[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide
June 5 INDONESIA: Indonesian prosecutor seeks death for Taiwanese drug smugglers An Indonesian prosecutor is to seek the death penalty for 4 Taiwanese nationals involved in a crystal methamphetamine smuggling case that took place in Indonesian waters in February, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. The Taiwanese nationals, identified as Chen Chung-nan, Chen Chin-tun, Huang Ching-an and Hsie Lai-fu were officially handed over to prosecutors Monday, according to the report. The chief prosecutor of the narcotics department, Dedi Siswadi, said the 4 are facing the death sentence, the report said. The case unfolded as Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency and Navy captured the Taiwanese fishing boat Shun De Man No. 66 and its crew, including the 4 Taiwanese nationals, Feb. 7 in waters near Batam Island. The vessel was carrying over 1 ton of crystal meth while flying a Singapore flag and sailing under the name of Sunrise Glory when it was captured. Upon boarding the vessel, Indonesian authorities found the narcotics hidden 41 rice sacks. In a similar case last year, Indonesia also handed down the death sentence to eight Taiwanese nationals who were found guilty of attempting to smuggle 1 ton of amphetamine into Indonesia in July 2017. (source: focustaiwan.tw) BANGLADESH: Youth to die, 2 get life for killing BCL leaderThe murder in 2015 followed row over committee A court here yesterday sentenced a young man to death and 2 others to life imprisonment for killing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Shahrukh Khan Piyas in Kushtia town in 2015. The death penalty awardee is Tutul Hossain, 25, son of late Kashem Ali, while the lifers are Ashraful Islam, 30, son of Abdul Hamid, and Mosharraf Hossain, 30, son of Muntaz Pramanik, of different areas in the town. After examining records and witnesses, Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup Kumar Goswami also fined convicts--Tutul Tk 20,000 and Ashraful and Mosharraf Tk 10,000 each. According to the prosecution, the convicts waylaid Piyas, an honours student and former vice-president of the then defunct committee of BCL Kushtia Government College unit, in Harishankarpur area and locked in an altercation over formation of BCL committee in July 10, 2015. At one stage, Tutul shot Piyas at point blank range, leaving him critically injured. Injured Piyas was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital first and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on July 23. Following a murder case filed by Piyas's father Abul Kalam Azad with Kushtia Model Police Station, police detained the trio from different areas at different times. (source: The Daily Star) SRI LANKA: Woman given death penalty for a murder committed in 1995 A woman, who had been found guilty of a murder committed in 1995 and been avoiding arrest, was sentenced to death by the order of the Colombo High Court Judge A.A.R. Heiyanthuduwa, today (05). The convicted woman is a resident of Kirulapone named Muththusami Saraswathie. The Attorney General had filed charges against her for stabbing a person named Amarasinghe to death on 16th May 1995. After a lengthy trial, the Colombo High Court decided, in the year 2013, to convict the accused. The accused woman, who came to Sri Lanka after hiding abroad, was arrested by the police and produced before the Magistrate. Accordingly, the Colombo High Court ruled that the death penalty will be imposed on the accused, in accordance with the ruling in 2013. (source: adaderana.lk) INDIA: DAK seeks death penalty for spurious drug traffickers Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday has sought death penalty for those involved in manufacture, sale and distribution of spurious drugs. "To curb the menace of fake drugs, we need to get touch on the drug traffickers. And the toughness include the death penalty," said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a communique. "They kill hundreds and hundreds of people and most of them don't even go to jail. They need to be punished for the carnage they cause," he said. The amended Drug and cosmetic act of 2008 contains maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Dr Nisar said capital punishment has proved effective in other countries like china. In 2007 former head of China's state food and drug administration was executed for his involvement in substandard drugs which proved to be a strong deterrent. He said India is the capital of spurious drugs and according to WHO, India accounts for nearly 35% of world spurious drug market. In an estimate, 40% of the Indian market is under the grip of spurious drugs. "From cancer to heart medicines and from antibiotics to vaccines, drugs in all therapeutic categories have been reported to be either substandard or counterfeit," he said. "There are clandestine factories that have been making these sham drugs," he added. Dr Nisar said
[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARK., NEB., S.DAK., CALIF.
