Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is in no hurry to comply with an appellate court decision last December which requires new regulations on the state lethal injection process as reported in this Washington Times story by Tom LoBianco. O'Malley, who was elected Governor last November, is a death penalty opponent who would prefer to sign a bill to repeal capital punishment.

DNA Testing has linked a murderer on Georgia's death row to the 1975 rape and murder a 40-year-old Syracuse school teacher as reported in this Associate Press story. 56-year-old Carlton Gary was sentenced to death 21 years ago for the rape and murder of three elderly woman in Columbus Georgia. His appeals for these crimes are continuing.