Manly on the Lopez case. Judge Maria Lopez is the wife of Boston Phoenix publisher Stephen Mindich. But you already knew that.

With that bit of disclosure taken care of, run out and buy a copy of today's Boston Herald so that you can read columnist Howard Manly's take on the Ebony Horton post-sentencing investigation. It is very different from what you've read, seen, and heard elsewhere -- and, in my view, very smart. (To pay to read it online, click here.)