Oct. 1
TEXAS:
Ex-officer getting new trial in plot to kill wife
A federal judge has ordered a new trial for a former Missouri City public
safety officer sentenced to death for masterminding the fatal shooting of
his wife.
Although U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon granted the trial
Oct. 1
COLORADO:
'Supermax' prison home to terrorists Top-security prison now home to
terrorists
The most secure federal prison in America has the polished tile corridors
of a modern regional high school and the empty stillness of summer break.
The marquee inmates -- including
Oct. 1
EUROPE:
Europe Pushes Ahead Plans for Anti-Death Penalty Day
Europe will mark an anti-death penalty day next week, but it won't be an
official European Union initiative. Efforts to involve the E.U. failed
when member state Poland refused to go along on the grounds that the death
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
4 to be executed in October
Heliberto Chi is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on
October 3.
Daniel Siebert is scheduled for execution on October 25, by the state of
Alabama.
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