The Ninth Circuit will be expanded by one seat, under an amendment to S. 378, The Court Security Improvement Act of 2007, introduced by Sen. Jon Kyl and endorsed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Sen. Kyl's press release is here.

Florida's Lethal Injection Commission report is the subject of lots of news coverage (see, e.g., here and here). The report is here.

Witness intimidation and its consequences are explored in this article by David Kocieniewski in the NY Times.