Birmingham-born scandal figure dead at 68

     Melvin Lane Powers, a Birmingham native who went on to become, shall we say, romantically involved, with his Aunt, and then was charged with her of murdering her husband, has died. The Times has the story this morning, in much of its lurid detail, declaring them "the most notorious couple" in America.
     No cause of death immediately determined
     They were acquitted of the killing in 1966, defended by an attorney who convinced the jury the husband had been involved in "transvestitism, homosexuality, voyeurism and every conceivable type of perversion, masochism, sadism..." and had been killed by a sex partner.
    We just though we cornered the market on celebrity trash trials.