[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2008-05-03 Thread Rick Halperin
May 3 INDONESIA: Bali bombers to lodge third judicial review: lawyer A lawyer for 3 Islamic militants who were sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali blasts says his clients plan to lodge another judicial review with an Indonesian court, which could delay or prevent their execution. The

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

2008-05-03 Thread Rick Halperin
May 3 USA: After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions Here in the nation's leading death-penalty state, and some of the 35 others with capital punishment, execution dockets are quickly filling up. Less than 3 weeks after a United States Supreme Court ruling ended a 7-month moratorium

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----ARK., CALIF., ARIZ.

2008-05-03 Thread Rick Halperin
May 3 ARKANSAS: Gov. Beebe: Arkansas Executions Will Proceed Decision Comes on Heels of Failed Supreme Court Challenge Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Thursday the state will begin executing death-row inmates by lethal injection in light of a failed U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----NORTH CAROLINA

2008-05-03 Thread Rick Halperin
May 3 NORTH CAROLINA: Close call -- again-Another North Carolina death row inmate is freed, with a judge citing flaws in his defense and the case against him Were Levon Bo Jones of Duplin County the very first person freed from North Carolina's death row because of problems with his

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MISSISSIPPI

2008-05-03 Thread Rick Halperin
May 3 MISSISSIPPI: Hendrix Denied Bond, Faces Death Penalty Friday, the man accused of killing former Stone County Supervisor Duncan Hatten faced a judge for the first time. Bobby Hendrix is charged with capital murder and faces the death penalty in the case. The judge first explained to