Double Murderer Gets Second Death Sentence:  The Associated Press reports that a Superior Court judge in Long Beach, CA followed the jury's verdict and sentenced double murderer Earl Lloyd Jackson to death Thursday. This Los Angeles Times story by Victoria Kim reports on Jackson's conviction on overwhelming evidence for the brutal murders of Vernita Curtis, 81, and Gladys Ott, 90, in 1977.  Ott had been raped with a wine bottle before she was beaten and stangled to death.  In a 2008 ruling, the Ninth Circuit sent Jackson's case back for re-sentencing.

Triple Murderer Gets Death Sentence After Third Trial: Meanwhile, in North Carolina, formerly "exonerated" triple murderer Timothy Hennis was sentenced to death Thursday by a military court. Paul Woolverton has this story in the Fayetteville Observer.