[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----NEV., ORE.

[Rick Halperin]

Sept. 23



NEVADA:

Lawyer suspended over accusations against Nevada Supreme Court justices



A panel of appointed district judges this week suspended Las Vegas lawyer James 
Colin because of his conduct after the Supreme Court rejected his client’s 
appeals in a death penalty case.


Colin represented Charles Lee Randolph, 53, who was convicted of 1st-degree 
murder and sentenced to death in 1998.


After losing that case and the appeal, Colin launched into a tirade against the 
high court, accusing justices of dishonesty, unethical behavior and a laundry 
list of other violations including illegally taking money to sit on the high 
court’s Library Commission — a duty they were authorized to receive payment 
for.


And Colin made the charges in a series of pleadings filed with the high court.

The panel of district judges appointed to review his conduct agreed with the 
State Bar and, in an opinion issued Thursday, ruled his conduct violated the 
rules by making false statements about the integrity of the justices and 
“conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.”


Colin wrote, among other things, that, “The Nevada Supreme Court has no respect 
for the Nevada Constitution or the law of the United States of America. The 
court’s despicable and blatantly lawless actions have repeatedly proven this 
sad truth.”


He charged that: “The court works hard to this very day to break the law, make 
up lies and complete the judicial lynching of Charles Lee Randolph.”


He accused justices of being “drunk with power, acting like a lawless bully 
just lying and cheating to accomplish its evil objective to see Randolph dead,” 
and described them as “vindictive, dishonest and totally biased.”


The State Bar conducted a formal hearing that Colin failed to show up for. 
Afterward, the State Bar recommended Colin be suspended for a year and a day.


Throughout the dispute, he repeatedly called for disqualification of six of the 
high court members. Justice Lidia Stiglich was not a member of the court when 
all this occurred.


To avoid suggestions of bias, a panel of six district judges from around the 
state was appointed to review the bar recommendation.


That panel, headed by Stiglich, issued its opinion Thursday: “We conclude that 
the State Bar proved that Colin made statements in pleadings to the court 
concerning the integrity of several justices that he knew to be false or with 
reckless disregard for their truth or falsity.”


That, the opinion states, violates the ethical rules lawyers are required to 
follow.


They suspended him from practice for six months and a day and ordered that he 
pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam before getting his license 
back.


Colin represented Randolph in 1998 when he was tried and convicted of murder 
and six other felonies including kidnapping and robbery. He remains in prison 
at the Ely maximum security prison.


(source: Nevada Appeal)








OREGON:

Primus criticizes lack of action to fix death penalty law



Gov. Kate Brown’s refusal to call a special session to fix a flaw that would 
make a new death penalty bill retroactive stymies Umatilla County District 
Attorney Dan Primus. Brown said she couldn’t justify the cost of a special 
session when she wasn’t sure if the votes were there to approve the fix. Primus 
says there is no cost too great when it comes to the crime victims.


“We’re talking about the concern of incurring a cost when we’re talking about 
victims that are going to be revictimized as a result of this, that are going 
to have to go through this some more of a result of this and changes to their 
cases,” Primus questioned.


Sen. Bill Hansell (R-Athena) has told KUMA News that he was told the votes for 
the fix were there in the Senate. Primus said all the lawmakers had to do was 
add a few words.


“Just add a little language that would read, ‘As of Sept. 29, when the bill is 
to take place, that this would only affect crimes that occurred after that 
date,’” he said.


There are 35 inmates who have been sentenced to death in Oregon. Thirty three 
of them are on death row. The only woman is in another correctional 
institution. One man is now at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla 
so he can undergo dialysis.


(source: mycolumbiabasin.com)
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[Rick Halperin]

Sept. 23



BANGLADESH:

Bangladesh trying to bring back founder’s killerAfter 35 years of the 
murder, Bangladesh’s Apex court served capital punishment against 12 convicts




A top Bangladeshi official claimed that a Canadian court’s verdict has cleared 
the way of dialogue between the two states over bringing back of a convicted 
killer of country’s founder from Canada as he has been reportedly absconding 
there for many years.


