Death Sentence in Cold Case:  A California man, whose death sentence for a previous murder was converted to life with parole after Furman, has been sentenced to death for killing another woman four months after his release from prison.  Stories from the Associated Press and KTVU report that Darryl Kemp was sentenced to die for the 1957 rape and murder of a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse.  At the time he received that sentence, Kemp had also been convicted of raping two other women.  In 1978, after his release on parole, Kent attacked 40-year-old housewife, Armida Wiltsey as she was jogging by Lafayette Reservoir, dragged her into the brush and bound her with shoelaces before she was raped and asphyxiated.  In 2003, the Contra Costa County crime lab matched Kemp's DNA with a sample taken from Wiltsey's fingernails.  At the time, Kemp was serving a life sentence in Texas for raping three other women.  America went soft on crime in the late 1960s and did not regain its senses until the early 1980s, after homicide and violent crime rates had tripled.  Darryl Kemp was among the tens of thousands of beneficiaries of our weak sentencing policies.  Armida Wiltsey, and the unknown number of other woman he raped or murdered and their families, paid the price. 

Rethinking Sanctuary:  The San Francisco Chronicle published this editorial today questioning the benefits of being a sanctuary city.  Noting that the city has become a protected haven for illegal - oops, we mean undocumented immigrants - the piece also points out that San Francisco has become a refuge for criminals.  The piece discusses two recent scandals which involve sensitive treatment of illegals by the Mayor and DA which have not worked out well.