Mar. 5
BRITAIN:
Death penalty has no place in Britain
EACH day seems to bring news of another murder conviction.
Last week it was Shane Haynes, sentenced to life for stabbing Geraldine
Brocklehurst on the streets of Huddersfield.
Further afield, there's been Leeds nurse Colin Norris,
March 5
FLORIDA:
Jurors Vote for Death in Roadside Slaying
Jurors deliberated for about 4 hours today before voting to recommend
Lawrence Joey Smith be executed for killing a Land O' Lakes High School
student.
The final vote was 7-5 to send 30-year-old Smith, of Shady Hills, back to
Mar. 4
TENNESSEE:
4 carjacking suspects face death penalty Prosecution pushes for new
DNA samples
Prosecutors' push for death as punishment for all 4 suspects in a fatal
carjacking came as no surprise to the quartet's defenders.
Their bid for hair and swab samples for DNA testing
Mar. 3
TENNESSEE:
Death penalty sought against Kingsport candleshop double murder suspect
The state will seek the death penalty against a man arrested in New York
last March in connection with 2 execution-style killings in November 2005,
Sullivan County Assistant District Attorney Barry
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
27 February 2008
UA 51/08 Death Penalty
GUATEMALA Proposed resumption of executions
On 12 February the Congress of Guatemala approved Decree 06-
2008, known as the Law
March 6
TEXAS:
Last year at this time, we were putting the final touches on Death No
More, a special edition of our weekend editorial section that announced
our reversal of more than 100 years of support for the death penalty. As
the project manager on that section and the ongoing effort
March 6
PENNSYLVANIA:
Prosecutors seeking death penalty
Luzerne County prosecutors say they will try to put a Hazleton man to
death for killing a 2-year-old boy.
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for Alexander Garcia, 20, of
West Diamond Avenue, because of the age of the victim
March 5
PENNSYLVANIA:
Prosecutors seeking death penalty against man accused of beating
2-year-old to death
Luzerne County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a
Hazleton man accused of beating a 2-year-old boy to death.
Alexander L. Garcia, 20, is accused of torturing
