July 12
TEXAS:
Scott Panetti: Sane Enough to Execute?
The U.S. Supreme Court's June 28 ruling in the case of Texas death row
inmate Scott Panetti concludes that the law requires that condemned
inmates have some rational understanding of why they're being executed
in order to satisfy the
July 12
IDAHO:
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Hagnas
Ada County prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty against a
Boise man accused of murdering his roommates and setting their home on
fire.
Todd Hagnas, 38, has been charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder in
the
July 12
ZIMBABWE:
Chiefs Against Death Penalty
CHIEFS are against the death sentence and have called on Government to
impose life sentences on all murderers while families of the murderers
should pay restitution to appease families of the bereaved and avoid
avenging spirits (ngozi).
The
July 13
GEORGIAimpending execution
A chance of innocenceState parole board must intervene in death row
inmate's case
Last-minute appeals by lawyers to spare the life of a death row inmate are
common. And sometimes the claims made on behalf of inmates strain
credibility.
Others
July 13
TEXAS:
Anthony Graves' defense suffers setbackJudge will let prosecutors use
1994 testimony of a witness who later recanted
The recorded testimony of a witness who recanted moments before his
execution will be admitted in the capital murder retrial of Anthony
Graves, a
July 13
USA:
Reports, polls, court ruling point to thorny death penalty questions
2 high-profile executions scheduled for July and one capital sentence
blocked by the Supreme Court in June provide examples of the range of
issues surrounding the death penalty in the United States.
July 13
NEW YORK:
Gallows May Await if Police Officer Dies
Should the wounds Officer Russel Timoshenko suffered on Monday prove
fatal, his death could set off a jurisdictional dance between state and
federal prosecutors over whether his shooter faces the death penalty.
New York State
July 13
CALIFORNIA:
State must defend execution protocol
5 weeks ago, we learned federal District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel had
delayed the execution of convicted killer-rapist Michael Morales of
Stockton at least until October after he scheduled even more hearings on
challenges to the
July 13
NORTH KOREA:
Death Row Christian in N. Korea Incites Demand for Release, Pleas for Life
The brother of the North Korean Christian man awaiting public execution
for simply being a Christian pleaded with the world Thursday to press
North Korea to release his elder brother while