June 5 ARKANSAS: Man denies guilt in girlfriend's death A Rogers man pleaded innocent Monday to a capital murder charge in the death of his girlfriend. Kevin Wayne Clayborn, 49, is also charged with theft of property. He entered innocent pleas at his arraignment before Circuit Judge Robin Green. Clayborn, who is being held without bail in the Benton County jail, is accused of killing Misha Rivera. Rivera, 48, died from head trauma and strangulation, according to a probable cause affidavit. Rogers police began investigating after family members found Rivera's body in her home May 5, according to court documents. One person told police he read a passage in Rivera's journal about Clayborn having a strange look in his eyes and pushing her, according to the affidavit. Police found the journal in Rivera's home, but one page had been torn from it, according to court documents. One of Rivera's vehicles was missing and later found in Van Buren. The theft charge involves Rivera's 2006 Volvo XC9, according to court documents. One of Clayborn's former girlfriends told police he came to her home between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. May 4 and said he needed to go to Oklahoma City to be with his daughter who was going to be placed in a mental hospital, according to the affidavit. The woman drove Clayborn to a convenience store near where she believes his former wife lives, according to court documents. Members of the Oklahoma City Fugitive Task Force watched for Clayborn at an apartment complex and arrested him. Clayborn could face life imprisonment or the death penalty if he's convicted of capital murder. Prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty. He could be sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison on the theft charge. Clayborn's next court appearance is scheduled for July 16. (source: arkansasonline.com) NEBRASKA: Judge dismisses Ernie Chambers' lawsuit over Nebraska's death penalty procedure A Lancaster County district judge has dismissed a death penalty protocol challenge by Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers and Rev. Stephen Griffith of Lincoln. Chambers and Griffith filed the suit against the Department of Correctional Services and state officials, challenging that the state's execution protocol was developed without following state law and procedures. They asked the court to stop any executions until a proper protocol is put in place that follows the state Administrative Procedure Act. The protocol, revised in 2016 and finalized in 2017, outlines execution team duties and training requirements, and states the director will determine lethal injection drugs to be used and the process for obtaining them, and verification of the substances by a chemical analysis. District Judge Lori Maret said that for a plaintiff to have standing to challenge the regulation, they must allege the revised protocol affects their legal rights. In this case, they have not done that, she said, and so they do not have standing to sue. The court also did not buy the argument on exceptions to standing for illegal expenditures. Resident taxpayers may sue to stop illegal expenditures of public funds, and the plaintiffs said Nebraska will expend public funds to carry out the death penalty. "The regulation in question, however, only replaced one version of the execution protocol with another," the judge wrote in the order. The Nebraska Attorney General's office had argued that Griffith and Chambers lacked standing in the case because they aren't on death row. The ACLU countered the Administrative Procedure Act requires materials be made publicly available in the Nebraska Secretary of State's office when it gives notice of the proposed protocol before adopting it. Death row prisoners cannot visit the Secretary of State's office to review those materials or attend the public hearing. That would mean nobody has standing to challenge execution protocol procedures, the ACLU said. ACLU of Nebraska Executive Director Danielle Conrad said Monday the organization was disappointed in the decision to dismiss an important case on procedural grounds. "We will confer with our clients to determine how to proceed and will actively explore all options, including an appeal to ensure the Nebraska death penalty protocols were adopted in accordance with the law," Conrad said. (source: Lincoln Journal Star) SOUTH DAKOTA: Yellow Lodge, 19, charged with 1st-degree murder in Chamberlain death Nicholas Yellow Lodge of Chamberlain, South Dakota, has been arrested on a complaint of 1st-degree murder that could mean a death sentence for the Brule County 19-year-old, state Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday in a news release. The murder charge stems from an incident late Saturday, June 2 or early Sunday, June 3, in the 300 block of East King Street in Chamberlain, according to Jackley. No information about the dead victim was
