• Sheriff Arpaio Offers to Detain Freed Illegal Immigrants in 'Tent City'
• Source: Politico   |   Maricopa County, Ariz.   |   February 28, 2013
• Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has a solution for the federal government’s mass release of illegal immigrants to cut costs ahead of the sequester: Send them for free to his “Tent City," where prisoners sleep in tents and are required to wear pink underwear.

• Ban on Welfare Drug-Testing Upheld in Florida -- For Now
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Florida   |   February 27, 2013
• A federal appeals court upheld the temporary ban on Florida’s drug-testing for welfare recipients, saying that a lawsuit challenging the program had a good chance of succeeding.

• Tennessee Had Steepest Drop in Jailed Juveniles
• Source: Tennessean   |   Tennessee   |   February 27, 2013
• The reports detail a 37 percent nationwide decline in jailing of teens and highlight reforms in Tennessee and other states that could be followed elsewhere.

• Illegal Immigrant Detainees Released as Sequestration Nears
• Source: Washington Post   |   Nation   |   February 27, 2013
• The Obama administration announced that it had released hundreds of illegal immigrants held in detention facilities, saying it could no longer afford to house them because of across-the-board cuts that are set to start taking effect Friday.
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• Scandal-Plagued Lee Baca Named 'Sheriff of Year'
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Los Angeles County, Calif.   |   February 26, 2013
• "This is his best year because people do their best when they face their biggest challenges and he is excelling," said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the National Sheriffs' Association.
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• Ex-Republican Governors Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   February 26, 2013
• The document will be submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a suit seeking to strike down Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage.

• As Maryland Votes on Capital Punishment, 5 Wait on Death Row
• Source: Washington Post   |   Maryland   |   February 26, 2013
• As the state Senate prepares to vote this week on whether Maryland should abolish capital punishment, the Evans case illustrates what can happen when the death penalty exists but is not enforced.

• California Sex Offenders Disarming GPS Trackers Themselves
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   California   |   February 26, 2013
• Thousands of paroled child molesters, rapists and other high-risk sex offenders in California are removing or disarming their court-ordered GPS tracking device.

• Supreme Court to Weigh States’ Rights vs. Voting Rights
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   February 25, 2013
• At issue is Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires all or part of 16 states to get any changes to election law pre-approved by the feds.
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• Maryland Police DNA Case Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
• Source: Baltimore Sun   |   Nation   |   February 25, 2013
• The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve crimes.

• Controversial New Jersey Program Offers Court-Monitored Treatment for Mentally Ill
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   February 25, 2013
• A new program in the state now gives judges the authority to order those with severe mental illness to get outpatient treatment if they pose a danger “within the reasonably foreseeable future.”

• NCAA Sues Gov. Corbett over Law to Keep Penn State Fines in Pennsylvania
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   February 21, 2013
• The NCAA asserts that it is unconstitutional for a state government to pass a law that interferes with a contract, one that in this case arises from sanctions imposed on the school as a result of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse case.
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• California's Gun-Seizure Program May Be a National Model
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Nation   |   February 19, 2013
• California has the nation's only program to confiscate guns from people who bought them legally but later became disqualified.
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• British Firm May Run Pennsylvania Lottery
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Pennsylvania   |   February 19, 2013
• The Corbett administration persuaded a British firm to keep alive its bid to run the Pennsylvania Lottery, gaining time to try to overcome a ruling by the attorney general rejecting the privatization deal as unlawful.

• Richmond Police Chief, Involved in Chris Brown Case, Resigns
• Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch   |   Richmond, Va.   |   February 13, 2013
• Officials wouldn’t say whether the allegations about R&B singer Chris Brown’s community service had any bearing on Bryan Norwood’s departure.