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  • May 2008

    • Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 15, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Gays Jubilant Over Calif. Ruling

      California gays are ecstatic about the state's supreme court striking down a ban on same-sex marriage, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “I'm feeling the joy all over,” one gay man, and father, said. In Fresno, a gay couple applied for a marriage license from a somewhat bewildered county clerk who wondered about the “exact language” of the decision, the Bee observed. More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • same-sex marriage  • lesbians  • ban  • constitutional amendment  • California Supreme Court  • gays  • verdict

    • The View From Inside the Uma Jury

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 7, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      The View From Inside the Uma Jury

      A Wall Street Journal reporter who served on the jury that convicted Uma Thurman’s stalker yesterday looks back today, recalling just over a week of debate, junk food, and weird dreams. “The fact that she was a famous movie star made us partly charmed, partly suspicious," writes Emily Steel, who normally covers online advertising. More »

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      celebrity  • New York City  • Wall Street Journal  • celebrity trials  • stalker  • juror  • verdict  • Uma Thurman

  • April 2008

    • After Bell Shooting, NYPD Awaits Its Own Verdict

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 26, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      After Bell Shooting, NYPD Awaits Its Own Verdict

      A New York judge yesterday cleared the detectives who fatally shot Sean Bell, but the NYPD is awaiting its own verdict, after the case provoked charges of shoddy undercover police work. The shooting “revealed significant deficiencies in supervision, tactical planning, communications and management accountability,” said the Queens district attorney. The case’s chief prosecutor added, “This was a slipshod operation.” More »

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      New York  • police  • trial  • civil rights  • Al Sharpton  • NYPD  • police brutality  • Sean Bell  • verdict

    • Cops Acquitted in NYC Groom Shooting

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 25, 08 8:47 AM CDT

      Cops Acquitted in NYC Groom Shooting

      A judge today acquitted three detectives who killed an unarmed New York City man in a hail of 50 bullets hours before his wedding in November 2006, the New York Times reports. The judge cited problems with witnesses' testimony in the killing of Sean Bell and a lack of sufficient evidence. Roughly 150 Bell supporters had gathered inside and outside the courtroom, including fiancée Nicole Paultre-Bell, who ran from the courtroom when the verdict was read, and the Rev. Al Sharpton. More »

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      race relations  • trial  • police brutality  • Sean Bell  • verdict

  • February 2008

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