May 22
TEXASimpending execution
Son is eager to see parents' killer die
Leonardo Chavez III, who as a 9-year-old boy saw his mother and father
beaten and killed, said he hopes the execution this week of the man
responsible for their deaths will calm his dreams, especially the
recurring
May 22
IRAQ:
Surprise. Hussein Acts as if He's on Trial.
As Saddam Hussein entered the courtroom last Monday after a 3-week recess,
he strolled to the dock with the self-conscious gait of a man eager to
sustain the illusion that he remains the lawful president of Iraq. But it
wasn't long
May 22
USA:
US top court won't decide lethal injection challenge
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide if a drug combination used
to execute convicted murderers violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on
cruel and unusual punishment.
The justices refused to hear the appeal by a
May 22
UGANDA:
DWS denies profiteering from African death sentence case
Denton Wilde Sapte (DWS) has been accused of profiteering from political
oppression in a case involving the prosecution of an opposition politician
in Uganda.
DWS associate firm Kampala Associated Advocates
May 22
VERMONT:
Death penalty protest planned for Fell sentencing
Anti-death penalty activists are planning a rally next month to coincide
with Donald Fell's formal sentencing to capital punishment for the
November 2000 kidnap and murder of a supermarket worker from North
Clarendon.
May 22
JAPAN:
Young killers at heart of capital punishment fight
After a juvenile received a life sentence in 2000 for the murder and
attempted rape of Yayoi Motomura, 23, and the murder of her 11-month-old
daughter, Yuka, the killer wrote a letter to a friend that placed him at
the center
May 22
NEW YORK:
Justice Derailed
The murder happened in snow-covered Rochester, N.Y., on New Year's Day in
1996.
As the police and prosecutors told it, a 63-year-old activist named
William Beason was stabbed to death in his home by a young sex hustler and
ex-convict named Douglas Warney.
