Seventh Time's a Charm?:  The murder trial against Alan Ruff is set to begin today in Florida for the seventh time, reports the Sun Sentinel (FL).  Ruff is charged with killing his ex-girlfriend Traci Cooper, whom he allegedly stabbed 49 times on a Sunday morning in 2001.  The first and fourth trials were declared mistrials before the case reached jurors, and the second, third, and fifth ended in hung juries.  The state's sixth attempt was successful, and Ruff was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life.  That conviction was overturned, however, by an appellate court's ruling that the prosecutor improperly presented Ruff's ex-wife as a witness.  The prosecutor in the case remains confident that this seventh trial will result in a conviction, but Cooper's family members are frustrated with their difficulties in finding closure.

Georgia Death Row Inmate to be Executed Tomorrow:  A parole board last week denied clemency to Georgia death row inmate Brandon Rhode, who is scheduled to be executed tomorrow evening.  Rhode was convicted of the murders of 11-year-old Bryan Moss, 15-year-old Kristin Moss, and 37-year-old Steven Moss, whom he killed during a home burglary in 1998.  The Jones County News (GA) has this story.

Senator Graham on KSM:  The Blog of LegalTimes reports on Senator Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) promise to do "anything in [his] power to make sure Khlid Sheikh Mohammed never sees the inside of a federal court."  Senator Graham claims that after the November elections, he will introduce new legislation to boost antiterrorism efforts, including a statutory national security exception to the Miranda rule and an official procedure for holding suspected terrorists indefinitely.