I am trying to reach my 12 hours of CLEs again this year and once again, I am annoyed that the VA Bar will not count at least some of my work as a law professor towards CLE credit.

Using all my powers of persuasion to convince my husband to be Jackie Daytona for Halloween.

I made this for dinner tonight and it was very good. I halved a big eggplant and roasted it, cut side down. Definitely making this again.

Roasted Eggplant With Sausage and Ricotta

Split open like a baked potato, eggplant becomes a custardy vessel for dinner.

The Ramones’ arrival at the concert venue is easily one of my favorite movie character introductions/mood setters.

Corinna Lain, who is a brilliant 8th Amendment scholar, has a book coming out next year on lethal injection. I’ve had the privilege to see some draft chapters and it is going to be such a contribution to scholarship—and to the debate over capita punishment. Very excited for this one.

Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection: Lain, Corinna Barrett: 9781479832965: Amazon.com: Books

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Baked a chocolate cake with whipped chocolate ganache with 9yo today. 9yo is responsible for the amount of ganache on the cake.

I’m at my son’s basketball practice and his coach just had to tell him to stop moonwalking mid-game.

Anesthesiology professor Gail Van Norman calls nitrogen hypoxia, used as an execution method for the second time ever last month, a “horrible death.” Research shows that mammals “know it's happening... They're going to struggle, they're going to shake.” boltsmag.org/alabama...

“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions

The state said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.

Biggest Supreme Court Cases To Watch

Biggest Supreme Court Cases To Watch

This Monday, the Supreme Court kicked off  its new term. Here is a selection of some of the most consequential issues the court can be expected to rule on over the coming months.

According to the arrest reports and interviews with people arrested, “authorities routinely failed to inform defendants about their use of the software — denying them the opportunity to contest the results of an emerging technology that is prone to error, especially when identifying people of color”

Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests

A Post investigation found that many defendants were unaware of the technology’s role in linking them to crimes, leading to questions of fairness.