Some brief news items -- Supreme Patriarch Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, head of the monastic orders in Thailand, died last week at the age of 100. The revered Supreme Patriarch had led Thai Buddhism since 1989.
A county judge in Phoenix, Arizona, declared a mistrial in the second trial of Johnathan Doody, who is accused of murdering six Buddhist monks, two novices and an employee of the Wat Promkunaram temple, Waddell, Arizona, in 1991. Jurors were unable to agree to a verdict.
Doody had been convicted of the crime in 1994, but the conviction was overturned in 2010 by a panel of judges who said Doody's confession had been coerced. County prosecutors have declared they will start a third trial soon. Criminal trials are a little out of my area, but if you are interested in this case, I recommend a blog post by an ex-Chicago police officer turned reporter who covered the earlier investigation and trial.
Finally and least importantly, the Archbishop of Canterbury told a British reporter that he would not object if baby Prince George converted to Buddhism when he grew up. This has stirred up a row among traditionalists, since baby Prince George is in line to be king some day. Whatever.
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