July 29
TEXAS:
Legendary DA's convictions thrown out by DNA testing
The late Henry Wade was district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, from
1951 to 1986
Wade and his team had conviction rates over 90 %
DNA testing has overturned 19 convictions by Wade and his successors
New DA, critics
July 29
USA:
Pro-life, death penalty at odds
Re: Louisiana asks Supreme Court to revisit ban on death penalty in child
rape cases, Monday Dallasnews.com.
America must decide at which point is it acceptable to become so wrapped
up in pro-life movements that we lost respect for innocence.
July 29
MARYLAND:
First death penalty hearing heldMd. panel listens to evidence on
disparities
A state commission appointed to study the death penalty began its work
yesterday by hearing testimony on statistical evidence of racial,
geographic and socioeconomic disparities in
July 29
EUROPEAN UNION/IRAN:
EU Rebukes Iran for Mass Executions The executions took place behind
the walls of the Evin prison
The European Union said that the execution of 29 convicted criminals in
Iran was an affront to human dignity. The bloc called on Teheran to put
an end to
July 30
TEXASimpending execution
Killer in Amarillo robbery to die Thursday
Larry Donnell Davis doesn't deny that less than 4 months after he was
released from prison he was at an Amarillo home participating in a robbery
and beating of the man who lived there.
But Davis insists he
July 30
CALIFORNIA:
DEATH ROW COST OVERRUN: $40 MILLION-New San Quentin housing also could
run out of room, report says
The cost of new housing for San Quentin State Prison's growing number of
death row inmates will exceed estimates by nearly $40 million, and the
compound could run
July 30
INDIA:
Catholic delegation seeks abolition of death penalty
Representatives of a Catholic movement working among prisoners have
appealed to Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to abolish capital
punishment.
6 officials of the Prison Ministry India met Patil on July 26 and
