Arave v. Hoffman, 07-110: Linda Greenhouse at the New York Times has this story on the case of the Idaho murderer who argues that his conviction is invalid because his attorney failed to agree to a more favorable plea bargain. Our post Monday provides more details.

Rapist-killer Mark Dean Schwab is the next Florida murderer scheduled for execution as reported by Fred Grimm in today's Miami Herald. The story suggests that death penalty opponents will get very little traction with Floridians with this killer, whose own attorney chose a bench trial because "any jury anywhere in Florida, in our estimation, was going to recommend death."

Ryan heading to Prison: The former Illinois Governor who, on his last day in office, commuted the death sentences of every murderer on death row, will start serving his prison sentence for racketeering and fraud tomorrow. A story in today's Chicago Sun-Times by Mike Robinson reports that Ryan's last ditch appeal for bail was denied today by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.