April 29
TEXAS:
Man set to be 17th exonerated by DNA in Dallas County
Illegally withheld evidence probably caused a man who will be exonerated
today to spend more time behind bars than anyone in the country cleared by
DNA, the Dallas County district attorney's office and the Innocence
April 29
USA:
Dueling justices on death penalty
Should interpreting the Constitution smack more of knight errantry than a
genuine search for the intent of its makers? That question was center
stage as Justice John Paul Stevens dueled with Justice Antonin Scalia in
Baze v. Rees (April 16,
April 29
JAPAN:
Public Support for Capital Punishment Grows in Japan
There are 130 nations that that either have made it impossible to hand
down death sentences by abolishing capital punishment or have nullified
the capital punishment system by not carrying out executions, like South
April 29
TEXAS:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DarlieRoutier/
If you would please take a few minutes to read this petition and sign it
for Darlie I would appreciate it. I hope to gather enough signatures to
present this to the District Attorney here in Dallas this summer.
Perhaps we
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though
you may not have received the original UA when issued
on March 12, 2008. Thanks!
29 April 2008
Further Information on UA 69/08 (12 March 2008)
and follow-up (19 March 2008) -
April 29
OKLAHOMAnew execution date
Court sets date for Short execution
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has set a date for the 1st
execution in the state since the Supreme Court upheld the practice.
The execution of Terry Lyn Short is scheduled for June 17. It will be the
1st
