Second NY Prison Escapee Captured Alive:  Relief overwhelmed residents of upstate New York after the second prison escapee was captured alive near the Canadian border on Sunday after 22 days on the run.  Fox News reports that law enforcement spotted convicted murderer David Sweat on Sunday afternoon before hitting him with two non-fatal gun shots as he dashed for a line of trees.  Sweat's accomplice, Richard Matt, was fatally shot by police last Friday after failing to obey law  commands.  Sweat will face charges of escape and burglary, among others, when he recovers from his injuries.

CA Counties Must Examine Sex Offender Registration:  An April ruling by the California Supreme Court overrides justices' earlier decision regarding mandatory sex offender registration that allowed judges to exempt offenders who committed certain child sex crimes from registering, forcing counties to examine their sex offender registration requirements.  Brad Branan of the Sacramento Bee reports that the new ruling was in response to the case of Mike Grandinetti, convicted in 2006 of oral sex with a 17-year-old foster child under his care, exempted from registering as a sex offender under the previous ruling.  That decision allowed him to participate in the Miss Rio Linda Pageant with teenage girls, as well as in a program with at-risk juveniles.  Because exemption from registration was part of his plea agreement, Grandinetti may have a strong legal argument should prosecutors ask him to register as a sex offender.

Florida Death Penalty Faces Scrutiny from SCOTUS:  Florida's unique system of capital punishment, in which juries provide mere 'advisory' decisions to the judge's ultimate determination of whether to sentence someone to death, will be reviewed by  the U.S. Supreme Court.  Elaine Silvestrini of the Tampa Tribune reports that Florida is the only state among the 33 with a death penalty that permits judges to impose sentences different from jury recommendations and does not require juries to reach unanimous decisions on the existence of specific aggravated factors.  The U.S. Supreme Court will consider this fall whether 'the outlier state' needs to change their system.

Measure Introduced to Preserve Integrity of Jessica's Law:  New legislation authored by Senator Sharon Runner of California would make sex offender residency more "workable," but still maintain the integrity of the voter approved Jessica's Law, which lays out a 2,000 foot residency restriction from schools and parks for sex offenders.  Sacramento Today reports that SB 54 clarifies how 2,000 feet should be measured, ensures that only violent sex offenders are subject to the restriction and states that the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of each county has the primary jurisdiction to consolidate and hear petitions challenging the distance restriction.  The Senate Public Safety Committee will hear the bill on Tuesday.

Sonoma County Car Thefts on the Rise:  So far in 2015, at least five vehicles were stolen each day in Sonoma County, California, a sharp uptick in a crime that has already been on the rise in the county since 2013.  Julie Johnson of the Press Democrat reports that the AB 109 Prison Realignment program is believed to be responsible for the upswing, as researchers estimated that the measure increased the auto theft rate by about 17 percent from 2012 to 2013.  Rohnert Park Public Safety Sgt. Jeff Justice says that the "people being released from prisons early are the people who commit property crimes out on the streets."