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Anyone need another reason to oppose the death penalty? Yesterday, Salon published a devastating article about how the death penalty effects jury selection, skewing juries toward the prosecution’s side. The way it works is simple – prosecutors can legally dismiss any potential juror who is not in favor of the death penalty if the death is a potential sentence in the case. So they ask for the death penalty in as many cases as they can, and they filter out everyone who’s not a wholehearted death penalty supporter. Unfortunately for the defendants, that also enables the prosecution to get rid of lots of people who believe in things like reasonable doubt and the presumption of innocence. What a travesty.
There were big problems with the Diablo II realms over the weekend. Someone figured out an exploit that allowed them to access any character stored on the server, as long as they knew that character’s name. Needless to say, everyone listed on the ladder was raided immediately. Ironically, Blizzard came up with the idea of storing characters online in order to make the game fairer by securing character data so that people couldn’t hack on their characters locally and then use them to play online.
Looks like Katherine Harris is going to be rewarded for her loyal service to the crown with a diplomatic position that, conveniently enough, doesn’t require Senate confirmation. Cynicism certainly seems like the rational stance.
The more I read about John Ashcroft, the more pissed off I get. I really hope that the Democrats don’t give him a free ride into confirmation, but I’m willing to bet that they will.