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stanley cup heduled to execute by lethal injection 53 year-old Melissa Lucio. In 2008, Ms. Lucio was convicted largely on the basis of a confession for the alleged murder of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah. Now her attorneys have filed a clemency petition to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. They point to evidence indicating that the child died from injuries resulting from an accident, not murder.I did not work on this case and am not privy to the entire case file, so I am not in a position to argue for Ms. Luciorsquo actual innocence. But I am in a position to say this: The five-plus hours of police interrogation of this highly vulnerable woman, starting approximately two hours after her childrsquo death and late into the night, were so psychologically coercive that the risk of eliciting a false confession was substantial.I know what yoursquo;re thinking: It is inconceivable that an innocent person would confess to a crime they did not commitmdash;much less a murder, much less the murder of their own child. Itrsquo inconceivable until you are informed at two levelsmdash;the first Fnpt FDA Is Too Slow in Recalling Dangerous Products, Report Finds
Adam Berry鈥擝loomberg/Getty ImagesBy Jack LinshiFebruary 1, 2015 9:52 AM ESTThe Pirate Bay, the world most popular file-sharing site, came back online Saturday after Swedish authorities had shut it down in December.The site relaunch, complete with a new logo of a phoenix, was expected, as a countdown clock had been displayed on the domain, VentureBeat reports. The relaunch is reportedly a slimmed-down version, not requiring several former administrators and moderat
salomon ors.The Pirate Bay offices, based in Stockholm, were raided two months ago by Swedish officials after complaints from an anti-piracy group, resulting in the site longest shutdown ever. The premises were previously raided in 2006 and 2010, but the page had been brought back online within a few days.See How Tech CEOs Spend Their MoneySteve JobsThe Apple CEO s super yacht Venus was designed by Philippe Starck s design company Ubik. Jobs spent approximately $131 million on it but passed away in 2011 before it was completed.Ed Oudenaarden鈥擜FP/Getty Image
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