June 6
TEXASforeign national loses dp appeal
Argentine on death row loses appeal
An Argentine whose 1st death sentence was overturned because of improper
racial testimony, lost another appeal to get off Texas death row
Wednesday.
Victor Saldano's case gained international attention wh
June 6
GEORGIA:
Death row inmate dies in cell
Georgia death row inmate Johnny Lamar Wade died in his cell Tuesday
morning, state prison officials said.
Wade, 51, was sentenced to death in 1987 for beating and strangling to
death a 13-year-old boy in Newton County.
Wade was on parole at th
June 6
INDIANA:
Death penalty trial set for man accused of killing 4-year-old son
A man facing the death penalty in the fatal stabbing of his 4-year-old son
will be tried in October.
Katron Walker, 33, of Terre Haute, is accused of killing Collin Walker
after grabbing the boy and his broth
June 6
SUDAN:
>From death row to freedom: Australian leaves Sudan
AUSTRALIAN George Forbes will fly out of Sudan today a free man, after his
murder conviction was annulled by the country's court of appeal.
Mr Forbes, 46, a construction engineer with Kenyan firm Trax
International, was last
June 6
TEXASexecution
Ex-Harris deputy executed for killing woman
As members of his victim's family watched dry-eyed, former Harris County
Sheriff's deputy Mike Griffith was executed today, breathing a barely
audible final plea: "Please take my spirit to the lord."
Griffith, condemned
June 7
THE NETHERLANDS/INDONESIA:
Netherlands protests Indonesian drug death sentence Indonesia
The Netherlands has protested against the death sentence handed down to
one of its citizens in Indonesia for running an ecstasy factory.
The Dutch ambassador to Indonesia has spoken to Indonesia
June 6
Impending Texas Execution List:
Name Date Texas # since 1982 # under Gov. Perry
Cathy Henderson June 13 395 156
Lionell Rodriguez June 20 396 157
Gilberto ReyesJune 21
