May 5
TEXASnew execution date set//foreign national
August execution set for Mexican-born Texas inmate
A Mexican-born Texas prisoner whose death sentence set off an
international dispute and a U.S. Supreme Court rebuke of the White House
received an execution date Monday.
State
May 5
FLORIDA:
High court hears appeal in Deltona murder case
The Florida Supreme Court heard an appeal today in the death-penalty case
of Jerone Hunter, one of the men convicted in the 2004 murders of 6 people
in a Deltona home.
The hearing marked the 1st time Supreme Court justices
May 5
USA:
Sky-High Costs - But Few Executions
Forget the ethics of capital punishment in the United States. Forget the
disproportionate number of blacks on death row, or the possibility of
executing an innocent victim. The death penalty may really be just too
expensive, according to a
May 5
IRAN:
Europe Urges Iran to Spare Young Killer
The European Union has called for clemency for a young Iranian man
sentenced to death for his role in a fatal stabbing committed when he was
a minor. Iran has been criticized for its increasing use of the death
penalty.
The European
May 6
KUWAIT:
'Hawalli monster' gets 4th death sentence
In Kuwait City, the Criminal Court Sunday sentenced 27-year-old Egyptian
Hajjaj Mohamed Adel Al-Saadi, popularly known as the 'Hawalli monster', to
death in case number 692/2006 the 5th case filed against him. This is the
4th death
