Early Evening News: Crime Related
I'm still at work, but here's the latest news:
- Sen. Dick Durbin goes to bat for former Ill. Gov. George Ryan, asking President Bush to pardon Ryan. I hope Bush listens. His efforts towards a moratorium on the death penalty and his emptying the state's death row due to the large number of wrongfully convicted inmates warrant a pardon.
- PA Gov. Ed Rendell has dropped the moratorium on parole for violent felons. The ban was imposed in September.
[A] review found the state's evaluation and supervision of parolees were largely effective.
- An autopsy confirms the WalMart worker who died on Black Friday was trampled to death.
- Giants receiver Plaxico Burress appeared in state court on charges of criminal possession of a handgun. Bail in $100k. He has a top notch lawyer, Ben Brafman, who has also represented Sean Combs, among others. Facts below:
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