[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., GA., FLA., LA., OHIO
June 5 TEXASfemale to face death penalty DA to seek death penalty in Henderson case Henderson County District Attorney Mark Hall intends to seek the death penalty against Sarah Henderson, the woman charged with capital murder in the shootings of her 2 young daughters. "Although the state is making its election at this time not knowing the ultimate result of the evaluations, and whether the defendant is found to be competent or incompetent and later restored to competency, the state elects to seek the death penalty in this case in order to allow the jury that will hear the case the opportunity to impose the punishment it deems appropriate, should the defendant be found guilt of capital murder," court records show. Hall filed his election to seek death on Friday. He has said he had a June 1 deadline to make a decision on the punishment if Henderson is found guilty. A hearing was conducted on April 27 after defense attorneys filed a motion for examination to determine competency. Judge Scott McKee of the 392nd Judicial District Court entered an order for examination to determine Henderson's competency. Dr. Tom Allen and Dr. Timothy Proctor were appointed to examine the defendant. Henderson, 30, has pleaded not guilty after being indicted in January on 2 counts of capital murder, attempted murder and assault on a public servant. A jury trial has been scheduled for Jan. 28, 2019. She was arrested on Nov. 2, 2017, at her Payne Springs home. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said at the time she had planned the murders of Kaylee and Kenlie for a couple of weeks and that she tried to kill her husband, Jacob Henderson, before the gun malfunctioned. The girls were 5 and 7. In a 911 call, Jacob asked for help for his wife before asking a dispatcher to "disregard" the call. 3 hours later, he made another 911 call to report that his wife had shot the girls in their heads. "The assault on a public servant arose 2 days later while Henderson was being held in the Henderson County jail, where she is accused of striking a detention officer while he was attempting to release her from restraint," according to reports. McKee provided prosecutors and defense attorneys Steve Green and John Youngblood a restricted and protective order - that is, a gag order. Henderson remains in the Henderson County jail on $1 million bond each on the capital cases and a combined $100,000 bond on the other counts. (source: Athens Daily Review) ***--female may face death penalty Details released for Wichita Falls woman charged in capital murder of Abilene man A Wichita Falls woman has been accused of being the 2nd person involved in the fatal shooting of an Abilene man last month after police received a Crime Stoppers tip and a recorded jail phone call. Precious Nicole Tillery, 19, has been charged with capital murder. She was in the Wichita County Jail Monday morning in lieu of $2 million bail. Eric Glenn Lee II, 22, is also facing capital murder. If found guilty of the capital felony, Tillery and Lee would be sentenced to life without parole or the death penalty. Court documents revealed Tillery was on probation for an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of the shooting. She had initially been charged with aggravated robbery for the Feb. 28, 2016, stabbing of a man in the 400 block of Bailey Street. In that incident, Tillery claimed he had stole money that belonged to her and reportedly dug through his pockets and then took his Oklahoma identification card. She was indicted for aggravated assault on April 21, 2016. She accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 8 years deferred probation after pleading guilty on Oct. 26, 2016. According to the arrest warrant affidavit for the capital murder: Wichita Falls police were called to the scene of a shooting in the 1000 block of Juarez Street around 12:56 a.m. on April 17. A detective was called to the scene around 1:25 a.m. When officers arrived on scene, they found 28-year-old Matthew Liggins in front of the address with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso. Liggins was taken to United Regional Health Care System, where he later died from his injuries. A witness told responding officers that she was in the front passenger of Liggins' vehicle and identified a possible suspect as Lee. The witness was taken to the Wichita Falls Police Department by detectives to be further interviewed. At the station, the witness said Liggins had driven them from Abilene to Wichita Falls to pick up a friend who had been robbed by Lee earlier in the day. She said they didn't know that the friend had been robbed until after they arrived in Wichita Falls. When they arrived the apartments, the witness said Liggins contacted Lee and told him that they were outside. The witness said Lee and a person with brown and black dreads ??? she thought the person might be a
