NYC Cop Killer Evades Death Penalty:  A New York murderer who was sentenced to death by two juries for killing two undercover police officers over a decade ago has had his execution overturned after a judge found him to be intellectually disabled, despite the "calculated thought" involved in the crime.  CBS reports that 33-year-old Ronell Wilson was charged in the 2003 execution-style shootings of two undercover detectives in a Staten Island drug sting gone bad.  He was first sentenced to death by a jury in 2007 but it was overturned in 2010 due to an error in jury instructions, and a second jury re-sentenced him to death in 2013.  The year before Wilson's 2013 re-sentencing, a judge determined him to have an IQ showing sufficient intellectual functioning, but a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that a judge could not rely solely on a person's IQ score to determine their intellectual disability.  An appeals court sent the finding to U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who vacated the prior order and instead sentenced Wilson to life in prison without parole.

Increase in Sex Offenders Arrested at Border:  Federal officials say there are a growing number of sex offenders arrested among the illegal immigrants and drug traffickers along the southern border.  Kellan Howell of the Washington Times reports that so far this year in Tucson, Ariz., border patrol agents have arrested 46 convicted sex offenders, with 10 arrests since March 1.  The number is steadily gaining on the total of 69 sex offenders arrested in fiscal year 2015.  Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security is planning to cut back on aerial monitoring of the U.S.-Mexico border by 50% and the Obama administration anticipates another surge of unaccompanied minors.

Bill would make Violence Against Cops a Hate Crime:  Legislation introduced Wednesday by a Colorado republican lawmaker would make violence against police officers a federal hate crime.  Pete Kazperowicz of the Washington Examiner reports that Rep. Ken Buck's proposed bill -- the Blue Lives Matter Act -- comes on the heels of increased violence against police officers in the wake of several high-profile police shootings.  If enacted, the Blue Lives Matter Act would add violence against police officers to federal hate crime laws which could lead to tougher penalties for those who target law enforcement.  Under current law, one can be charged with a hate crime if they violently target others based on their race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.