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If you buy psuedophedrine in Kentucky, there’s a computer system that keeps track of it. If you buy too much, the computer (and, more importantly, the police) decides you’re probably making meth.
Governor Steve Beshear has touted this program’s effectiveness, and now psuedophedrine manufacturers agree. They’ve helped put together the National Precursor Log Exchange, which helps officials track purchases nationwide, if state law allows for it.
The program might help identify possible meth dealers, but LMPD Sgt. Stan Salyards told the C-J that NPLEx is just one tool, and still requires police work and officers on the street.
About three weeks ago, State of Affairs did a show on the death penalty. Over a Depth Reporting, Mark has taken the last words of Texans put to death (the last words were posted on a government site?!) and run them through a visualization tool.
Steve Nunn’s former attorney Astrida Lemkins has subpoenaed the Herald-Leader to find out who posted mean comments about her.
Specifically, Lemkins wants to pursue action against user Supercalifragilistic.
Herald-Leader editor Peter Baniak said the comments in question have been removed from the site, and the user name has been blocked from Kentucky.com for violating the Web site’s terms of service.
“At this time, we are attempting to contact the commenter to see if he or she wishes to object to the subpoena and assert his or her First Amendment right to anonymous speech,” Baniak said in a statement Wednesday.
In her lawsuit, Lemkins is seeking damages of an unspecified amount, including those incurred for her pain and suffering.
Your thoughts?
Leadership Louisville is sponsoring an event aimed at finding a solution to Kentucky’s high incarceration rate.
New Zealand is a country with a population of 4.2 million-almost exactly the size of Kentucky. In the 80’s they faced a crisis in the juvenile justice system. After a process of listening to the community, the country enacted legislation in 1989 to move to a “restorative” approach to juvenile justice. The “restorative” approach is unique in that it involves victims, offenders and the community in the justice process.
Kentucky now is faced with one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States. Come hear from author Allan MacCrae, one of the leaders of the New Zealand system, as he travels half way around the world to tell the New Zealand story and to see if these lessons might be applicable to Louisville and to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
More details are available at Consuming Louisville.
You know when you see people standing in a crosswalk without a stoplight and you drive by? Well, you’re supposed to stop. Broken Sidewalk has this piece on how a crosswalk on the U of L campus is drawing attention to that law. Check it out and prepare to stop your car next time.
Amanda Ross’s murder brought attention to a number of issues, one of which is how domestic violence data is stored and tracked in Kentucky. The Herald-Leader reports that the data isn’t really tracked.
The Administrative Office of the Courts collects information on all domestic violence court orders (36,515 last year) while the Kentucky State Police counts how many people are killed each year (205), but none of that information is connected.
“None of our computers talk to each other,” Currens said.
Meanwhile, the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association tries to collect data using newspaper clippings, but newspaper stories don’t always note whether the victim had requested a protective order. Their best estimate is that the deaths of 48 women in the state since 2007 are linked to domestic violence.
At the University of Kentucky, the Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System compiles information on violent deaths using death certificates, coroner and medical examiner reports, police reports, crime laboratory reports and toxicology reports. When the information is available, director Sabrina Walsh said, she includes whether a death is related to domestic violence.
The citizens of Shepherdsville might get a chance to vote on Sunday alcohol sales. The town council just passed a resolution to study the logistics of such a vote. We covered the city’s quest for booze on Sunday last year. We’ve even looked into why so-called blue laws still exist.
The Food with Wine coalition has tried repeatedly to stretch some of the regulations to no avail…yet.
What are your thoughts on alcohol restrictions?
Have you looked at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s interactive hate-group map? If not, take a peek.
According to the SPLC, Kentucky has 11 hate groups: 6 KKK, 2 Neo-Nazi, 1 skinhead, 1 neo-confederate and 1 Christian identity.
That’s fewer than Tennessee, which has 38 hate groups. In fact, the Commonwealth lags behind its neighbors. Indiana has 16, Ohio has 23, West Virginia has 14, Missouri has 30 and Illinois has 22. No doubt one of the 22 in Illinois is the infamous Illinois Nazis from the Blues Brothers movie.
Related: Books defaced with racial slur
Former PRP High School football coach Jason Stinson talked to Good Morning America about his recent trial. Here’s the video.
