Pennsylvania state Rep. Michael Sturla, an opponent of increased natural-gas drilling in his district, warned that one effect of the drilling would be an increase of sexually transmitted diseases “amongst the women-folk.” He said later that he had heard that from a hospital administrator.He should have leftwell enough aloneAnthony Watson, sentenced to prison in 1992 for crimes that included rape and robbery, became a notorious jailhouse lawyer (even drafting a book, “A Guide to the Plea Circus”) and through successful challenges had reduced his 160-year sentence to 26 — and a release date of 2018. However, he filed one appeal too many.