Execution for Missouri Murderer Scheduled Tuesday:  A Missouri man who stabbed his girlfriend and her 2-year-old daughter to death with a butcher knife in 2000 is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday evening.  The AP reports that 47-year-old Richard Strong will be the fourth inmate executed this year in the state.

Ohio Court Hears Arguments Over Repeat Execution Attempt:  Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate argue that the execution of the country's only survivor of a botched lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy.  Andrew Welsh-Huggins of the AP reports that Romell Broom, sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in 1984, was supposed to be executed in 2009, but the execution team's failure to find a suitable vein after two hours led to the governor putting it on hold.  Prosecutors say that double jeopardy doesn't apply in this case because the drugs never entered Broom's veins.  The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday.

El Salvadorian Teen Gangsters Rape NY Girl:  Three teenage MS-13 gang members from El Salvador have been charged with the rape of a 16-year-old New York girl, whom the gangsters forced into a wooded area near a golf course where she was brutally assaulted by two of them while the third kept watch.  Chelsea Schilling of WND reports that the three teens would have qualified as "unaccompanied alien children" under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program if they had a parent in the U.S.  It is yet to be confirmed whether they were initially brought to the states as part of that program.  MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, is a "highly organized and well-funded" gang in Central America that has infiltrated at least 33 U.S. states.

Border Surge Resumes:  The National Border Patrol Council says that the numbers of unaccompanied minors and incomplete family units have begun to increase in what appears to be the "opening stages" of a major surge resembling last summer's soaring numbers.  Brandon Darby of Breitbart reports that Border Patrol agent Chris Cabrera saw two groups of women and children, totaling 70, at the border in just one hour.  These illegal aliens are seeking out agents directly instead of trying to elude them, which is "really the mark that indicates a coming crisis," says Cabrera.

Tougher Parole Bill Moves Forward:  The Senate has approved legislation co-sponsored by New York State Senator Tom O'Mara, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, legislative colleagues and family members of murder victims that extends the time period that murderers and other violent felony offenders have to wait to apply for parole.  My Twin Tiers reports that S.1483/A.1680 would extend the time frame between parole hearings from two to five years for violent felony offenders.  Sponsors and supporters of the measure say that prolonging the time period helps to spare families of victims repeated anguish and pain.