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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Kara Ross off to American Idol
Best of Luck to Kara and to Khori on their new jobs!!!!!!!!
Malawi Gay Couple Jailed
CNN) -- A gay couple in Malawi, found guilty of gross indecency and unnatural acts after they took part in an "engagement ceremony," was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday.
Steven Mojenza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, were convicted in a court Tuesday.
The pair was arrested in December at their home in Blantyre, Malawi, for professing their love in a traditional engagement ceremony. They were rounded up after news reports surfaced, charged under colonial-era sodomy laws and detained at Chichiru Prison without bail.
The arrests received some popular support in the conservative southern African nation, but sparked condemnation by gay rights activists. Human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called for the release of the couple.
Prop H8..Lights Camera Action
Send / ShareAdd CommentIn a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, the news groups say such a broadcast, and webcast, would “enhance the public’s ability to witness the parties’ respective closing arguments in this historic case.” They ask Walker to once again seek approval from the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski to include closing arguments under the circuit’s pilot project on broadcast of court proceedings.
The letter was delivered to Walker on behalf of NBC and CBS, Fox News, Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cable News Network, In Session (formerly known as Court TV), and other large media interests.
The unprecedented interest in the case challenging Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban, prompted Walker initially to seek approval for some limited live broadcast of the proceedings, as well as delayed viewing on youtube.com. But before the trial got underway, in January, the U.S. Supreme Court intervened and prohibited Walker from making a broadcast of the proceedings available anywhere outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco.
The 5 to 4 majority of the Supreme Court indicated its decision to bar broadcast of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial was based –not on the merits of whether this trial should be made available for public viewing, but rather because— “it appears the courts below did not follow the appropriate procedures set forth in federal law before changing their rules to allow such broadcasting.”
Specifically, the majority suggested that Walker allowed only five business days for public comment on his plan to make the proceedings public, whereas “administrative agencies…usually” provide 30 days or more.
In their letter to Walker, the news organizations note that the federal district court has, since that time, re-opened the public comment period for 30 days and set forth the rules to authorize “the taking of photographs, public broadcasting or televising, or recording” court proceedings as part of the 9th Circuit’s pilot project. The news groups say they believe those developments make broadcast of closing argument “consistent with federal law” and the Supreme Court’s initial ruling.
The groups also note that earlier objections by defendants that broadcast of the proceedings could make them vulnerable to criticism or harassment from people who disagree with them are not at issue in the closing arguments since only attorneys will be speaking in court.
The case has received considerable media attention in part because two high-profile attorneys –conservative Ted Olson and liberal David Boies—are heading up the legal team challenging the anti-gay initiative.
As of Tuesday night, Walker had not yet indicated whether he would seek approval for the broadcast.
Closing argument is scheduled for June 16.
2010 Keen News Service
http://www.365gay.com/news/media-asks-for-broadcast-of-prop-8-closing-argument/
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