“N.Y. Appeals Court Hears Death Case”: The New York Sun today contains an article that begins, “The federal appellate court in Manhattan heard its first death-penalty appeal in more than 40 years yesterday. The three-judge panel sharply questioned the government about its strategy during the trial of Donald Fell, who was sentenced to death in Vermont in 2002.”

The Rutland Herald today contains an article headlined “Expert: Fell’s best chance is now; Death verdicts seldom overturned after one appeal.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Fell’s lawyers press appeal.”

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Supreme Court to Meet Thursday“; “Groups Ponder Ruling on Political Ads“; and “U.S. Govt Appeals Enemy-Combatant Ruling.”