AZ Death Row Inmates Challenge Death Penalty:  Over two dozen Arizona death row inmates are challenging the state's death penalty law with the claim that it as "unconstitutionally arbitrary."  Fox 10 News reports that in Arizona, there are 14 aggravating factors which qualify a murderer for the death penalty, and the prosecution only has to allege one.  The murderers claim that this makes virtually all murders eligible.  The lawsuit refers to the 1972 U.S. Supreme Court Furman v. Georgia ruling which held that state laws must distinguish between cases for which a death sentence can be sought and one's that don't.

Prop. 47 Approved by Pastors, Not Police:  Pastors and police in Fontana have expressed differing opinions on Proposition 47, an initiative that passed last November that changed downgraded several property felonies to misdemeanors.  Russell Ingold of the Fontana Herald News reports that pastor Mannie Brodie believes the law is working well, allowing criminals to contribute more positively to society by eliminating or avoiding felony convictions on their records.  However, Fontana police chief Rodney Jones says that the measure was poorly written, and that every month since the law went into effect, both violent and property crimes have increased.

Judge Limits Sex Offender Confinement:  A court decision that narrowed which sex offenders can be held indefinitely in mental institutions has been refined by the Administrative Judge for Central New York, James Tormey.  Douglas Dowty of Syracuse reports that New York Court of Appeals ruled last year that sex offenders cannot be confined indefinitely for acting like any other criminal, such as having anti-social personality disorder.  Tormey's recent ruling held that judges have the discretion to rule whether a sex offender was properly confined due to anti-social behavior along with other factors that render him uncontrollable and dangerous.

81 Illegals Enlist in Army:  Since January, the Obama administration has allowed 81 illegal immigrants granted executive amnesty under the president's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to enlist in the U.S. Army.  Caroline May of Breitbart reports that the Congress has a proposed amendment in the defense authorization bill (NDAA) urging the Secretary of Defense to declare DACA recipients as "vital" to national security interests.  Twenty-five republicans have taken a stand, asking the House Rules Committee to eliminate the DACA language from the NDAA.

U.S. Military Raises Threat Level:  In the wake of mounting threats from homegrown ISIS sympathizers, alert levels for North American bases has been raised by the U.S. Military to the highest it's been since the 10^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.  Fox News reports that the elevated alert is not tied to any specific threat, but "recent events have led us to recognize the need to take prudent steps," says FBI Director James Comey.  There are allegedly hundreds, possibly thousands, of Americans following ISIS online.