[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----USA, PENN.

2006-12-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 3 USAbook review Executed on a Technicality: Lethal Injustice on America's Death Row Author: David R. Dow-ISBN: 0807044199-Pages: 272 The story of the death row inmates who changed one Texas lawyer's mind about capital punishment When David Dow took his first capital

[Deathpenalty] death penalty-----worldwide

2006-12-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 3 IRAQ: Saddam appeals controversial Iraqi death sentence In Baghada, lawyers for Saddam Hussein and 2 former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals on Sunday, the Iraqi chief prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some human rights experts as unfair and flawed. The defense

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----LOUISIANA

2006-12-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 4 LOUISIANA: An 'Imperfect' Death Penalty System Wake Forest University recently put a spotlight on the existence of the death penalty in an imperfect justice system. Among the panelists on November 15 was Darryl Hunt, who was exonerated of murder charges after spending 18 years in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----worldwide

2006-12-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 4 INDONESIA: Lawyers challenge Bali death penalty AdvertisementTHE executions of 6 Australians convicted of heroin smuggling in Bali will be challenged in Indonesia's Constitutional Court next month, with a claim that imposing the death penalty in drugs cases contravenes the