California Supreme Court: Maura Dolan of the LA Times has this article titled “State high court rules inmates’ sentences can be upheld.” The California Supreme Court yesterday decided People v. Black and People v. Sandoval upholding most existing inmate sentences. CJLF’s brief in People v. Hernandez and People v. Sandoval is here.

Adam Walsh Act Enforced: Authorities finally caught up with John Collins of Massachusetts, who had violated his parole by failing to renew his registration as a sex offender. However, after Collins crossed the stateline into New Hampshire he was arrested by authorities because he failed to give police his new address. Under the Adam Walsh Act, signed into law in July 2006 by President Bush, sex offenders are to be prosecuted if they cross state lines and fail to notify police with an updated address. Collins, who appeared in a U. S. District Court on Tuesday is now facing charges on failing to register and failure to update his registration as a sex offender, as reported by James A. Kimble of the Eagle-Tribune in Massachusetts.

Detainees: President Bush today issued this order proscribing cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of detainees. Deb Riechmann of AP reports here.