FEDERAL HEARING: After police acquittals in the New York shooting death of Sean Bell that led to citywide protests, a federal judiciary panel at a public forum Monday will explore nationwide officer misconduct and accountability. The Bell case is part of a larger social concern over policing that will be discussed during the House Judiciary Committee’s forum in New York City, according to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel’s chairman.
ENOUGH SHOTS: Flu vaccine manufacturers expect to make a record number of doses for the next flu season despite concerns that demand may drop because last season’s vaccine was largely ineffective.
PLEA DEAL: Shannon Torrez, 38, who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn, entered into a plea deal Friday in Missouri, and the prosecutor revealed additional details of the 2006 attack — including that the victim was stabbed repeatedly. The mother survived the attack and the baby was found unharmed.
TIGER RULING: San Francisco officials say an investigation has found the city not liable for injuries suffered by two brothers attacked by an escaped zoo tiger on Christmas.
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‘Mr. Muhammad expressly authorized me to represent that . . . he does not wish to be executed.’
– James Connell, attorney for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, writing in a letter that Muhammad has changed his mind again and now wants to go forward with a federal appeal of his death sentence in the 2002 slayings
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