[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----TEXAS

2007-05-06 Thread Rick Halperin
May 6 TEXAS: Tracy Lane Beatty Returns To Court Claiming Trial Attorneys Ineffective Death row inmate Tracy Lane Beatty was back in a Smith County court Friday claiming his trial attorneys were ineffective. Beatty was convicted in 2004 by a Smith County jury and sentenced to death for

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----CALIF., OHIO, N.J., ARK.

2007-05-06 Thread Rick Halperin
May 6 CALIFORNIA: Bishop brings 'freedom' to death row inmate NOTE: Photographs available at http://umns.umc.org. Andre Burton, 44, has spent all of his adult life in a small steel cell. He has been on death row since he was 19. But when United Methodist Bishop Beverly J. Shamana went

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----N.C., IND., TENN., ALA.

2007-05-06 Thread Rick Halperin
May 6 NORTH CAROLINA: EXECUTION HAS BEEN DELAYED OVER COMPETENCYDeath row inmate answers queries; LeGrande long refused to do so while being observed by doctors Death row inmate Guy LeGrande surprisingly did Friday what he had been refusing to do for months: He allowed 3 mental