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Note: You must log in to view this members-only content by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office CAL. SUPREMES SORTA REVERSE A DEATH PENALTY CASE; NO PRO PER ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/d3OAxMWvVaA/12-07-13_wc.mp3 Read the original here: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending July 13, 2012

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MSNBC News – By Isolde Rafter – July 12, 2012 Updated at 9:51 p.m. ET: Months after the Washington Post revealed that lab technicians at the FBI mishandled evidence, resulting in at least three wrongful convictions, ... Excerpt from: FBI to review thousands of old cases for contaminated evidence

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ScienceDaily (July 12, 2012) - UC Santa Barbara scientists trying to control the invasive tamarisk plant have been getting a boost from evolution, in the form of a rapidly evolving beetle that has been changing its life cycle to more efficiently consume the noxious weed. Read more: Tamarisk Biocontrol Efforts Get Evolutionary Boost

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Once habitat is lost or degraded, a species doesn't just wink out of existence: it takes time, often several generations, before a species vanishes for good. Read the original here: Still time to save most species in the Brazilian Amazon

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ST. PAUL, Minn., July 12 (UPI) -- A chemical used in plastics is causing fish to court members of other species, resulting in interbreeding and loss of biodiversity, U.S. researchers say. See the original post here: Chemical confuses, threatens breeding fish

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ScienceDaily (July 12, 2012) - For the first time, the den sites of two female snow leopards and their cubs have been located in Mongolia's Tost Mountains, with the first known videos taken of a mother and cubs, located and recorded by scientists from Panthera, a wild cat conservation organization, and the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT). View post:...

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Critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper chicks have hatched in the UK for the first time. The rest is here: Rare spoon-billed sandpipers hatch in UK for first time

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NRA ALL IN! 2012 Continue reading here: NRA ALL IN! 2012

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Developing nations must invest heavily in agricultural innovation, particularly research and development (R&D), if rising food demands are to be met, according to a report. View post: Innovation and R&D 'key to meeting rising food demands'

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Ending forest clearance would not save some species from the effects of decades of destruction, scientists find Read more here: Amazon's doomed species set to pay deforestation's 'extinction debt'