Double Jeopardy and Other Supreme Court Action:  At SCOTUSblog, Kristina Moore posts on the upcoming activities of the U.S. Supreme Court.  She reports that this morning, the Court heard oral arguments for Yeager v. U.S. (08-67), which asks whether the Double Jeopardy Clause allows the government to retry defendants acquitted of some charges for other, factually related counts, on which the jury failed to reach a verdict. According to Yeager's attorneys, the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars prosecution on counts of insider trading and money laundering.  Juan A. Lozano of the Washington Post has this report on the case. Also up for argument this week, U.S. v. Denedo (08-267), a case that will address whether a military appellate court has jurisdiction to consider a petition for a writ of error coram nobis filed by a former service member following a final court-martial conviction.

Justice Department Updates on Sex Offender Case Law:  On Friday at Sex Crimes, Corey Rayburn Yung provided a link to the March 5, 2009 Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) case law update.  Yung's post also provides summaries of some of the cases mentioned in the update, including People v. Mosley, 168 Cal. App. 4th 512 (Nov. 2008), a case involving sex offender registration and Apprendi.

Professional Juries?:  At Wall Street Journal Blog, Ashby Jones reports on a recent post from George Washington Law Professor Daniel Solove advocating a professional jury system.  Solove advocates a professional jury system - at least in civil trials - because our current practice "was invented in the Middle Ages" and inadequately relies on a judge's brief lecture to describe the applicable law to jurors.  Solove would rather have a professional jury with a basic legal knowledge, and perhaps three years of professional legal education.  The comments from Wall Street Journal Blog readers indicate not too many agree with Solove's proposal.