bittersweet briefs

1.

A judge Thursday blocked two executions in North Carolina, creating a de facto moratorium on capital punishment in the state until it changes its lethal injection procedure.

N.C. is 11th state to halt lethal injections - Los Angeles Times

if only that said 50th state...

2.

A Dallas man who spent nearly half of his life in prison or on parole for a crime he did not commit was recently exonerated after DNA evidence cleared him of raping a 12-year-old boy in 1982. James Waller is the 12th person since 2001 whose conviction in Dallas County has been overturned as a result of genetic evidence.

Texas Man Exonerated By DNA Evidence; Court and Prosecutor Apologize

yay! i'm free! with no life skills, lost friends, lost family, nowhere to live, no job, and everywhere i go people look at me like, "is he really innocent?" um, on second thought, can i opt-in to the death penalty?

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WELLINGTON, N.Z. (AP) - New Zealanders' love affair with sheep gained official recognition Friday when the agriculture minister declared Feb. 15 "National Lamb Day."

Macleans.ca | Top Stories | New Zealand declares Feb 15 National Lamb Day to honour 60 million sheep

having national lamb day follow everyone's favorite (wink, wink, nod, nod) holiday, valentine's, feels just a touch perverse. i'm not sure why. all those lonely shepherds out in the rolling hills of new zealand, who's only company are the sheep, valentine's day passes by and our lonely shepherd's heart feels heavy. what might have happened in brokeback had jake not had heath for company?

oh my gosh, courtney, shut up.


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posted by Courtney at 10:28 a.m.

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