They fought the lawyer, and the lawyer won

From the ABA Journal: In the aftermath of a 1869 heist in Daviess County, Mo., Jesse and Frank James stole a getaway horse from a wealthy local farmer. Unfortunately for the brothers, the farmer had a really good lawyer...

Them's fightin' words, pardner!

Brit film critic John Patterson argues: "[T]he Western per se -- the Western as a thriving movie genre -- is to all intents and purposes deader than Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Ford and Sam Peckinpah put together."

Outlaws ain't what they used to be

The Texas Observer takes a peek at an archived collection of "crooks, knaves, sickos, and just plain idiots" who have been swooped up by the U.S. Attorney's office, according to the press office for the Western District of Texas. Be forewarned: You won't find a Jesse James among "the baddest and dumbest that Texas and the West have to offer."