John Donohue

Jan 14, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Nafees Ahmad |Ranjan Solomon |Sanjeev Sirohi |John Donohue

In the US, two males were accused of breaking into the morgue at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills on September 19, 1995, and having sex with two female corpses. Police declared the two guys were being detained on suspicion of burglary the next day. Police said that because it is lawful in California to have sex with a body, the two males were not prosecuted for having intercourse with a corpse.

Oct 17, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sanjeev Sirohi |John Donohue |Vikas Meshram |Shobha Aggarwal

It has to be stated before stating anything else that the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Thakan @ Nitin Bhausaheb Alhat vs The State of Maharashtra And Another in Bail Application No. 1504 of 2024 and cited in Neutral Citation No.: 2024:BHC-AUG:21056 that was pronounced as recently as on September 5, 2024 minced just no words to observe that it is most painful to stay in the overcrowded jails in India.

Oct 15, 2024 | sportfishingmag.com | John Donohue

A top fish species to target in saltwater kayak fishing tournaments is the redfish. Courtesy Native Maybe you’ve been slaying the fish every time you slide your kayak into the water. After all, you’re on the water every weekend. You’re the classic obsessed kayak angler. Then again, maybe you just really like to kayak fish and only get out when your busy schedule allows.

Oct 9, 2024 | biorxiv.org | José Abril |Haiping Hao |John Donohue |Kuo-Chieh Liao

AbstractRecognition of the intron branchpoint during spliceosome assembly is a multistep process that defines both mRNA structure and amount. A branchpoint sequence motif UACUAAC is variably conserved in eukaryotic genomes, but in some organisms more than one protein can recognize it. Here we show that SF1 and Quaking (QKI) compete for a subset of intron branchpoints with the sequence ACUAA.

Oct 8, 2024 | countercurrents.org | John Donohue |Eric Baldwin |Shobha Aggarwal

by John J. Donohue and Eric A. BaldwinSTANFORD – The public-defender system in the United States is plagued by underfunding, overwhelming caseloads, and entrenched inequalities. Public defenders, who manage hundreds of cases, often lack the time and resources needed to provide the high-quality representation their clients deserve. This results in a justice system where the quality of one’s legal defense depends on one’s financial means, undermining the fundamental principle of equal justice for all.