[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----worldwide

2008-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi cleric calls for writer death penalties Saudi Arabia's most revered cleric said in a rare fatwa on Friday that 2 writers should be tried for apostasy and put to death if they do not repent. Sheikh Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak was responding to recent articles in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MD., CONN., S. DAK., VT.

2008-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 MARYLAND: Decision Could Come Soon On MD Death Penalty A decision could be made on the death penalty in Maryland soon. A Senate committee is scheduled to take a vote on a bill to replace the death penalty with life without parole. The same committee could also approve a bill to

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, CALIF., USA, US MIL.

2008-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 TEXAS: Man won't face death in Plano slaying of ex-wifeDA reassesses case before trial begins next month Curtis Armstrong's life has been spared. The Collin County district attorney recently made an about-face and decided not to seek the death penalty against the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, MICH., FLA., VT., OHIO, CALIF.

2008-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 TEXAS: Miller-El case finally ends, writing important chapterThough tortured, Miller-El case served purpose The Miller-El case what an insult to the family of slain Irving hotel clerk Douglas Walker that the tortured search for justice in his death has taken the name of the