Morning Docket: 10.12.09

* In the wake of a botched execution attempt, Ohio is conducting a review of its executions over the past 10 years. [Washington Post]
* Speaking of death row inmates, were three Arkansas men, now facing either life imprisonment or execution for killing three young boys, wrongfully convicted? [New York Times]
* Roman Polanski, now in a Zurich prison, is depressed and dejected, according to his lawyer. [Reuters via Drudge]
* Two Connecticut doctors have filed a challenge to their state’s ban on physician-assisted suicide. [Courthouse News Service]
* A suspect in a 1968 airplane hijacking has been captured. [CNN]
* Check out the videos and transcripts thus far from C-SPAN’s “Supreme Court Week.” [How Appealing (linkwrap)]

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