Supreme Bias is the title of Ed Whelan's review of the Merida & Fletcher biography of Justice Thomas, at National Review Online.

MySpace has revealed that they will not release the names of sex offenders using the site claiming that to do so would violate state and federal laws. An AP article on todaysthv.com states that eight attorney generals from different states made the request since MySpace is one of the most popular social networking sites, especially for young people. The chief security officer assured AG's that they are exercising every effort to ensure that sex offenders are removed from the popular network site.

Death Penalty: A federal judge in Tennessee has rejected the request of a Tennessee cop killer who did not want an autopsy preformed after his execution. Philip Workman executed on May 9, for killing a Memphis police officer in 1981, argued that his religious beliefs prohibited the autopsy. An AP story
by Rose French reports that the judge decided that the state's need to determine if the execution was preformed properly outweighed the murderer's request.

DNA Testing: The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in a challenge to that state's DNA testing law, reports Carlos Campos in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Unlike the usual claim that the law sweeps too broadly, counsel for convicted rapist Kenny Quarterman contends that the law is too narrow. Only convicted felons who actually go to the slammer get tested, and that supposedly denies them equal protection of the law. Of course, equal treatment is only required for persons similarly situated. Those felons sent to prison have been adjudicated to be worse than those granted probation.

Cal. Injection Coverage: Henry Weinstein in the LA Times, Bob Egelko in the SF Chron, and Denny Walsh in the Sacto Bee.