Sunday Tweets: Live from New Haven, CT

by Matt Kelley · 2009-08-02 12:59:00 UTC
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Blogging has been a bit light this week; I’ve just finished moving from Brooklyn, NY to New Haven, CT – so I’ve been without the interwebs (the horror!) for a few days. Thanks for the emails and comments over the last couple of days, I’ll be sorting through things tomorrow and getting back to you ASAP.

Here are some tweet-sized crime and punishment links from the week:

Drug-free school zones in Connecticut (my new home state!) are too large to make any logical sense (like most states), and therefore the enhanced charge is usually thrown out.

There’s an interesting conversation going on in the comments after my post this week on veterans’ courts, and here’s an in-depth report from the Colorado Springs Gazette on violent crime committed by vets.

Florida has banned prisoners from posting ads for pen pals and relationships.

A few more Gates-gate links, I just can't help it:

Law professor Ann Bartow suggests that the woman who called police on Gates should have been invited for a beer at the White House – she’s been a victim of some misunderstanding in this situation, too.

A Boston Police officer sent a nasty racist email to the Boston Globe attacking Gates – and Digby writes that the officer's wacko rhetoric sounds suspiciously like right-wing radiospeak. (via Alternet)

Quote of the Week:

“I believe women in leadership can have a transformational impact on our communities and on the public policies that have the deepest impact on our families' lives. I hope my efforts will inspire women to go into public service, just as Secretary Clinton did for me many years ago.” - From Jen Nedeau’s interview with NY Sen. Kirsten Gillebrand on change.org’s Women’s Rights blog.

ReTweets of the Week:

@aslanmedia According 2 Reporters Sans Frontieres, Iran has become “world’s biggest prison 4 journalists.” #iranelection

@innocenceblog Murder case against WI man dismissed after prosecutor hid evidence of his innocence - http://bit.ly/ZsVXt

@TheOnion: Cambridge Cop Accidentally Arrests Henry Louis Gates Again During White House Meeting - http://ping.fm/l3eWX

Matt Kelley is the Online Communications Manager at the Innocence Project and a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Follow him on Twitter @mattjkelley.
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