Nov. 26
USA (NEW YORK):
Ronell Wilson case: Lawyers will try to convince judge that the convicted cop
killer is not eligible for the death penalty because he has IQ below 70; Does a
mentally handicapped person quote author Ralph Ellison, the Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. and
Aug. 15
USA:
Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests
Texas puts man with 61 IQ to death. This was just one of the lurid headlines
that greeted the execution on 7 August of Marvin Wilson, killed by lethal
injection at Huntsville State Penitentiary for the murder of a police
June 27
USA:
Anti-Death Penalty Activists Found Guilty for Protest, to Serve Jail Time
Today, 13 death penalty abolition activists went on trial in DC Superior Court
to face a charge stemming from a January 17 arrest this year at the U.S.
Supreme Court. On that date, 14 protestors
June 15
USA:
Last meal is irrelevant
Re: Dallas woman's killer is executed 'I am so terribly sorry,' he tells
victim's relatives, Thursday news story.
I never cease to be amazed and repulsed by the media's incessant
fascination with the last meal of a condemned inmate. What relevance
March 8
USA:
Fired U.S. Attorney Accuses Republicans of Exerting Political Pressure
New Mexico's former U.S. Attorney accused Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and
Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., Tuesday of exerting political pressure on him
about an ongoing public-corruption investigation just
Jan. 24
USA:
High Court Eases Path for Inmates to Pursue Lawsuits
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday sided with 3 Michigan inmates by
making it easier for them to pursue lawsuits complaining about their
treatment behind bars.
The Court reversed lower court rulings that had thrown out
Jan. 17
USA:
Noose around our society the same as swings in Iraq
In case you haven't made the connection, the crowd that is botching the
official lynchings in Baghdad is the same government that more American
soldiers are being sent to prop up.
And if you're trying to draw some
Nov. 22
USA:
The World According to the Supreme Court
The already-intense debate over the role of international law in Supreme
Court decision making shifts into high gear this week when the justices
consider the case of Jose Medellin, a Mexican citizen on death row in
Texas.
The justices
