The Fifth and Sixth circuits rejected DOJ's requests on the Biden administration's new sex discrimination rule. Also: SCOTUS stopped an execution on Tuesday.
Judge Sutton really, really has a burr up his bum regarding trans rights, or rather any provision or interpretation of Title IX that incorporates *gender equality*, readily repositioned to imply - oooooh! - trans rights.
What exactly is it in the deep recesses of these judges' minds that drives such animosity? Surely it is NOT points of law, though that's how he and his ilk spin it...whatever, the result is an appalling lacuna of empathy, and tbh, dehumanizing of the victims of these crusades clothed in "law" - Sutton's et al law.
Our criminal justice system in this country is fucking broke, especially in the south. If there is even a smidge of a chance that Ruben is innocent and can be proven through DNA, there should be zero reason why any judge would prevent that, I don't care about the legal jargon of "lacks standing".
If we have even one innocent person languishing in prison for a crime they didn't commit, that is a goddamn travesty.... every American should be outraged over it, because it could easily happen to anyone of us. Roughly 1.8 million prisoners incarcerated in the United States...... statistically there are probably thousands of innocent people languishing in prisons in this country. Too many judges and prosecutors do not want to admit that they got it wrong the first time, they dig in their heels and double down.
There are numerous Netflix documentaries on innocent people that were wrongfully convicted and spent years in prison now finally exonerated - and anyone can follow the Innocence Project on the people they have gotten exonerated through DNA. There is no physical or forensic evidence connecting Ruben Gutierrez to the murder. I don't know if he did it or not- but shouldn't we want to know for sure? Don't we want to know if a real murderer is still out there ? Yes, we should - and we should do this through DNA, something that wasn't available back in 1998 when he was convicted.
Judge Sutton really, really has a burr up his bum regarding trans rights, or rather any provision or interpretation of Title IX that incorporates *gender equality*, readily repositioned to imply - oooooh! - trans rights.
What exactly is it in the deep recesses of these judges' minds that drives such animosity? Surely it is NOT points of law, though that's how he and his ilk spin it...whatever, the result is an appalling lacuna of empathy, and tbh, dehumanizing of the victims of these crusades clothed in "law" - Sutton's et al law.
Our criminal justice system in this country is fucking broke, especially in the south. If there is even a smidge of a chance that Ruben is innocent and can be proven through DNA, there should be zero reason why any judge would prevent that, I don't care about the legal jargon of "lacks standing".
If we have even one innocent person languishing in prison for a crime they didn't commit, that is a goddamn travesty.... every American should be outraged over it, because it could easily happen to anyone of us. Roughly 1.8 million prisoners incarcerated in the United States...... statistically there are probably thousands of innocent people languishing in prisons in this country. Too many judges and prosecutors do not want to admit that they got it wrong the first time, they dig in their heels and double down.
There are numerous Netflix documentaries on innocent people that were wrongfully convicted and spent years in prison now finally exonerated - and anyone can follow the Innocence Project on the people they have gotten exonerated through DNA. There is no physical or forensic evidence connecting Ruben Gutierrez to the murder. I don't know if he did it or not- but shouldn't we want to know for sure? Don't we want to know if a real murderer is still out there ? Yes, we should - and we should do this through DNA, something that wasn't available back in 1998 when he was convicted.
Why are VA and W VA included in a 6th circuit opinion?
Indiana, too. They're plaintiffs, not "covered" by the jurisdiction.