In Rare Admission, Justice Dept. Accepts Responsibility for Kennedy Error: According to Linda Greenhouse's follow-up for the NY Times, the Justice Department has admitted that government attorneys should have known about the change to military law which permitted the death penalty for child rape and should have filed a brief when the Kennedy case was before the US Supreme Court. Louisiana officials are considering asking the Court to review their decision.

Difficulties Inevitable for Soldiers after Boumediene: According to the Rivkin and Casey op-ed in the WSJ, the Supreme Court's decision in Boumediene will have considerable long-term effects because of the dangers of collecting evidence on a battlefield. The long-term result is likely to be a significant number of prisoner releases after interrogation.

Justice in TX for 3 Underage Sex Abuse Victims: According to the Associated Press report, Rick Alley was convicted for sexually assaulting three teenage girls, the abuse spanning two years. Jurors sentenced him for more than 40 charges, and the judge ordered the sentences served consecutively for a total of 4,060 years in prison.

SF Halts Immigration "Sanctuary" Policy: According to Karl Vick's article for the Washington Post, San Francisco has been a sanctuary for illegal immigrants for nearly two decades, but the city is halting the policy now because of a federal investigation. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began investigating reports that the city was deporting underage illegal immigrants convicted of drug charges after a city probation official was detained in the Houston airport while escorting two Honduran juveniles for their deportation flight.