Execution on Hold. Although the U.S. Supreme Court upheld lethal injection to be constitutional, the Nevada Supreme Court will not lift a stay on a convicted murderer’s execution. AP writer Brendan Riley reports that a Nevada Supreme Court spokesman says the justices will review the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling. In the case of William Castillo, the state supreme court stopped his execution 90 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection for beating a woman to death with a tire iron. Read more on this story here.

Special Order 40 Confusion to be Resolved. Richard Winton, LA Times staff writer,reports that LAPD Police Chief William Bratton said Wednesday that the department’s controversial policy dealing with illegal immigrants would be cleared up within the next few weeks. Special Order 40 was designed 29 years ago to “encourage illegal immigrants to cooperate with the police without fear of being deported.” This policy is being scrutinized after the killing of a teenager, Jamiel Shaw, by an alleged illegal immigrant gang member. Bratton believes the recent criticism is based on a faulty understanding of the rule.

Fighting Back: An employee of the Wah Fay liquor store in Oakland, California took an "old school" approach to combating armed robbery. He shot one of the robbers, reports Henry Lee in the SF Chron. Now let's see if the robber sues the employee or the store.