May 19
TEXAS:
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
18 May 2007
UA 118/07 Death penalty / Legal concern
USA (Texas) Cathy Lynn Henderson (f), white, aged 50
Cathy Henderson is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 13 June. She was
sentenced to death in May 1995 for the murder of a
May 16
TEXASexecution
Prison escapee executed for killing Texas deputy
Kansas prison escapee Charles Edward Smith was executed this evening for
the fatal shooting of a sheriff's deputy who was trying to pull him over
for stealing $22.50 worth of gasoline from a service station.
May 16
NEW YORK:
Death penalty politics
So what were Monday's deliberations by the state Senate all about, really?
A rather lopsided vote to restore the death penalty, at least for the
convicted killers of police officers, surely qualifies as a show of force.
There's no question where
May 16
NEW JERSEY:
Repeal death penalty
New Jersey has taken another step on the path to abolishing capital
punishment and we encourage the state Legislature to continue moving in
that direction.
During an emotional hearing last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee
voted 8-2 in favor of
May 16
ALABAMA:
Condemned convicts deserve representation
The propriety of the death penalty in a civilized society dedicated to the
ideal of justice has been debated for decades. No agreement appears
imminent between the 2 sides.
But surely capital punishment advocates and opponents can
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
17 May 2007
UA 116/07 Death Penalty/Fear of imminent execution
SAUDI ARABIA
Dhahian Rakan al-Sibai'I (m), Saudi Arabian national
Mohamed Kohail (m), aged 22, Canadian national
Sultan Kohail (m), aged 16, Canadian national
The three named above, two of them child
May 19
TEXAS:
Mother charged with capital murderReport: 2 1/2-year-old girl died
from blunt force trauma to the head
In Brownsville, the mother of a 2 1/2-year-old Harlingen girl who died
Feb. 17 has been indicted on a capital murder charge, a Cameron County
District Attorneys
May 19
OKLAHOMA:
Families of victims focus on wrongful convictions
Top 10 states with highest number of exonerations:
Texas - 28
Illinois - 27
New York - 23
Virginia - 10
Oklahoma - 9
California - 9
Louisiana - 9
Pennsylvania - 9
Massachusetts - 9
Missouri - 7
[source: The
May 19
GLOBAL:
Majority of nations have halted executions
Q: How many countries in the world dont have the death penalty? J.M.,
Raeford
A: Amnesty International says 129 countries and territories have abolished
the death penalty in law or practice.
According to the group, which opposes
May 18
TEXAS:
7th execution date tied to Bexar is set
The record pace of Bexar County execution dates continued Thursday when a
judge scheduled what could be the year's seventh lethal injection for a
local murderer.
The Aug. 29 date for John Joe Amador set the stage for two such
May 18
CALIFORNIA:
California Releases Revised Lethal Injection Protocol, Physicians Still
Complicit
On Tuesday, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released a revised
lethal injection protocol in hopes of reversing a moratorium on capital
punishment in the state put in place by a
May 18
US MILITARY:
Soldier's DNA matches semen from 1985 victim, expert testifies
Timothy B. Hennis was acquitted in 1989 of killing Kathryn Eastburn and 2
of her young daughters. A military court is looking into the case.
At Ft. Bragg, N.C., a government analyst testified Thursday that
May 18
GHANA:
Amnesty International Writes to Attorney General On Abolition of Death
Penalty
THE CHRONICLE has been bombarded with series of letters from members of
Amnesty International living abroad and addressed to Mr. Joe Ghartey,
Attorney General and Minister for Justice reminding
May 17
TEXAS:
Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty In Tyler Man's Trial
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a 29-year-old Tyler man
accused of killing 2 people.
During a partial pretrial hearing in 114th District Judge Cynthia Stevens
Kent's court, the judge said Smith County
May 17
USA:
Prisoner-assisted homicide - more 'volunteer' executions loom
Amnesty International
When a capital defendant seeks to circumvent procedures necessary to
ensure the propriety of his conviction and sentence, he does not ask the
State to permit him to take his own life. Rather,
May 17
US MILITARY:
Military jury finds airman not guilty in Iceland slaying
At Bolling Air Force Bace (in Washington state), a military jury of 8 Air
Force officers and 6 enlisted members has found Airman Calvin Eugene Hill
not guilty of murder in the death of Airman 1st Class Ashley
May 17
ARKANSAS:
Did the West Memphis Three work alone?
It was a gruesome discovery 14 years ago, the bodies of 3 boys mutilated
in West Memphis.
Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were murdered while
riding their bikes on May 5th, 1993.
A jury convicted 3 teens in
May 17
Saudi Arabia displays bodies of 2 Ethiopians beheaded
Saudi authorities yesterday beheaded 2 Ethiopians convicted of killing a
Saudi national in an armed robbery and displayed their bodies in public
after the execution, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The
statement,
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