Jan. 5
OHIO:
Death-penalty trial nears in '05 case
An orientation for potential jurors is scheduled for Friday.
The death-penalty jury trial of Antonio Jackson is to begin next Monday
before Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
Jackson, 28, of Summer Street, will
Jan. 5
ALABAMA:
Execute, againIn our opinion
As years go, 2008 did not bring death-penalty advocates many days of
cheer. The eye-for-an-eye form of ultimate justice, halted in many states
while awaiting a high-court ruling, took a figurative year off.
But the debate over the
Jan. 5
CANADA/GLOBAL:
Primate calls for end to death penalty
Protesters calling for the global abolition of the death penalty gathered
on Nov. 30 at Torontos city hall and walked to St. James' Cathedral, which
was illuminated after the march. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the
Jan. 5
USA:
Even killers don't deserve to die
THANKS TO the Globe for pointing out good reasons to oppose the death
penalty (Cruel and more unusual, Editorial, Dec. 28). Left unmentioned,
however, was any argument against a common justification for execution:
murderers deserve to die
