April 22
TEXAS:
Abolishing the death penalty
Call adds to hopeful signs
Re: Death no more We cannot support a system that is both imperfect and
irreversible, April 15 Editorials.
I applaud The Dallas Morning News. As the editorial points out, the death
penalty is both imperfect and
April 22
SOUTH KOREA:
South Korea considers revising some provisions on death penalty
South Korea's justice minister said Sunday his ministry is considering
revising some provisions on capital punishment.
Before making a decision on whether to abolish the death penalty, we are
April 21
OHIOimpending execution
Filiaggi seeks to halt his execution--State Supreme Court will consider
request for stay
James Filiaggi has said for months he's prepared to die and wouldn't try
to stop his execution slated for Tuesday. Apparently, he's changed his
mind.
On Friday,
April 21
INDIANAimpending execution
Man to be executed pleads for clemencyHe tells Parole Board he didn't
intend to kill.
A man scheduled to be executed in two weeks for the murder of a
77-year-old neighbor asked Friday that he be spared, saying he was trying
to retrieve his
April 21
TENNESSEE:
Selmer residents weigh in on Winkler verdict
The preacher's wife, Mary Winkler, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter
in the death of her husband Matthew.
The preacher murder thrust the small town of Selmer into the national
spotlight and now that the verdict is in
April 21
AUSTRALIA:
Call for campaign against death penalty
The federal government must take a strong and principled approach to
opposing the death penalty whenever and wherever it is applied, former ALP
national president Barry Jones told a public forum attended by more than
100 people
FYI
)
-- next part --
An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...
Name: ATT3901283.txt
Url:
http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/private/deathpenalty/attachments/20070423/e18f8fbb/attachment.txt
April 23
FLORIDA:
Community awaits justice20 years after rampage, Cruse sits on death
row
2 decades ago today, William Byran Cruse killed 6 and wounded 14 during a
shooting spree in Palm Bay. 2 years later, he was sentenced to death.
But as Cruse, the oldest person on Florida's
April 23
TENNESSEE:
Tennessee Should Broaden Temporary Halt on Executions to Review Every
Aspect of Death Penalty System
Team of Tennessee Legal Experts Lists Many Problems in State Capital Crime
System
A team of Tennessee legal experts, working under the auspices of the
American Bar
April 23
IRAQ:
Army deserters to be executed
Iraqi soldiers who desert their units now face execution, according to a
decree by the countrys Presidential Council.
The offense is the latest of nearly 200 others convicted Iraqis are to be
punished with death penalty.
The council
11 matches
Mail list logo
