It’s shaping up to be a busy summer in the legal world. Here are some items of interest from the last week:

• An important long read, straight from Cook County Jail, on mental illness and treatment in jails and prisons (The Atlantic)
• The Supreme Court issued opinions in the Abercrombie & Fitch-headscarf case and the Facebook-rap threats case, among others
• An interview with the first person acquitted by the International Criminal Court on his experiences with the ICC (Al Jazeera)
• Four people in Mississippi were kicked out of a high school graduation and then charged with disturbing the peace for celebrating the accomplishments of their loved ones (NY Times)
• The IRS granted nonprofit status to the First Church of Cannabis, a house of worship based in Indiana (Huffington Post)

Welcome to month of dads and grads! Here’s some legal news to start your June:

• As of midnight, portions of the PATRIOT Act have expired–for the time being, anyway (New York Times)
• Nebraska abolished its death penalty, even in the face of a veto (Al Jazeera)
• After the 5th Circuit’s ruling against President Obama’s immigration order, it may be on its way to the Supreme Court (WSJ Law Blog)
• “How Will the U.S. Extradite FIFA Officials From Switzerland?” It might help the US case if FIFA officials keep citing The Onion in their defense (WSJ Law Blog, NPR)
• The founder of the online black market Silk Road, the Dread Pirate Roberts, was sentenced to life in prison (NPR)

If you’re not done with finals yet, at least you know the finish line is near. Here are a few bits of legal news to keep you connected to the outside world for the next few days:

• Dzokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death, though there will no doubt be a lengthy appeals process (The Atlantic)
• “Is DNA the Next Frontier in Privacy?” (Al Jazeera)
• A federal judge is considering the release of John Hinkley, the would-be assassin of President Reagan (Washington Post)
• A dean at the University of Virginia has sued Rolling Stone for how she was portrayed in now discredited story about a rape on the campus (NPR)
• A retired police officer recalls the Miranda decision and an ensuing DWI arrest (Law Library of Congress)

Swing by the 6th floor of the library to refuel with coffee and snacks on the following dates:

• Monday, May 11 at 8:00 am
• Wednesday, May 13 at 8:00 am
• Thursday, May 14 at 3:30 pm
• Friday, May 15 at 8:00 am
• Monday, May 18 at 8:00 am
• Wednesday, May 20 at 3:30 pm

Good luck on finals!

If you can pry yourself away from your outlines and would like a brief distraction, here’s some recent legal news and miscellany of note:

• The 2d Circuit ruled that bulk data collection by the NSA was not authorized by the Patriot Act (Wired)
• A federal judge dismissed a Nebraska woman’s case against “all homosexuals” (Omaha.com)
• Manny Pacquiao has been sued for failing to disclose a shoulder injury prior to his May 2 fight with Floyd Mayweather (NPR)
• A fellow named Reverend Billy attempted to exorcise King & Spalding from it’s London office (Above the Law)
• A dead Greek man was sentenced to six months in jail, though the sentence was later suspended (Lowering the Bar)

It’s the last day of classes, which means exams are . . . impending. If you need a moment to distract yourself, catch up with recent legal news and miscellany here:

• You may have heard that the Supreme Court heard oral argument on same-sex marriage last week (SCOTUSblog)
• SCOTUS also heard oral argument on the constitutionality of lethal injection using “drug cocktails” (SCOTUSblog)
• The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was heavily pirated with live streaming app Periscope (Forbes)
• Are you looking to sell any patents? Google can help with that (PrawfsBlawg)
• I suppose suing Disney for failing to help with building an X-Wing is as good a reason as any (Lowering the Bar)

If you need a break from exam prep, here’s some recent legal news and items of interest to distract you for a bit:

• The state’s attorney’s office will no longer prosecute misdemeanor marijuana cases in Cook County (Tribune)
• A federal court has approved the NFL’s concussion settlement (Deadspin)
• Kentucky detectives have cracked the case of the great bourbon heist of 2013 (NPR)
• Mila Kunis has been sued for stealing a chicken when she was five and living in Ukraine (Overlawyered)
• A Utah man, who apparently has a bit of a reputation there, pleaded guilty to kicking an owl while paragliding (Lowering the Bar)

Are you ready? Do you think you can handle this week’s collection of legal news and miscellany? I’m sure you can. Here it is:

• 70% of lawyers don’t use the Internet in their jobs. Wait, that can’t be right . . . (Lawyerist)
• Does the Constitution protect parents who go free range with their kids? (Washington Post/Volokh)
• In homicidal celebrity news, Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, while Suge Knight is set to face trial on a murder charge (Deadspin, AV Club)
• An Oregon man was sentenced to jail time and fines for collecting rain water at his house (Legal Juice)
• A young woman beat an minor-in-possession rap by winning a game of rock-paper-scissors against a police officer (Houston Chronicle)

From the serious to the much less so, here’s this weeks collection of legal news and miscellany:

• Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev was found guilty of all counts brought against him, and he now awaits sentencing (The Atlantic)
• The USPTO took special care to ensure that patent no. 9,000,000 wasn’t a troll patent (techdirt)
• A New York court ruled that it’s perfectly OK to serve divorce papers via Facebook (Time)
• British police are looking for the crew that stole potentially $300 million in jewels (Al Jazeera)
• “Dog Didn’t Bite Man, Blind Pot Customer Tells French Court” (NPR)