June 29
TEXAS:
Locals react on death penalty ruling
Barely a year after Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law this state's
version of Jessica's Law last year's legislation that brought the death
penalty into play for repeat child sexual predators a Supreme Court
ruling on a Louisiana
June 27
CALIFORNIA:
Widow pleads for death penaltyShe says home is cold and silent after
husband, 2 sons slain in S.F.
Danielle Bologna can't go back home.
Just a week ago, her 2-story house on a quiet street in San Francisco's
Excelsior district was a bustling place, crammed with
June 27
PAKISTAN:
Pakistani militants hold public execution of 2 Afghans
Pakistani militants publicly executed 2 Afghans before thousands of
cheering supporters on Friday, saying that the men spied for U.S. forces
and helped orchestrate a suspected U.S. missile strike that killed 14
June 28
FLORIDA:
Warden on death penalty: This is wrong
Murderer Pedro Medina was strapped into Old Sparky shortly after
midnight on March 25, 1997, at Florida State Prison.
Warden Ron McAndrew stood nearby as a guard placed a wet sponge to conduct
more than 2,000 volts of electricity
June 28
PAKISTAN:
Murderer gets death penalty
Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Muhammad Iqbal on Friday
awarded death sentence to a murderer, Irfan Amin, for killing a friend of
his wife last year.
According to the case, Amin killed Farah Rehana and also attempted to
murder
June 29
TEXAS:
Locals react on death penalty ruling
Barely a year after Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law this state's
version of Jessica's Law last year's legislation that brought the death
penalty into play for repeat child sexual predators a Supreme Court
ruling on a Louisiana
June 29
FLORIDA:
Florida prepares for 1st execution since foul up
Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when
executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the 1st time since a
botched execution.
Mark Dean Schwab, 39, is scheduled to die exactly 16 years
June 29
TEXASimpending execution
Days from execution, inmate pins hopes on woman's story
Lester Bower, at the Polunsky Unit in East Texas, has been on death row
since 1984. He acknowledges meeting 2 of the victims on the day they died
but has denied involvement in their slayings.
June 30
USA:
A Death Penalty PuzzleThe Murky Evidence for and Against Deterrence
Although the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for child rape last
week, the justices have made it clear that for homicide, states may
inflict the ultimate penalty. Last month, capital punishment
