June 6
TEXAS:
Man convicted in 2007 slaying of Dallas police officer
Wesley Lynn Ruiz is a cop killer, a Dallas County jury decided Thursday
when it took about 3 hours to find him guilty of the 2007 capital murder
of Dallas police Senior Cpl. Mark Nix.
The same jury that convicted Mr.
June 6
USA:
Unabomber's brother, victim forge unique friendship
If Gary Wright wanted nothing to do with anyone with the last name of
Kaczynski, few would blame him. Even David Kaczynski would understand.
After all, it was Kaczynski's brother, Ted, who tried to kill Wright with
a bomb
June 6
JAPAN:
Death penalty upheld for man convicted of murdering girlfriend, her
daughter
The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of
murdering his live-in girlfriend and her daughter in Kanagawa Prefecture
in 2001.
There is no room for leniency considering
June 6
SOUTH CAROLINAexecution//volunteer
SC executes man who murdered 3 Social Services worker
A man who gunned down 3 people in a Department of Social Services office
in 1996 was executed by lethal injection Friday.
David Mark Hill was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. in the state's
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
06 June 2008
UA 160/08 Fear of Imminent Execution
JAPAN Tadashi Makino (m), born 1950
Death row prisoner Tadashi Makino has just had his appeal for
clemency rejected, and so is at imminent risk of execution. He was
sentenced to
