Nov. 27
TEXAS:
Testimony in death penalty case begins
Jurors on Tuesday began hearing testimony in the death penalty case
against Antonio Lee Williams, accused in a killing spree in northwest
Houston last year.
Assistant District Attorney Lance Long opened the capital murder case
telling
Nov. 27
USA:
No humanity in capital punishment processThe methods used for the
death penalty in the U.S. serve no true justice.
In the hours preceding an execution, the San Quentin California State
Prison offers its doomed prisoner every measure of lukewarm comfort. The
inmate is
Nov. 27
KUWAIT/PHILIPPINES:
Kuwaiti supreme court confirms Filipina's death sentence
Kuwait's supreme court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence handed down
on a Filipina maid convicted of murdering her employer.
Sad news, was how Vice President Noli de Castro prefaced his
Nov. 28
TRINIDAD TOBAGO:
Lawyers fight for convicted killers
Lawyers for 8 convicted killers, 3 of whom murdered their wives, have
filed legal action to get them out of jail before they die.
The convicts have spent from 19 to 28 years in prison for the crimes they
committed.
The
Nov. 28
ARKANSAS:
Governor controls executions
We probably should not look to Gov. Mike Beebe, who'll likely stay
conservative on law enforcement issues, for opposition to the death
penalty.
Don't be looking for any Rockefeller-styled midnight commutations from
him.
But his office is
Nov. 28
ILLINOIS:
Next big step is to end death penalty
Some economists have reawakened a debate with controversial studies that
claim the death penalty deters murder, an argument long since dismissed by
experts. Statistics in Illinois show that the penalty of death does not
deter
Nov. 28
CANADA:
Death row inmate files lawsuit over policy reversal
Ronald Smith, the 50-year-old Albertan facing execution in the U.S., is
taking the Conservative government to court over its decision not to seek
clemency for him from Montana's death row.
Smith, sentenced to death by
