New CA Initiative to End Sanctuary Cities:  A new ballot initiative has been introduced that aims to eliminate sanctuary cities in California by implementing federal law at the state level.  Adelle Nazarian of Breitbart reports that the measure, titled the" Davis-Oliver and Kate's Law, Protecting Americans," would require local law enforcement officials to notify the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about any detainers that call for the surrender of criminal aliens to federal authorities.  It would also require them to notify the DHS Secretary with identifying information about every illegal immigrant with questionable status and to do so in a timely manner.  The initiative has been sent to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for title and summary.

Competing Death Penalty Measures Possible on CA 2016 Ballot:  Opposing death penalty measures were introduced last week in California, both of which require death row inmates to work and pay restitution to victims, inviting the possibility that they may end up on the November 2016 ballot together.  Maura Dolan and Marisa Gerber of the LA Times reports that a measure introduced by a pro-death penalty group, "designed to prod the California Supreme Court," seeks to speed up executions in the state, reducing the time from conviction to execution from 30 years down to 10 to 15 years.  The anti-death penalty initiative submitted for state review would entail work and payment of restitution to victims, but would replace capital punishment with life in prison.  Both sides are still working to raise the necessary sums to assure ballot placement.  Nearly 750 inmates remain on California's death row, the largest in the nation.

Dashcam Video Contradicts Woman's Profiling Claim:  After a column was published in the Dallas Morning News by a Texas journalism professor claiming that she was targeting unfairly by police for "walking while black," a review of the dashcam footage reveals that she was making false accusations.  Perry Chiaramonte of Fox News reports that University of North Texas dean of journalism Dorothy Bland claims that during a morning walk in Corinth, Tex., on Oct. 24, she was stopped by two officers who flashed their lights and sirens and offered her no explanation for the stop.  A review of the video taken by the patrol car's dashcam, however, shows the two officers getting out of their car without turning on sirens and approaching Bland, who can be seen walking in the middle of the street, to inform her that it would be safer to walk on the side of the street.  They explained further that a truck that she hadn't seen earlier was attempting to get around her.  

KY High Court Upholds Death Sentence:  WKRC reports that the Kentucky Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Gregory Wilson, sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping and killing Deborah Pooly in 1987.  Wilson's latest appeal challenged an earlier denial of a DNA test.

Bill Shaw, Deputy Air Marshall?:  On a flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, CJLF board member Bill Shaw helped subdue a passenger who disrupted the flight by standing in front of the cockpit door and ranting about 911.  Bill and another man managed to subdue the culprit and escort him to a seat, where he was strapped in by the crew for the remainder of the flight.  Fox 29 reports on the story here.