Nifong will resign as District Attorney of Durham County, NC, according to this AP story by Aaron Beard.

Knock and talk: Yesterday, the California Supreme Court pondered "whether the Fourth Amendment requires police officers to corroborate an anonymous tip before contacting the occupant of a residence and seeking consent to enter and search. We conclude it does not...." The unanimous opinion by Justice Corrigan in People v. Rivera is here. Bob Egelko's story in the SF Chron is here.

Convicted 43 years later: Klansman James Ford Seale was convicted yesterday in Jackson, Mississippi on federal charges for abduction and conspiracy resulting in two African-American teenagers’ deaths. Charles Marcus Edwards (former Klansman) testified against Seale, stating that in May of 1964 Seale told him he kidnapped Charles Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, who were both 19 at the time. Seale proceeded to drive across the Mississippi River into Louisiana, where they were beaten and dumped into the river attached to heavy weights. On August 24, Seale will be sentenced and faces life in prison, reports AP writer Emily Wagster Pettus. This Clarion-Ledger story in the USA Today has pictures of the victims.

Myspace & Texas sex offenders: A two-week crack down on convicted sex offenders with myspace profiles has led to seven arrests so far in Texas, as reported in today’s Houston Chronicle. MySpace is now handing over the names of sex offenders with profiles, as well as their internet protocol addresses, e-mail addresses and personal info to all AG’s nationwide. This comes after Texas AG Greg Abbott issued a subpoena that forced MySpace to release data pertaining to Texas sex offenders. A convicted sex offender is prohibited from having a MySpace account if it is in violation of their parole or probation. The office of the AG issued a News Release yesterday with information on the arrests and pictures of these offenders in violation.