Detours and Frolics: Week of 6/8
Detours and Frolics: Week of 6/8
It's shaping up to be a busy summer in the legal world. Here are some items of interest from the last week:
- An important long read, straight from Cook County Jail, on mental illness and treatment in jails and prisons (The Atlantic)
- The Supreme Court issued opinions in the Abercrombie & Fitch-headscarf case and the Facebook-rap threats case, among others
- An interview with the first person acquitted by the International Criminal Court on his experiences with the ICC (Al Jazeera)
- Four people in Mississippi were kicked out of a high school graduation and then charged with disturbing the peace for celebrating the accomplishments of their loved ones (NY Times)
- The IRS granted nonprofit status to the First Church of Cannabis, a house of worship based in Indiana (Huffington Post)
Modified on December 20, 2024