Attorney Ernest Galvan, right, representing four unidentified sex offenders, listens to Kenneth Mennemeier, left, who is representing the state Department of Corrections, as they present their arguments before the California Supreme Court on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. , Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The California Supreme Court heard arguments about the validity of Jessica's Law, which prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a place where children regularly congregate, like a school or park. The lawsuit was filed by four sex offenders who argue that the residency restrictions violate their constitutional rights and make it nearly impossible to find a place to live. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Attorney Ernest Galvan, right, representing four unidentified sex offenders, listens to Kenneth Mennemeier, left, who is representing the state Department of Corrections, as they present their arguments before the California Supreme Court on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. , Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The California Supreme Court heard arguments about the validity of Jessica's Law, which prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a place where children regularly congregate, like a school or park. The lawsuit was filed by four sex offenders who argue that the residency restrictions violate their constitutional rights and make it nearly impossible to find a place to live.

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  1. DEERFIELD BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private beach sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  2. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A sign points out what rights the owners of beachside property have to the beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  3. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  4. DEERFIELD BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private beach sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  5. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  6. DEERFIELD BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  7. DEERFIELD BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  8. DEERFIELD BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  9. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  10. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  11. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor (L) takes her seat for her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), on Capitol Hill in Washington July 13, 2009.
  12. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama winks as he introduces new Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor during a reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington August 12, 2009.
  13. Yong Yun Leong, 24, left, and his brother Yong Yun Chung, 23, exit the Singapore Supreme Court after a High Court judge granted their brother, Yong Vui Kong, a stay of execution, Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009, in Singapore. Vui Kong, a 21-year-old Malaysian, had been due to hang this Friday, having received the death sentence for drug trafficking last November. His appeal hearing has been scheduled for next week.
  14. Police walk in the areas of Honduras' Congress in Tegucigalpa December 1, 2009. Congress will meet on December 2 as lawmakers expect the Supreme Court to give an opinion next week on whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya should be returned to power until a new president is sworn in in January after the November 29 election.
  15. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (L) talks to his daughter Zoe as she holds her son Juan Manuel inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa December 1, 2009. Congress will meet on December 2 as lawmakers expect the Supreme Court to give an opinion next week on whether Zelaya should be returned to power until a new president is sworn in in January after the November 29 election.
  16. Police and soldiers guard the surroundings of Congress in Tegucigalpa December 1, 2009. Congress will meet on December 2 as lawmakers expect the Supreme Court to give an opinion next week on whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya should be returned to power until a new president is sworn in in January after the November 29 election.

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  1. This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows inmate Quincy Jovan Allen, who is one of two men on death row accused of attacking a South Carolina security guard. Corrections Department spokesman Josh Gelinas says the Lieber Correctional Institution officer, who was monitoring the inmates, was stabbed with a makeshift weapon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The officer, who is recuperating in a hospital, name has not been released.
  2. This undated photo released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows inmate Mikal Deen Mahdi, who is one of two men on death row accused of attacking a South Carolina security guard. Corrections Department spokesman Josh Gelinas says the Lieber Correctional Institution officer, who was monitoring the inmates, was stabbed with a makeshift weapon, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The officer, who is recuperating in a hospital, name has not been released.
  3. This booking photo released by the Alachua County Department of Corrections Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009, shows University of Florida football player Carlos Dunlap after he was arrested early Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, and charged with driving under the influence. Florida plays Alabama in Atlanta this weekend for the SEC title and it is unclear if Dunlap will play.
  4. This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows an electric chair. Larry Bill Elliott is scheduled to be executed by choice of electrocution Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 for the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch.
  5. This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Larry Bill Elliott, scheduled to be executed Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 for the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch. Elliott is scheduled to become the first Virginia inmate to die by electrocution since 2006.
  6. This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Larry Bill Elliott, scheduled to be executed Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 for the January 2001 shooting deaths of 25-year-old Dana Thrall and 30-year-old Robert Finch.
  7. In this image made from a March 2005 video released Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, a prison guard, back to camera, throws a non-lethal grenade into an inmate's cell at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel, Wis. The AP requested the video after the state paid $49,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the inmate, Raynard Jackson. He alleged the detonation of the stinger grenade in his cell amounted to excessive force.
  8. In this image made from a March 2005 video released Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, a prison guard points to the the spot where a non-lethal grenade landed after it was thrown into an inmate's cell at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel, Wis. The AP requested the video after the state paid $49,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the inmate, Raynard Jackson. He alleged the detonation of the stinger grenade in his cell amounted to excessive force.
  9. Virginia Department of Corrections Director of Communications Larry Traylor (C) announces the execution of John Allen Muhammad at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia November 10, 2009. Muhammad was sentenced to die for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people left dead in a shooting spree by Muhammad and younger accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo that terrorized the Washington, DC, area in October 2002.
  10. Virginia Department of Corrections Director of Communications Larry Traylor pauses as he announces the execution of John Allen Muhammad at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia November 10, 2009. Muhammad was sentenced to die for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people left dead in a shooting spree by Muhammad and younger accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo that terrorized the Washington, DC, area in October 2002.
  11. Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad addresses the jury as he delivers his opening argument as Prince William County bailiff Jack Fullmore watches during his trial in courtroom 10 at the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Virginia in this October 20, 2003 file photograph. John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the 9/ll and the deadly anthrax attacks. The 48-year-old Muhammad was put to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, said Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor.
  12. Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad stands as the judge enters the court after a break in his trial in the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in this November 12, 2003 file photograph. John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the 9/ll and the deadly anthrax attacks. The 48-year-old Muhammad was put to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, said Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor.
  13. Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad is escorted into courtroom 10 at the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Virginia in this November 18, 2003 file photograph. John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the 9/11 and the deadly anthrax attacks. The 48-year-old Muhammad was put to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, said Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor. Picture taken November 18, 2003.
  14. John Allen Muhammad arrives in the Prince William Circuit Court in Manassas, Virginia, in this November 13, 2002 file photograph. John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the 9/11 and the deadly anthrax attacks. The 48-year-old Muhammad was put to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, said Virginia Department of Corrections spokesman Larry Traylor. Picture taken Novermber 13, 2002.
  15. Virginia Department of Corrections Director of Communications Larry Traylor addresses members of the media as they await news of the execution of John Allen Muhammad at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, November 10, 2009. Muhammad was sentenced to die for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people left dead in a shooting spree by Muhammad and younger accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo that terrorized the Washington, DC, area in October 2002.
  16. Virginia Department of Corrections Director of Communications Larry Traylor briefs members of the media as they await news of the execution of John Allen Muhammad at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, November 10, 2009. Muhammad was sentenced to die for the murder of Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10 people left dead in a shooting spree by Muhammad and younger accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo that terrorized the Washington, DC, area in October 2002.

