Magna Carta News
Thursday, August 14, 2003
Oregon Prosecutorial Misconduct
A study of criminal appeals from 1970 to the present revealed 44 Oregon cases in which the defendant alleged prosecutorial error or misconduct. In eight, judges ruled a prosecutor’s conduct prejudiced the defendant and reversed or remanded the conviction, sentence or indictment. In one, a dissenting judge or judges thought the prosecutor’s conduct prejudiced the defendant.
All eight of the cases in which the court ruled the prosecutor’s conduct prejudiced the defendant involved improper questioning, argument or tactics at trial.
** Rodale Starts New Farm Database
The Rodale Institute has started a new database of farms at Farms in Oklahoma . Currently the database is sparsely populated so the site is inviting farms to add themselves to the database (getting listed in the database is free.) Searching options include product category, marketing method, state, and county. A search for farms in Oklahoma found three results, including the
intriguingly-named Mushroom Planet in Tulsa.
Search results include only farmer name, farm name, city, county, and state, but if you click on the farmer name you get a popup window with additional information about the farm, including farm address, descriptions, what's grown, and where that farm sells its products. Information available varies a lot. Mushroom Planet didn't have a lot of information, but The Redbird Ranch had lots of information about its farm including a photograph.
In addition to the farm database, this site also contains the Organic Price Index (which is just what it sounds like -- a comparison of prices for organic goods) columnists, and a variety of farming news.
