Illegals Riot In Texas Prison: Nearly 3,000 inmates at a federal prison in southern Texas will be relocated to new facilities after a riot over the weekend resulted in significant damage.  Newsmax reports that inmates at the private prison, which primarily houses illegal immigrants, broke out of their cells and set fire to several areas and tore down tents that had been set up for additional housing.  So far, 300 inmates have been relocated and hundreds more are scheduled to be moved throughout the week. 

OH Delays Execution Of Cop Killer: The Ohio Supreme Court has granted a routine stay of execution for a man convicted of murdering a police officer in 2008.  Marc Kovac of The Daily Record reports that Ashford Thompson was sentenced to death in 2010 after being found guilty of shooting a police officer multiple times in the head during a routine traffic stop.  Thompson's lawyers appealed his sentence with claims that legal and procedural errors were made during his trial.  Last October, the state's high court upheld Thompson's death sentence in a 4-3 decision.

Nevada Lawmakers To Hear Several Gun Bills: This may be the 'year of the gun' in the Nevada Legislature as at least nine gun-related bills have already been introduced or are being drafted by lawmakers.  Sean Whaley of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the proposed bills include expanding justifiable homicide to carjacking situations and making it illegal for anyone convicted of domestic violence to own a gun.  Nevada Assembly Judiciary Chairman Ira Hansen believes the high number of gun-related bills may be a response to the national effort by anti-gun groups to limit gun rights of citizens.