“Death Sentences Show Decline Nationwide; When they have the option, jurors prefer a sentence of life without parole, experts say”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Michigan Is Set To Go to Polls On Race Issue”: Today in The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein has an article that begins, “The state of Michigan, which has already spawned two leading Supreme Court cases on affirmative action, may be heading for another showdown on the issue at the ballot box next fall.”