Parole Blocked for Killer of CA Man Buried Alive:  California Gov. Jerry Brown has blocked parole for the man responsible for the murder of a developmentally delayed man in 1980, who was beaten and buried alive.  Don Thompson of the AP reports that Brown ignored a state panel recommendation for 52-year-old David Weidert's parole, deeming him too dangerous to be released.  Initially sentenced to life without parole, an appeals court reduced Weidert's sentence in 1984 to 25 years to life with the chance of parole after striking down two special circumstances.

Unmonitored, Undocumented Sex Offenders Roam Freely:  Eleven convicted sex offenders living in the country illegally are residing in several western Washington neighborhoods without being monitored by authorities.  KIRO 7 reports that despite efforts to deport them, a Supreme Court ruling requires them to be released from custody if their home countries refuse to take them back. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admit that they do not track these criminals once they're released onto American streets.

Raise the Age NY Campaign Fails:  New York lawmakers were unable to reach a decision regarding changing the age of criminal responsibility in the state in legislation which sought to raise the age of criminal responsibility from ages 16 and 17 to age 18.  Jackie Davis of the Legislative Gazette reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who proposed the legislation in his State of the State address, plans to take executive action to remove 16-and 17-year olds from state prisons and into separate facilities.  The 'Raise the Age NY' campaign advocates that changing the age of criminal responsibility would produce results that echo those of an Illinois study, which concluded that when teens are charged as juveniles the adolescent crime rate goes down.