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Oct. 2
TEXASimpending executionforeign national
Honduran Set to Die in Texas Appeals
Lawyers for a Honduran man facing execution this week in Texas filed
appeals late Monday based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review
similar lethal injection procedures in another state.
Oct. 2
PENNSYLVANIA:
Lupas seeks death penalty
Luzerne County District Attorney David Lupas' office filed paperwork
Monday indicating it will seek the death penalty against 2 Virginia men
accused of brutally stabbing their rival in the gay pornography business.
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Oct. 2
GEORGIA:
Police officials say no state eyewitness law needed
Georgia law enforcement officials on Monday warned a legislative panel
against passing a law mandating how police must conduct eyewitness
identifications, saying it could handcuff officers looking to solve
crimes.
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Oct. 2
CALIFORNIA:
Killer exhausts legal appeals, but execution not a done deal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away condemned Santa Clara County
killer David Allen Raley's last legal appeal, a development that
ordinarily would lead to a firm execution date within a few months.
Oct. 2
NIGERIA:
Elechi Grants 34 Prisoners Amnesty
At least 34 persons who were either sentenced to death or life
imprisonment were yesterday granted unconditional pardon in the spirit of
the 11th anniversary of the creation of Ebonyi State by Governor Martin
Elechi, while 5 others
