Heads and tales: Cry freedom
By Wade Kwon
A shot at justice: Justice may be blind … but it ain’t bulletproof. More homicides mean more cases, and Jefferson County Judges find themselves with less security than ever. Gee, what could possibly go wrong at a capital murder trial or with gang suspects or violent suspects? Ask people in Atlanta; Reno, Nev.; Seattle; Kingston, Tenn., Middletown, Conn.; …
• Court security a concern [Birmingham News]
Too little information: A Birmingham lawyer’s new book explores the Freedom of Information Act — and how the “war on terror” is crippling the public’s access to vital data and facts. In “The Federal Information Manual: How the Government Collects, Manages and Discloses Information Under FOIA and Other Statutes,” Stephen Gidiere says the White House has gone too far in its secrecy, all in the name of battling terrorists. Tuesday marked FOIA’s 40th anniversary. Which is scarier: not knowing, or finding out each new thing government does in the name of security?
• City lawyer writes book on Freedom of Information Act [Birmingham News]
Legion of honor: Paris honored two American legends on America’s 230th birthday. Montgomery native and civil rights icon Rosa Parks had a sports complex named after her. She died in October at age 92. The other honoree, Thomas Jefferson, received only a statue and may have owned Parks’ great-grandmother. Vive la différence.
• Jefferson, Parks given honors to mark Fourth [Associated Press]
Also:
- Organizers of crime-awareness parade arrested for criminal negligence
- Proposed “Auntie Violence” character beaten to death
- When sense is outlawed, only outlaws will have guns, knives, clubs
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