National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
December 2006
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Three inmates scheduled for execution in December
Three inmates have scheduled execution dates in December,
Nov. 28
TEXAS:
Blair case testimony disputedMcKinney: Defense rejects claims that
aided conviction, seeks new trial in '93 slaying of 7-year-old
Prosecutors and defense attorneys clashed Monday over a forensics expert's
testimony that helped convict Michael Blair of killing 7-year-old
Nov. 28
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death row inmate gets 60-day stay for evaluation
A death row inmate who believes the governor has already pardoned him
received a 60-day stay Monday so that psychiatrists can attempt to
evaluate him.
Guy Tobias LeGrande, 47, had been set to die Friday for the
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THE ONLY BOOK WRITTEN BY A SURVIVOR OF DEATH ROW
For 20 years, Kerry Max Cook lived under a death sentence-for a crime he
didn't commit
CHASING JUSTICE
My Story of Freeing Myself
Nov. 28
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Court upholds death penalty
The Criminal Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty pronounced
by the emirate's Criminal Court for a man who murdered his lover with an
axe.
A senior court official said the 27-year-old Pakistani illegal immigrant,
Nov. 28
CALIFORNIAnew death sentence
O.C. man gets death penalty in killing of 2 at airport
An Orange County man was sentenced to death Tuesday for the 1999 murders
of two South Bay people gunned down during a botched robbery at a
Lindbergh Field-area parking lot.
In sending
