AGs or AsG?: Peter Lattman at the WSJ law blog announces a campaign to change "attorneys general" to "attorney generals." His other pet peeves include the punctuation of law firms and the name of New York's high court. Second the motion.

The Big Q: The Governator's staff forgot to include $117M for a new death row in their budget submission, reports Greg Lucas of the SF Chron. But if we are going to build a new one, why build it at San Quentin? "Because of the Bay Area's high labor and material costs and the engineering challenges of unstable soil at the proposed site the project would cost significantly less if built elsewhere, the legislative analyst concluded."

Thrill Killer: Also in Cal., the state supreme court unanimously upheld the death sentence of Eric Leonard. He was dubbed the "thrill killer" by Sacramento media because he killed robbery victims for no apparent reason. The state high court decided this first appeal nearly 11 years after the judgment, or about twice as long as the entire review process should take. Hudson Sangree reports for the Sacto Bee.