Feb. 1
MISSOURI:
StL court upholds death penalty
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction and death sentence
of Cecil Clayton, who is on Missouri's death row for killing a western
Missouri sheriff's deputy.
The ruling by a 3-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Feb. 1
USA:
UM researchers say lethal injection could violate Eighth
AmendmentStudy suggests lethal injection causes unnecessary pain
INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH: UM researchers say execution by lethal injection
could violate the Eighth Amendment.
A death row inmate is given a fatal dose
Feb. 1
CANADA:
MP shares emotional tale of family's brush with death penalty
A predictable House of Commons debate about the federal government's
controversial clemency policy took a startling turn Thursday night when
NDP MP Wayne Marston gave an emotional account of his own sister's
Feb. 1
TEXAS:
Dallas district attorney's office seeks to withdraw death row inmate's
execution date
The Dallas County district attorney's office requested Thursday to
withdraw the upcoming execution date for a Texas death row inmate while it
awaits a U.S. Supreme Court decision about the
