Some lawyer was convicted of passing messages from imprisoned terrorists
to unimpassioned ones. She claims that the attorney-client privilege
protects her from prosecution for her actions in
"Rights
Lawyer Vows to Appeal Conviction."
"Officials:
Woman Made Up Tossed Baby Story" is just weird. The woman apparently
made up a story of someone throwing a baby out a car window so as to
hide the fact that she had been pregnant from her family.
"Death
Row Retardation Rules Questioned" documents that California is
getting around to dealing with the USSC decision that doesn't allow you
to execute someone with mental retardation.
"I was just following orders" as a defense in
"Lawyer:
Contractor Beat Afghan As His Duty." Given how well this worked at
Nuremberg, part of me wonders if this is just being done to keep the
story in the news.
NYTimes article
"State
Dept. Relaxes Visa Rules for Some Scientists and Students" talks
about making clearances for foreign students and scientists last longer,
so as to make it more possible for them to work and study here.
Apparently they need clearances to do just about anything in "Fields
like chemistry, engineering and pharmacology." Not sure what I think of
this.
On a lighter note, perhaps, progress in nanotechnology is reported in "Scientists find flaw in quantum dot construction."