DNA testing of probationers, required by the Justice For All Act of 2004, was upheld by yet another federal court of appeals, the Second Circuit, in United States v. Amerson. The opinion notes that the circuits are unanimous in the result, differing only in their rationale. (Hat tip: SL&P.)

Contempt of Court landed freelance writer and video blogger, Joshua Wolf, behind bars longer than any other journalist. An AP story by David Kravets states that Wolf was held in contempt for refusing to provide his video footage of a "chaotic 2005 street protest" where one officer was injured. Wolf was imprisoned for 226 days and was released yesterday after agreeing to turn over the uncut video.

The Supreme Court of Louisiana has postponed the trial of accused serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis until they have time to fully review the defense request to suppress his confession to police. According to an AP story, Gillis is suspected of committing a stream of vicious murders. He claims that, during questioning by police, he twice requested the presence of an attorney. His defense attorney argues that, because the questioning did not stop, his confession is inadmissible.

Justice was finally rendered to the California man who shocked the nation in 1983 when he doused his 6-year-old son with kerosene and set him on fire during a custody dispute with his ex-wife. The boy survived but remains badly disfigured. Charley Charles (formerly Charley Rothenberg) was released from prison in 1990 after serving just half of a 13-year sentence for that crime. He has been committing additional crimes ever since. A story by San Francisco Chronicle writer Marisa Lagos reports that Charles received his third strike for a weapons charge and will spend the next 25-years-to-life in prison.