Catch up on some recent legal news and items of interest:
- The Supreme Court issued an important decision on intellectual capacity and the death penalty (SCOTUSblog)
- Property adjacent to an Exxon-owned swamp was abnormally full of alligators. Not Exxon’s fault, says MS Supreme Court (Abnormal Use)
- Aaron Hernandez’s tattoo artist may have some valuable information in the case of the alleged murderer/former NFL tight end (Boston Herald)
- A major member of the hacker community avoided jail time by turning government informant (NPR)
- A wildly-bearded professor was fired after appearing on a beer can (Raw Story)