Nov. 1
TEXASnew death sentence
Death penalty for convicted killer of Dallas officer
A man convicted in the November 2005 fatal shooting of a Dallas police
officer was sentenced to death Thursday.
Juan Lizcano's sentence was for the capital murder of 28-year-old Dallas
police Officer
Nov. 1
MONTANA:
Ottawa won't seek clemency for death-row inmate in U.S.
The Conservative government has ended a long-standing federal policy of
automatically seeking clemency for any Canadian facing the death penalty
in a foreign country, CanWest News Service has learned.
The decision
Nov. 1
USA:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: US Senator Russ Feingold
Feingold Statement on the Severe Injustices of Capital Punishment
Today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold made the following statement on the
severe injustices in capital punishment systems nationwide following the
Supreme
Nov. 1
PENNSYLVANIA:
Testimony to conclude in federal death penalty case
Testimony was expected to conclude today in the penalty phase of the
federal case against Jelani Solomon.
He was convicted last week of ordering the shooting death of Frank Helisek
Jr., 53, of New Brighton in
Nov. 1
CANADA:
Tories decide to stop opposing death penalty for Canadians convicted
abroad
The Conservative government's announcement that it will no longer stand up
for Canadians who face the death penalty in the United States is drawing
fire from the opposition.
The Tories officially
Nov. 2
USA:
Death penalty requires national soul-searching
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of a Mississippi
death row inmate, so that it could determine whether death by lethal
injection violates the bar against the infliction of cruel and unusual
punishments
Nov. 2
TEXAS:
Jury sentences cop killer Juan Lizcano to deathDefense's low IQ
argument not enough to convince jurors
Juan Lizcano will die for killing a Dallas police officer nearly 2 years
ago, a Dallas County jury decided Thursday.
Mr. Lizcano shot and killed Officer Brian Jackson
Nov. 2
USA:
Opinion Is The Government Finally Scrutinizing The Death Penalty?
The Supreme Court's focus on the administration of death by lethal
injection could expose the plethora of problems that come with the death
penalty.
That's the hope of Russ Feingold who's using the Court's stay
Nov. 2
GLOBAL:
Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries
More than half the countries in the world have now abolished the death
penalty in law or practice. The numbers are as follows:
Kyrgyzstan abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in June 2007
and Rwanda abolished the death
Nov. 2
TEXAS:
More than 150 inmates want evidence reviewed
More than 150 inmates whose convictions may be based on faulty Houston
crime lab evidence have asked that their cases be reviewed, a judge said
Thursday.
Since Oct. 22, Judge Mary Bacon, a retired state district judge overseeing
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