Patterico's Pontifications

7/16/2005

If I Were the Editor

Filed under: Crime,Dog Trainer — Patterico @ 4:33 pm



An article in today’s L.A. Times about the Ninth Circuit’s overturning of a death sentence (isn’t this “Dog Bites Man”?) says:

The ruling was written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, an appointee of President Carter who is one of the court’s most consistent skeptics about the validity of death sentences.

I’m glad that the paper told its readers about Reinhardt . . . but the picture is actually starker than that. Here’s how I would have put it:

The ruling was written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, an appointee of President Carter who has never voted to uphold a death sentence in his almost twenty-five years as a federal appellate judge.

That would provide readers a little more information about the Rose Bird of the Ninth Circuit, don’t you think?

5 Responses to “If I Were the Editor”

  1. Hey, Patterico for editor of the LA Times! That’ll be the day, eh?

    dchamil (1478e4)

  2. I know I’ve said it befor but one of the rasons I hate the fact I voted for Carter was the scoundrels he put on the benches. Just another example of why I only voted Jimmy once!

    Rod Stanton (7b6143)

  3. Rose Bird, A blast from the past.

    Now that’s reaching down pretty deep into the old memory hole. It’s apt, but many old hands will have difficulty with the reference, let alone the younger folks. Thanks for the memories.

    Black Jack (ee9fe2)

  4. How about the Roy Moore of the left?

    This is a man who flat out said that he would refuse to accept the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding three strikes convictions in California, and vote to grant habeas relief in all those cases anyway.

    Angry Clam (f05866)

  5. How about the Kim Philby of the criminal class? That’ll get’em Googling!

    Kevin Murphy (6a7945)


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