[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----VA., CALIF., MO.

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 25 VIRGINIAnew death sentence Teleguz Gets DeathMan Was Convicted For Ordering Ex-Girlfriend's Slaying Rockingham County Circuit Judge John McGrath sentenced Ivan Teleguz to death on Tuesday for ordering the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie Sipe, in July 2001. Before

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 25 GLOBAL: STATUS OF DEATH PENALTY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW The application of death penalty is that kind of issue, which repeatedly appears in numerous philosophical, religious and political agendas, attracting close attention of the law-makers and the public around the world. Right

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----TEXAS

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 26 TEXAS: Not Just 'Shop Talk': Clearly, outsider should review Cantu case We've been skeptical for some time now, but if there wasn't reason enough already to call for an independent investigation into whether convicted teen killer Ruben Cantu was wrongfully executed, new

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----ILL. CALIF., USA, CONN.

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 26 ILLINOIS: Jury deliberates in retrial of Illinois woman accused of killing son A prosecutor pressed jurors Tuesday to convict a woman being retried in the fatal stabbing of her 10-year-old son, calling a Texas death-row inmate's confessions to the 1997 killing an excursion into

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
July 26 BRITAIN/PAKISTAN: Death-row Briton's family criticises Blair 'inaction' The brother of a British man being held on death row in Pakistan has condemned Tony Blair for failing to intervene to prevent his brother's execution, despite an earlier court ruling clearing him of murder.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA----NCADP August Execution Alert

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Halperin
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty August 2006 As Many As 11 Executions Scheduled this month 11 people are scheduled to be executed in the month of August. There will be at least 1 execution per