The Supreme Court approved an American request for the extradition of Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, a Colombian accused of smuggling billions of dollars of cocaine into the United States. Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will decide whether the extradition will go forward. Called the “new Pablo Escobar” by the Brazilian police when he was arrested in São Paulo last August, Mr. Ramirez-Abadia, left, is said by the State Department, which put up a reward of $5 million for him, to command a multibillion-dollar drug and money-laundering operation that extends from the United States to Europe. He faces indictments brought by United States prosecutors in New York.
Timothy “Fuzzy” Timms, a 45-year-old member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle club, stood up Monday for his First Amendment right to freedom of expressi
Timothy “Fuzzy” Timms, a 45-year-old member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle club, stood up Monday for his First Amendment right to freedom of expression. Timms, a resident of the San Diego community of South Park, refused to take off a black leather vest with the motorcycle club's “death's head” insignia when he reported for jury duty. He's a big burly man, 5 feet 8 inches, 250 pounds, with a full beard and auburn-colored, shoulder-length hair. At 7:45 a.m., Timms' stance got him booted from the San Diego Superior Court's Hall of Justice by sheriff's deputies, along with another Hells Angel who also refused to remove his insignia vest. Nine hours later, representatives of both the Superior Court and the sheriff's department apologized to Timms and club member Mick Rush for “misunderstanding” an order issued April 24 by Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser. Rush also had been reporting for jury duty. “It all boils down to a misunderstanding of Judge Fraser'
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