[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---ALA., USA, N.J.

2007-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 26 ALABAMA: High court nixes Ala. death row case The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow a death row inmate to try to prove his innocence through DNA testing. Thomas Arthur, 65, was sentenced for the 1982 killing of Troy Wicker of Muscle Shoals, Ala. His execution has been set

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----worldwide

2007-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 26 NORTH KOREA: North Korea resumes public executions North Korea has resumed public executions. In October a factory chief accused of making international phone calls was shot down at a stadium before a crowd of 150,000 people. Public executions had declined since 2000 amid

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA

2007-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 27 USA: Legal challenge forces death to take holiday It's too late for Stephen Wayne Anderson, the last Inland killer executed by the state. But for condemned inmates whose appeals are nearing the end, an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case could alter the way they get the 3-drug

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----worldwide

2007-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 27 SUDAN: PRESS RELEASE Case SDN 261107/ Case SDN 261107.CC - The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Sudan. Brief description of the situation The International Secretariat of