Medical Pot Law Dies In Florida:   The effort to pass a medical marijuana law during the current legislative session has "gone up in smoke" according to this story (registration required) by Bradenton Herald reporter Michael Auslen.  The chief proponent, Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, had conceded that his bill is effectively dead this session.  He said he plans to work through the summer to draft legislation that will gain enough votes to pass next year.

Colorado Senate Passes Fetal Homicide Bill:  The Republican controlled Colorado Senate passed legislation classifying the killing of an unborn child as murder.  Megal Verlee of Colorado Public Radio reports that the measure was introduced in response to the  recent assault on a pregnant woman in which her unborn baby was cut from her womb as reported here .  Abortion advocates are opposed to the bill, arguing that if passed it might permit the murder prosecution of a woman who chooses to terminate her pregnancy. 

Supermax Inmate Convicted of Murder:   CBS Colorado reports that a leader in the Mexican Mafia prison gang has been convicted of the murder of another inmate.  Silvestre Rivera, sentenced to prison for a string of bank robberies in California and Arizona, was found guilty of stomping and kicking 64-year-old Manual Torez to death ten years ago at the federal Supermax prison in Southern Colorado.  The maximum sentence Rivera can receive is LWOP.  It was the first murder ever at that facility.