Mexico City this week, Donald Trump might now be scanning the globe for another foreign capital to visit. If so, don't be surprised to see Trump Force One landing soon in Budapest."
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Endbridge's Sandpiper Oil Pipeline Is Dead, Raising the Stakes for Dakota Access.
Katie Herzog, Grist
Herzog writes: "Another oil pipeline is dead, raising the stakes for Dakota Access. Enbridge announced Thursday it will no longer pursue its Sandpiper pipeline, which would have run through parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin."
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Katie Herzog, Grist
Herzog writes: "Another oil pipeline is dead, raising the stakes for Dakota Access. Enbridge announced Thursday it will no longer pursue its Sandpiper pipeline, which would have run through parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin."
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'Keep it in the ground.' (photo: Robert Ashworth/flickr)
Another oil pipeline is dead, raising the stakes for Dakota Access.
nbridge announced Thursday it will no longer pursue its Sandpiper pipeline, which would have run through parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Enbridge will instead focus on its investment in the Dakota Access pipeline, a battle that’s kept Native American tribes and other activist groups occupied for weeks.
The decision gives both sides a renewed stake in getting their way on Dakota Access.
“The more companies you have pushing on that the harder it is to push back,” said Catherine Collentine, a Sierra Club campaigner working against both projects. “There’s a huge concern that their support on Dakota Access is going to help move the project forward, help give it legs to stand on.”
And residents who live along the Sandpiper’s proposed route in northern Minnesota — which would have coursed near the Mississippi’s headwaters, Native American wild rice land, and Lake Superior — aren’t completely in the clear yet, either. Enbridge still has plans for another pipeline, the creatively named Line 3, that’s currently on hiatus. It would run parallel to Sandpiper’s route through the same midwestern wilderness.
Apparently Enbridge hasn’t wised up to how serious Minnesotans are about their lakes and wild rice.
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