Ohio restricts condemned inmates' last words, and more

Ohio restricts condemned inmates' last words

Ohio has imposed a time limit on the last words of condemned prisoners. The new rule, authorizing wardens to set “reasonable restrictions on the content and length” of an inmate’s last remarks, was instituted after murderer Michael Beuke apologized and recited the “Hail Mary’’ for 17 minutes before his execution in May.

Congresswoman wants repeal of House rule on hats

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A newly elected congresswoman wants a repeal of the “sexist” ban on hats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Florida Democrat Frederica Wilson, who rarely leaves home without one of her 300 eye-catching hats, says the House rule against indoor headgear is an artifact from a time when only men served in Congress. “Men don’t wear hats indoors, but women wear hats indoors,” says Wilson. “Hats are what I wear.”