Entwistle wants evidence thrown out

Today Neil Entwistle's lawyers filed a motion to have essentially all the evidence in his double murder case dismissed. The bodies of Entwistle's wife and baby were found by police during a well-being check on January 22, 2006 which was conducted without a warrant. Entwistle's defense team claims that all subsequent searches, although conducted with warrants, were unlawful because they resulted from the initial, warrantless searches (the Jan. 22 one and an earlier one on Jan. 21). I predict this motion will be denied, as the discovery of the bodies provided the police with probable cause. However, Entwistle and his lawyers raise some good legal points. I would probably file such a motion in this situation if I was a defense lawyer. The prosecution has until April 17 to file a rebuttal, and both sides will argue it out in court on April 23.

Check the Boston Globe for more details.

Texas House sticks it to Perry

Hooray! The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill to keep Gardasil off the list of required vaccines. It is still uncertain whether or not the bill will go into effect and negate Gov. Rick Perry's fascist executive order. This is a massive understatement, but I will say it anyways: Thank you to everyone in the House. You did the right thing. Way to stick it to the man!

See the full story here.

Gen. Pace's remarks on target

General Peter Pace, America's top military officer in Iraq, believes homosexual acts are immoral and supports the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the U.S. armed forces:

"I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts. So the 'don't ask, don't tell' [policy] allows an individual to serve the country ... if we know about immoral acts, regardless of committed by who, then we have a responsibility. I do not believe that the armed forces are well served by saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way, not just with regards to homosexual acts. So from that standpoint, saying that gays should serve openly in the military to me says that we, by policy, would be condoning what I believe is immoral activity."

I completely agree with Gen. Pace's opinion. Soldiers are true American heroes and should be individuals of exceptional moral caliber. The law should not condone immorality, especially not in the armed forces.