The snow lightly
blanketing the Deep South is being blamed for at least 13
deaths.- The feds will be seeking the death penalty in the case of
alleged
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
- New York City has reached an agreement to
reform its stop-and-frisk policy to make it less racist in the
hands of an independent monitor. Mayor Bill de Blasio is dropping
ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s fight to keep the tactics as they
are. - The Supreme Court temporarily stayed the execution of Missouri
killer Herbert Smulls, but then later lifted it denying an appeal
connected to the lack of transparency surrounding the drug the
state uses to put convicts to death. Smulls was
subsequently executed. - A bipartisan bill to
reform federal drug sentencing guidelines passed the U.S.
Senate Judiciary Committee today. The bill would reduce mandatory
minimums, give judges more leeway in sentencing, and retroactively
fix the disparity in sentences for those convicted of crack
cocaine-related crimes. - California Democratic
Rep. Henry Waxman will retire from Congress at the end of this
term. The pro-regulation Nanny-Stater will probably not be missed
by Reasoners. - Edward Snowden’s latest info is that the United States snooped
on countries participating in the
Copenhagen climate summit in 2009 to try to get advance
information for negotiators.
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