June 16
OHIOnew execution date//volunteer
Death Penalty Appeal Barton, RockyCounty: Warren
Summary of Crime: On 1/16/03, Barton murdered his wife, 43-year-old
Kimberli Jo Barton, at their home in Waynesville. Kimberli and Barton had
gotten in a domestic dispute that morning
June 16
MASSACHUSETTS:
Death penalty foe flying in to see play
Bud Welch has gotten phone calls from students before, he said, mostly
college students researching term papers.
But the Oklahoma City man said he got his first call from actors inspired
by his story in March, when members of
June 16
TAIWAN:
The death penalty should be kept --for now at least
In response to a report issued by the International Federation for Human
Rights, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said that Taiwan has not violated
any human rights principles in its handling of capital punishment cases or
June 17
TEXAS:
Fate of woman accused of starving boy up to jury
A Tarrant County jury on Monday will begin deciding the fate of Lisa Ann
Coleman, who is accused of participating in the starving death of
9-year-old Davontae Williams.
Closing arguments in the capital murder trial are
June 17
VERMONT:
Man's Death Sentence Is Vermont Anomaly
A man who kidnapped a supermarket worker and killed her as she prayed for
her life was sentenced Friday to die, the first person to get the death
penalty in Vermont in almost half a century.
Donald Fell, 26, was sentenced by a
June 18
USA:
No death penalty for sex offenders
A Oklahoma's governor, Brad Henry, a Democrat, signed a bill this month
that would allow jurors to sentence to death repeat sex offenders for
crimes against children younger than 14. The day before, South Carolina
Gov. Mark Sanford, a
June 18
PHILIPPINES:
Philippine bishop praises legislation to end death penalty
The head of the Philippine bishops' commission for prison pastoral care
has commended the Senate and the House of Representatives for passing
separate bills that would end the death penalty.
We congratulate
June 18
TEXAS:
Aryan gang thrives inside prisons, but its life-or-death motto extends
reach to streets in form of ex-convicts
In light of the recent arrest of 10 Aryan Brotherhood members and
associates in connection with a burglary and murder, police throughout
South and Southeast Texas
