There are thousands of immigrants approaching our border; some arriving from inhumane conditions elsewhere. Who should be let in? Who turned away? What is the fairest, most prudent process? Complex questions, all.
Clarity, common sense, and compassion are needed from our leaders.
A Massachusetts district court judge barred reporters from the arraignment of a murder suspect in a hospital room, did not make himself available for objections to his ruling, and failed to have the arraignment tape recorded or transcribed despite a requirement such court proceedings be public.
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court told the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune that "the hospital arraignment was not recorded in error," quoting the court clerk's office.
