Death Penalty The Georgia House has passed a measure allowing the death penalty when ten of twelve jurors recommend it. Georgia law currently requires a unanimous jury. The AP story reports that supporters introduced the measure after holdout jurors in sixteen cases refused to vote for the death for defendants found guilty of capital murder.

The Warrantless Search which led to the drug conviction of a felon on probation was ruled unconstitutional by the Wyoming Supreme Court according to a story in the Casper Star Tribune by Joan Barron. The Court's unanimous ruling concluded that the police were not aware that the defendant was on probation when they entered the dwelling and discovered the drugs.

The Death Penalty for twice-convicted murderer Lynn Turner is being considered by the jury that found her guilty of poisoning her boyfriend, Forsyth County fireman Randy Thompson in 2001. An AP article by Harry R. Weber reports that Turner was also convicted previously for murdering her husband, a Cobb County policeman, using the same method in 1995. If the jury recommends the ultimate punishment, then Turner could be the second woman on death row in the state of Georgia.