99 days ago by Jake Witmer

http://www.theagitator.com/category/cory-maye/ Radley Balko is exactly right in his uncovering and continuing analysis of the Cory Maye case. I agree 100% with his assessment of the appeal. The Appellant attorneys both make LaDonna Holland look like a slobbering mongoloid (make that a slobbering _fa ...

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116 days ago by Radley Balko

If you missed the live stream, you can now watch archived video of the oral arguments for Cory Maye’s hearing before the Mississippi Court of Appeals last month. Check it out here.

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157 days ago by Radley Balko

As I noted earlier, Cory Maye’s hearing before the Mississippi Court of Appeals took place earlier this afternoon. I’m obviously biased, but I thought Maye attorneys Abe Pafford and Ben Vernia were outstanding. I don’t have a transcript in front of me, and the video isn’t archived yet, so I’m not go ...

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158 days ago by Radley Balko

Tomorrow at 2:30pm ET, the Mississippi Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the Cory Maye case. You’ll be able to stream the arguments live from the court’s website. To catch you up: – PDF of Maye’s appeal. – My 2006 Reason article on Maye’s story. – Archive of TheAgitator.com posts about Ma ...

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195 days ago by Radley Balko

According to Maye’s lawyers, this is good news, but only in the sense that it would have been really bad news if the court had declined to hear oral arguments. The arguments in Maye’s case will be heard on June 4, and you’ll be able to watch a live webcast here. My October 2006 Reason feature on May ...

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226 days ago by James Joyner

Radley Balko, responding to James Paulos, argues that criminalization of marijuana has been deadly: Det. Jarrod Shivers is dead and Ryan Frederick’s life is ruined over the prohibition of pot. Officer Ron Jones is dead, and Cory Maye, once sentenced to be executed, now faces a life sentence because ...

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237 days ago by Radley Balko

Abe Pafford and Ben Vernia, two members of Cory Maye’s defense team, will join us at 8pm ET tonight for a live chat. Stop by with your questions about Cory’s case and his appeal, now pending at the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Here are the briefs for Maye’s appeal: • Maye’s appellate brief. • The s ...

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250 days ago by Connor Mendenhall

The Daily Wildcat takes on the quiet tyranny of the campus drug war with an editorial in today’s paper. Here’s what they have to say about UA’s annual federally-mandated message on drugs, sent today via email to all UA students and staff: The value of the email lies in its reminder that the origins ...

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