“The verdict of the Canadian Federal Court is one step progress in the way of 
bringing back Nur Chowdhury [self-confessed and convicted killer of 
Bangladesh’s founding leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman],” Bangladesh’s 
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq told in an exclusive 
interview with the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha news agency on late 
Saturday.


Canadian government earlier refused to return Chowdhury to Bangladesh as the 
Bangladeshi Apex court had already awarded capital punishment to him in his 
absence.


Mujib was killed along with his wife and 3 sons including 10-year-old Sheikh 
Russell on Aug. 15, 1975 while his 2 daughters, incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh 
Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, survived the carnage as they were 
then in abroad.


After 35 years of the killing, 5 self-confessed killers — all former top army 
officials — were hanged to death in 2010 while one died of natural causes. The 
rest six convicts are still at large and Nur is 1 of them.


Bangladesh government is trying to bring them home to execute the capital 
punishment. The ruling Awami League party also committed to hold trial of 
Mujib’s killers in its electoral manifesto in 2008.


The minister said: “It [Canadian court’s verdict] also allowed disclosing Nur’s 
immigration status in Canada which was, earlier, closed by the Canadian 
government, saying that it was a shut case.''


“We can now exchange information with the Canadian government and give correct 
documents if Nur had given any wrong information to the Canadian authorities. 
We will try to utilize this opportunity to expedite the extradition process of 
Nur,'' the report quoted Huq as saying.


Citing Nur’s latest situation in Canada, the minister added: “The Canadian 
government, earlier, used to tell us ‘There is capital punishment in your 
country. And you have already awarded him (Nur) that punishment. So, we will 
not handover him to you’. But we came to know that Nur was not given political 
asylum there rather his deportation was also postponed.”


(source: aa.com.tr)








INDONESIA:

Police thwart attempt to smuggle 6,000 detonators in Indonesia



Parepare Police in South Sulawesi have reportedly foiled an attempt to smuggle 
roughly 6,000 detonators out of South Sulawesi through Nusantara Port and 
arrested 3 individuals during the operation conducted on Friday.


Those arrested have been identified only as AM, 39, from Boya Baliase village 
in Sigi regency in Central Sulawesi and AM, 59, and NA, 57, both from Kampoti 
village in Bone regency in South Sulawesi.


The detonators were hidden under milk packages in 6 different sacks, Parepare 
Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Pria Budi explained, adding that the police were 
investigating where the detonators were to be sent and what for purpose.


"We have yet to discover the real owner of the detonators, as the 3 arrested 
individuals are refusing to give up any information," Pria said as quoted by 
Antara.


He said the 3 men could be charged under the 1951 Emergency Law on illegal 
firearm possession with a maximum punishment of the death penalty.


(source: asiaone.com)








KUWAIT:

Hoshiarpur man gets death penalty in Kuwait<>P>

Rajinder Singh, a resident of Taragarh village at Jalandhar Road, has been 
sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug trafficking. Rajinder’s family, calling 
him innocent, has requested the state as well as the Central Government to take 
up the matter with Kuwait to get him released. Rajinder had gone to Kuwait in 
2016.


He has been lodged in a jail since January.

His father Baldev Singh said Rajinder (30), his only son, first went to Dubai 
in 2014 and returned soon. He left for Gulf again and landed in Doha Qatar. In 
January 2016, he once again shifted, this time to Kuwait where he worked in 
Savi. His visa was to expire in February 2019 so he was about to return.


Here, his family was engaged in preparations for his marriage. In January, he 
went to Kuwait’s Kharbania town to stay with Sonu who too hails from Taragarh 
village. A few days later, the family received a call regarding Rajinder’s 
arrest.


The family said Rajinder phoned them from jail to inform that on January 15, 
2019, he was waiting at a station for his firm’s bus, along with his over 20 
colleagues, to go to work when another man gave him his bag to handle for a 
while, claiming that he had forgotten something in his room. Assuring that he 
would return soon, he left and then police turned up and