June 26
TEXAS:
DEATH PENALTY RULING'S IMPACT ON TEXASMost aspects of Jessica's Law
are untouched
Although they will not face execution, criminals who sexually assault
Texas children will serve longer sentences without the possibility of
parole under provisions of Jessica's Law not
June 26
USA:
USA: Another step up the evolutionary ladder
Supreme Court prohibits death penalty for child rape
26 June 2008 AI Index: AMR 51/069/2008
Based both on consensus and our own independent judgment, our holding is
that a death sentence for one who raped but did not kill a
June 26
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death penalty sought in trooper's slayingProsecutors look to try a man
accused of killing a state trooper for capital murder.
Prosecutors want to seek the death penalty in their case against a Florida
man accused in the fatal shooting of an N.C. Highway Patrol
June 27
INDONESIA:
Indonesia to speed up drug executions
INDONESIA says it will speed up the execution process of drug traffickers,
in a major blow for three Australians on death row for heroin smuggling.
As authorities prepared for the executions last night of 2 Nigerian heroin
