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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Those 12 years of Ebonics in public school finally pay off.

Remember the scene in Airplane! where the old lady tells the stewardess she speaks jive?

UPI: Gang defendant gets 'urban translator'

A former Chicago death row inmate has been granted permission to have a former gang enforcer to serve as an "urban translator" in court proceedings.

Aaron Patterson is suing the Chicago police department on grounds officers allegedly tortured a murder confession out of him before he was pardoned of murder in 2003 and released from prison.

He was charged in 2004 with drug and weapons dealing, was convicted last year and prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence next month, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Meanwhile, his lawyer got permission from a federal judge to allow Wallace Bradley, an alleged former gang hit-man, to sit with lawyers at the table in the litigation to serve as a cultural "translator," the report said.
Lawyer Frank Avila said Bradley is able to help Patterson control his "unique personality," which in court has ranged from shouting to threatening and attacking his own lawyers.

Bradley said he considers himself to be a nothing more than a legal assistant.

"I'm explaining you can't jump on your attorney," he said.

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