Tim and Karen Scanlon have this letter in the Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Tim's father was murdered by Ronald Rompilla, whose death sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court, incorrectly, in our view. The Scanlons asked the prosecution not to seek the death penalty again. They had had enough. "Pennsylvania needs to exercise the wishes of juries and limit the appeals process. Stop victimizing the victims."

A National Sex Offender Registry is now available on the internet from a Houston-based company as reported by John Pospisil in this story from Tech.Blorge.com. The story includes a link to the website which allows a user to type in a street name, city, state and zip code to locate registered sex offenders.

Execution: Texas murderer DaRoyce Mosley is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a woman in a bar during a robbery as reported by AP writer Michael Graczyk. Just before midnight on July 21, 1994, Mosely and his uncle burst through the door at Katie's Lounge In Kilgore, robbed the bartender, Sandra Cash, of $308 and then shot her and four others. Cash survived but Patrica Colter 54, her husband Duane 44, Alvin Walker 54, and Luva Congleton 68, were killed. Mosley, who confessed, now claims that he ran out after the first shot, but ballistics show that two guns were used in the shootings.

Solicitor General Paul Clement will take over for Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General until the President appoints a replacement according to this AP story by Mark Sherman.