April 3
TEXAS:
Advertisement After confession, Smith sentenced to 3 life sentences
8 months after authorities discovered the body of Daliah Sanders shot to
death in the trunk of a car in Shelby County, her killer, Jimmie Odessa
Smith, was sentenced to life in prison.
District Judge Guy
April 3
COLORADO:
Jurors to resume deliberations Monday in inmate death penalty case
In Hugo, jurors considering the murder case against an inmate accused of
killing another inmate are set to resume deliberations Monday.
David Bueno is 1 of 2 inmates charged in the death of 40-year-old
April 4
USA:
Majority Of Americans Regard Death Penalty As Just Punishment
Nationwide support for the death penalty has waned since 2003, though most
Americans still regard it as a just punishment.
The results of a Harris Interactive poll published in March indicate a
majority of
April 4
INDIA:
Apex court suspends death penalty of Mumbai blast convict
The Supreme Court Friday temporarily suspended the death sentence of Zakir
Hussain Noor Mohammed Sheikh, convicted for his role in the 1993 Mumbai
serial blasts. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Justice
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
04 April 2008
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KUWAIT May Membriri Vecina (f), aged 28, Filipina national
The death sentence of May Membriri Vecina, a Filipina
domestic worker, was upheld by Kuwait's Court of Cassation
on 1 April. The sentence will now be submitted to
Apr. 4
MISSOURInew female death sentence
Woman gets death penalty for killing mother-to-be, cutting baby from womb
Lisa Montgomery is now the third woman on federal death row.
A jury in Kansas City, Missouri, today rejected pleas from Montgomery's
attorney that she should be spared
