Death Penalty Methods. AP writer Joe Milicia reported Tuesday that lethal injections are on hold nationally while the Supreme Court considers a challenge in the case from Kentucky. Dr. Mark Dershwitz testified in a hearing saying the process of execution in Ohio was not inhumane, while Dr. Mark Heath says the method is unfit to euthanize a dog. The major claim is that the inmate could suffer from too much pain if not enough anesthetic is administered or there are mistakes injecting the drugs.

Threat maker Found. After years of searching for the racially motivated threat maker, he has been identified. David Tuason, from Cleveland, is alleged to have targeted black men that dated white women. In one of his letters he threatened to blow up the U.S. Supreme Court. A Supreme Court Spokeswoman confirmed that Justice Clarence Thomas was one of Tuason’s victims. The one trait all had in common: they were black.

Virginia: New DUI law
Register-Herald News reporter Mannix Porterfield writes that a West Virginia new law has tougher penalties on drunken drivers. The law will require anyone with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .15 or higher to have mandatory jail time of two days to six months. Also, anyone with a BAC lower then .14 will have an alcohol ignition device installed in their car known as the Interlock. National MADD director Glynn Birch says, “The new law would “absolutely” lower the number of accidents involving drunken motorists.”

Arizona has the Nation’s toughest drunken driving law
According to the Arizona Republic, DUI first time offenders have an alcohol ignition device installed in their car for a year and when the offender is driving the device will require them to retest. It will cost the offender $75 a month to lease the device. In Arizona a DUI is having a BAC over .08.

Should Sex Offenders’ Home Be Marked?
Today on KPRC News in Houston, Rev. Gilda Black proposed a bill that would identify registered sex offenders by having curbs painted in front of their homes. According to the DPS registry, Black’s neighborhood is home to 32 sex offenders. Some of her neighbors feel that it will bring the value of their property down and it will make sex offenders subject to violence.

Is it right for a repeated sex offender to receive life in prison? Yes, according to this report by KVUE News in Texas. James Ray Ross was sentenced to life on Wednesday for his second conviction for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl more than six years ago. Prosecutors say, “He was prosecuted under a special statute for repeat sex offenders that sets an automatic life in prison for the second conviction of sexual abuse of a child.