Civilian Gitmo Trial: The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ended with a surprise verdict of not guilty on all but one of 285 counts related to the embassy bombings in East Africa in 2008, according to this story in New York Law Journal, via law.com.
Tribe Heading Back to Harvard: After nine months in a senior position at the Department of Justice, Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe is returning to Cambridge next month, The New York Times is reporting. Health, not the recent disclosure of a letter he wrote to President Barack Obama about potential Supreme Court nominess, is the reason, Tribe states.
Closing the Door: Pardoning the late Jim Morrison of The Doors for a 1969 conviction on charges of indecent exposure will right what seems to be a "real injustice," says Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. He was arrested for exposing himself during a Miami concert, but Crist told Rolling Stone the evidence seems flimsy.
Four Loko Goes Decaf: Even as federal regulatory agencies announced action to restrict the sale of high-alcohol, high-caffeine drinks like Four Loko, makers of the canned beverage announced, under protest, that they would take out the caffeine. Details are in The Atlantic, and in this inevitable article in USA TODAY, we learn that the caffeinated version is flying out of stores, and college students plan farewell parties.
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