Nov. 16
TEXASimpending execution
Court rejects stay in Baytown killingsFather and 2 children were slain
during Christmas Eve robbery in '93
On Christmas Eve 1993, relatives bringing gifts discovered that Roberto
Rios, 32, had been murdered in his Baytown home, along with his 2
Nov. 16
NORTH CAROLINAimpending execution
Lawyer asks governor for clemency for killerDefense wants Easley to
change sentence to life in prison
Death is a just punishment for Kenneth Lee Boyd, a prosecutor told Gov.
Mike Easley on Tuesday, urging him to deny clemency to the
Nov. 16
MISSISSIPPI:
Nixon's death row odyssey is a pathetic joke
The death penalty in Mississippi - currently invoked by Mississippi juries
for 69 inmates who killed people while in the commission of another felony
like robbery, rape or kidnapping - remains a pathetic joke.
It's
Nov. 16
USA:
New statement calls for rejection of 'illusion' of death penalty
A new statement on the death penalty that calls on society to reject the
tragic illusion that we can demonstrate respect for life by taking life,
was approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops Nov. 15 in a nearly
Nov. 17
USA:
The death penalty has lost its power
Michael Dukakis's strong opposition to the death penalty was considered a
major blow to his 1988 presidential campaign. In 1992, then-Arkansas Gov.
Bill Clinton left the presidential campaign trail to oversee the execution
of a mentally