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  1. Mafia informant Gaspare Spatuzza (C, obscured) is led surrounded by Italian police officers into a courtroom in Turin December 4, 2009. Spatuzza has already told magistrates, in evidence reported by the media and confirmed by court sources, that Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Marcello Dell'Utri, a Berlusconi associate, were mentioned to him in connection with a series of bombings in 1993 by a Mafia boss who is now doing life for the Florence attack. The 73-year-old conservative prime minister and media mogul says biased courts are making false accusations to try to bring down the 19-month-old government -- his third since 1994 -- and attack his Mediaset broadcasting empire.
  2. Mafia informant Gaspare Spatuzza is led surrounded by Italian police officers into a courtroom in Turin December 4, 2009. Spatuzza has already told magistrates, in evidence reported by the media and confirmed by court sources, that Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Marcello Dell'Utri, a Berlusconi associate, were mentioned to him in connection with a series of bombings in 1993 by a Mafia boss who is now doing life for the Florence attack. The 73-year-old conservative prime minister and media mogul says biased courts are making false accusations to try to bring down the 19-month-old government -- his third since 1994 -- and attack his Mediaset broadcasting empire.
  3. India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays a shot on the third day of their third test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Mumbai December 4, 2009.
  4. Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos (L) and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner chat at the opening of a NATO foreign ministers meeting (NAC) at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009.
  5. Pakistan's Army soldiers cordon off the area near a mosque after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. At least two militants stormed a mosque close to Pakistan's army headquarters during Friday prayers, firing and throwing grenades before blowing themselves up in an attack that killed tens of people, officials said.
  6. Kim Yu-na, of South Korea, performs in the ladies short program at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
  7. Kim Yu-na, of South Korea, performs in the ladies short program at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
  8. Pakistan's Army soldiers cordon off the area near a mosque after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. At least two militants stormed a mosque close to Pakistan's army headquarters during Friday prayers, firing and throwing grenades before blowing themselves up in an attack that killed tens of people, officials said.
  9. Pakistan's Army soldiers stand guard near a mosque after a suicide attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. At least two militants stormed a mosque close to Pakistan's army headquarters during Friday prayers, firing and throwing grenades before blowing themselves up in an attack that killed tens of people, officials said.
  10. Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.
  11. GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Kerry Williams of the Taipans is challenged by Erron Maxey of the Blaze during the round 11 NBL match between the Gold Coast Blaze and the Cairns Taipans at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 4, 2009 in Gold Coast, Australia.
  12. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: (L-R)John Butler and Bernard Fanning pose for a photo at the Hamish and Andy BYO Pool Party to celebrate their final radio show for the year at Dawes Point on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  13. GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Rich Melzer of the Taipans attempts to get past the defence of Anthony Petrie of the Blaze during the round 11 NBL match between the Gold Coast Blaze and the Cairns Taipans at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 4, 2009 in Gold Coast, Australia.
  14. GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Ian Crosswhite of the Taipans takes a shot as Ayinde Ubaka of the Blaze attempts to block during the round 11 NBL match between the Gold Coast Blaze and the Cairns Taipans at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 4, 2009 in Gold Coast, Australia.
  15. GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Rich Melzer of the Taipans attempts to get past the defence of Anthony Petrie of the Blaze during the round 11 NBL match between the Gold Coast Blaze and the Cairns Taipans at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 4, 2009 in Gold Coast, Australia.
  16. ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Fabian Barbiero of United fights for the ball with Sean Rooney of the Jets during the round 17 A-League match between Adelaide United and the Newcastle Jets at Hindmarsh Stadium on December 4, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia.