Judge Robert Bork died at the age of 85 on Wednesday in his home in Virginia. His son Robert H. Bork Jr. confirmed the news to MSN News.Details of the causes of his death have not been released yet, but in the recent years Bork had been suffering from heart ailments.
Vice President, Joe Biden, will be at a briefing at the White House on Wednesday to discuss possible changes in the nation's gun control legislation, a subject that has become the focus of national debate after the unfortunate shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The Irish government said it is in the process of amending the nation's uncompromising abortion laws after the death of Savita Halappanavar, who died of septicaemia after repeatedly being denied an abortion.
Judge Debra Nelson ruled against George Zimmerman's request for amendments in his $1 million bond in the Trayvon Martin shooting case.Zimmerman, whose bond was earlier revoked and later set to $1 million dollar and required the shooter to wear a 24-hour GPS monitoring device. Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's head attorney, argued that the purview of the bond raised issues for his client's safety. O'Mara requested that the court remove the GPS and allow Zimmerman to reside outside the county, both of which were denied by Judge Nelson.
