Jan. 9
MARYLAND:
Md. Gov. O'Malley sees death penalty ban within reach; He also sees
transportation, gun control as priorities
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Tuesday the state Senate is within 2 votes of
approving a ban on capital punishment in Maryland, and the governor underscored
Jan. 9
MONTANA:
Canadian death row case falls to new Montana gov.
Gov. Steve Bullock's office isn't saying how the new governor will deal with
the pending request for clemency from a Canadian citizen who remains on
Montana's death row for the 1982 slaying of 2 Native American men.
Jan. 9
OHIO:
Alliance man on death row pins hopes on DNA test.
The attorney for a former Alliance man on death row for a double murder says a
new DNA test on a cigarette butt could be critical evidence in an attempt to
overturn his conviction.
The prosecutor says new analysis would
Jan. 9
PAKISTAN:
No headway: Legislation to abolish death penalty unlikely; Govt finds no takers
for converting capital punishment to life term.
It appears that the government has dropped plans of introducing new legislation
which effectively converts the death penalty into life
Jan. 9
INDIA:
India Gang Rape: 3 Suspects 'To Plead Not Guilty'
3 men accused of brutally gang raping and killing a 23-year-old student in New
Delhi are to plead not guilty to the charges, their lawyer has revealed.
Lawyer M L Sharma told the AFP news agency he will challenge evidence
Jan. 9
ARIZONA:
Arizona court reduces Shawn Grell's death sentence to life
The Arizona Supreme Court reduced the death sentence of man who doused his own
daughter with a gasoline and watched her burn to death more than a decade ago
in east Mesa.
The court ruled in a decision
Jan. 9
SAUDI ARABIA:
Beheading of domestic worker shows Saudi Arabia at odds with international
standards
The beheading of a Sri Lankan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia for a crime she
allegedly committed while still a child shows once more that the Gulf kingdom
is woefully out of
Jan. 9
USA:
U.S. Death Penalty Support Stable at 63%; Decade-long decline in support after
2001 seen mostly among Democrats
Americans' support for the death penalty as punishment for murder has plateaued
in the low 60s in recent years, after several years in which support was
