July 7
TEXASimpending execution
Court denies death row appealHired killer claimed appellate lawyer
botched case; execution set for Tuesday.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined Friday to halt the execution
of a hired killer who claimed his appeals lawyer failed so
July 7
MISSISSIPPI:
Prison unit unlivableMDOC chief denies charges
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mississippi Department of
Corrections are continuing their sparring over allegations of poor
conditions at Unit 32 at the Parchman state penitentiary.
In a June 29 letter to
July 7
FLORIDA:
Killer's appeal turned down
The state Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal from a death-row
inmate who claims he was wrongfully convicted of killing a fellow inmate
at the Lake Correctional Institution 9 years ago.
Allen W. Cox, 44, was convicted of 1st-degree
