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The Daily Memo - 6/28/06
John Cusack had to file a restraining order against a homeless woman he says is stalking him with letters inserted into bags of rocks and screwdrivers. (Defamer)
The Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into President Bush’s claim that he doesn’t have to obey the laws that he, himself, signed into effect. (Law.com)
A federal judge in Atlanta has ruled that Georgia cannot enact a broad law which would ban sex offenders from living within 300 feet of a school bus stops, effectively barring them from many cities and towns. (FindLaw)
An Ohio judge threw a man into the clink for trying to get out of a death penalty case jury pool by claiming he was addicted to heroin and had killed someone. (Law.com)
A Texas county failed to do a background check and ended up appointing a new county prosecutor who has a criminal record. (Amarillo.com)
A Missouri federal judge has stopped all executions in Missouri until the state changes its execution methods to ensure that there’s no excruciating pain involved. (Seattle PI)
An Ohio man convicted of murder ridiculed the jury in open court (and he’s previously called the jury dumb and stupid), in an attempt to get a death sentence which, he believes, will allow him to file appeals looking into the competence of the jury. (NewsNet5)
