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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2003
Page
3
The Supreme Court 5 to 4 strikes down a California law allowing prosecutions long after the offenses. The ruling affects up to 800 California child molestation convictions and may affect pending cases, with Justice Kennedy leading a blistering dissent on victims’ rights.
The Supreme Court blocked a decision on whether Nike's ads defending overseas labor practices are protected free speech or false advertising. In a separate ruling, the court overturned a Maryland inmate Kevin Wiggins sentence for murder, finding his lawyers failed to adequately investigate childhood abuse. Justice Breyer led the majority with four other justices. The decision has implications for terrorism cases and debates on the Patriot Act.
An FBI agent posed as a personal injury attorney in Chicago, creating a bogus law office on Michigan Avenue to trap scam artists who stage car crashes to file false insurance claims. So far 82 people face mail fraud charges in Operation Soft Tissue, a major push against insurance fraud.
American troops search desert north of Baghdad for two missing U S soldiers after an ambush killed two U S servicemen and two Iraqi civilians. Attacks across Iraq wounded eight more Americans and killed two Iraqi workers, signaling possible guerrilla warfare.
Mohammed Saeed al Sahhaf, famed for implausible Iraq victory claims, defended his statements on Al Arabiya saying they came from authentic sources. He denied U.S. tanks in Baghdad as broadcasts showed them, and said history will judge his actions.
The U N terrorism committee found no evidence linking Iraq to al Qaida and did not investigate Bush administration claims. The 42 page draft notes global efforts to shut Osama bin Laden’s operations with no reference to Iraq as a safe haven.
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