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Engadget: England and Wales ban Meta Glasses from courtrooms . “Courts in England and Wales have officially banned Meta glasses, according to a report by The Guardian. Anyone trying to enter court buildings with the glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave. His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), which is responsible for all criminal, civil and family courts, is […]

A quotation from Thomas More

They have very few laws, because, with their social system, very few laws are required. Indeed, one of their great complaints against other countries is that, although they’ve already got books and books of laws and interpretations of laws, they never seem to have enough. For, according to the Utopians, it’s quite unjust for anyone to be bound by a legal code which is too long for an ordinary person to read right through, or too difficult for him to understand.
 
[Leges habent perquam paucas. sufficiunt enim sic institutis paucissimae. Quin hoc in primis apud alios improbant populos, quod legum interpretumque uolumina, non infinita sufficiunt. Ipsi uero censent iniquissimum; ullos homines his obligari legibus; quae aut numerosiores sint, quam ut perlegi queant; aut obscuriores quam ut a quouis possint intelligi.]

Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, Book 2, ch. 7 “Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages” (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/85391/

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DATE: August 11, 2026 at 05:00AM
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NEW YORK TIMES PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGISTS FEED

TITLE: Should Letting Children Play Alone Outside Be a Crime?

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/well/family/children-safety-independence-laws.html

Some parents have been surprised to find themselves in the legal system’s cross hairs.

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/well/family/children-safety-independence-laws.html

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: New ‘anomaly detector’ flags outlier counties in police uses of lethal force. “A new data-driven dashboard produced by the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign uses predictive modeling to pinpoint U.S. counties that have unusually high or low numbers of police use of lethal force incidents relative […]

HuffPost: Senior Trump Official Using Government Account To Smear Sitting Federal Judges. “James Percival, general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, posted a series of messages on social media last week dubbed ‘Worst of the Worst, District Judge Edition.’ … Percival names four U.S. district judges, identifies the Democratic presidents who appointed them and condemns their […]

A quotation from Molly Ivins

   As a now-forgotten Sunday-morning chatter announced in horror: “This could cause people to think that the rich can buy their way out of the justice system.”
   No shit.
   Been going to Texas prisons for a long time. Seen nobody rich on Death Row yet. You mean MONEY has something to do with justice in this country?

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2001-04), “Wake Me When We’re Equal,” The Progressive, Vol. 65, No. 4

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16299/

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Texas Doesn’t Want Jake Lang Either

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/us-news/texas-doesnt-want-jake-lang-either/

Wisconsin Watch: Wisconsin’s prison population is heading toward a record high. Track the trend here.. “A new data tool from Wisconsin Watch allows anyone to track the population of the system and of each facility for free. The dashboard, which shows weekly population and capacity counts going back to 2006, updates automatically when prison officials post the latest figures.”

New Mexico Courts: New Mexico Courts HelpLine offers assistance to navigate the civil legal system. This link goes to a PDF file. “Trained staff with the New Mexico Courts HelpLine are available six days a week by telephone to provide legal information and answer questions about state courts. The no-cost service guides people to court forms and rules for filing or responding to lawsuits, […]

Japan’s Internet Wants Uchida Riko Executed. Here’s Why That Won’t Happen

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/asahikawa-murder-uchida-27-years/

Regulators clamp down on vitamin B6 supplements as toxicity debate grows

While the risk varies between individuals, consumption of high doses of vitam…
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Regulators clamp down on vitamin B6 supplements as toxicity debate grows

While the risk varies between individuals, …
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Ohio Attorney General: Yost Unveils Statewide Crime and Sentencing Data Dashboard. “The Ohio Crime Statistics Dashboard, now accessible on the Attorney General’s website, compiles felony arrest and sentencing data dating back the past 10 years for all 88 counties. It is the first public-facing dashboard of its kind in Ohio.”

Pardon Power Play: Navigating the Washington Maze

Understand the complex process of getting a presidential pardon in Washington. Learn about the factors involved and what it means for those seeking clemency.

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https://newsletter.tf/washington-pardon-process-how-to-get-clemency/

Getting a pardon in Washington is not just about paperwork; it involves navigating a complex system with various factors influencing the outcome.

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https://newsletter.tf/washington-pardon-process-how-to-get-clemency/

Cap Radio: California judges are testing a new AI clerk, and you won’t know if it’s looking at your case. “Two of California’s largest courts are testing an AI tool that can draft orders and produce research memos. Judges so far are using it primarily for civil cases, but documents obtained by CalMatters indicate the possibility of expanded applications in criminal cases, where people’s […]

CITP Blog: Can AI reduce burdens on courts by automatically verifying citations?. “Fabricated case citations generated by AI are appearing in court filings at an accelerating rate. Combined with other tracking efforts, we have identified over 1,000 filings containing hallucinated citations from self-represented (pro se) litigants and lawyers alike.”

Manila Times: Benitez to file bill creating free AI-powered national legal database. “Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez revealed on Wednesday that he was set to file a measure to create a free, consolidated and artificial intelligence (AI)-searchable national database of Philippine statutes and jurisprudence, which he called Digital Public Infrastructure for the Rule of Law.”

West Virginia University: WVU legal expert finds judges cautiously adopting AI while guarding human authority . “A white paper co-authored by Amy Cyphert, associate professor in the WVU College of Law, offers a closer look at how judges are beginning to use generative AI in their day-to-day work. While the tools are helping improve efficiency and accessibility in some areas, judges remain […]

VietnamNet: Vietnam launches upgraded National Database on Legal Documents. “In the coming time, the database is envisioned as a leading digital legal knowledge platform based on five strategic pillars, including full digitalisation of the legal document lifecycle, an interconnected legal data ecosystem, expanded AI use for legal analysis and alerts, a national big data platform on law, and […]

New York Times: Even Without Internet Access, Prisoners Are Trying to Benefit From A.I.. This link goes to a gift article. “…as hype about the technology has infiltrated prison yards and cellblocks, many inmates are eager to try it out. They’re attending workshops and classes to learn about A.I. They ask friends to send printouts of chatbot answers by snail mail. Some inmates even use […]

Internet Archive Blog: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available. “Thanks to a generous gift of materials from the Wolf Law Library at the William & Mary Law School, and the Internet Archive’s mission to digitize and provide universal access to knowledge, we are pleased to share more than 125,000 U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs.”

Reuters: Exclusive-Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows. “Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials […]

Reuters: Majority of US federal judges are using AI, study finds. “More than half of U.S. federal judges — 60% — are using at least one AI tool in their judicial work, according to a new study, opens new tab released on Monday. Researchers from Northwestern University said they ​believe theirs is the first random-sample study of AI usage among federal judges since the ‌use of AI in […]