Aug. 21
TEXASstay of impending execution
Federal judge delays execution of condemned inmate
A federal judge has granted a request to delay the execution of condemned
inmate Jeffery Wood.
Jeffery Wood had been set to be executed Thursday for taking part in a
fatal 1996 convenience
Aug, 21
MISSOURI:
The quality of mercy
Late Wednesday afternoon the Missouri Supreme Court postponed for at least
30 days the state's plans to administer the death penalty for the first
time in almost three years. It was the correct decision.
We say that not only because this editorial
Aug. 21
ALABAMA:
State should save all DNA evidence
Police investigators in Tuscaloosa recently sent off DNA evidence from 26
sexual assault cases, some of them dating back to the 1980s. Tests showed
4 of the rapes were committed by the same person, giving hope these cold
cases might one
Aug. 21
GLOBAL:
Time to give death penalty idea the hook
On the island of San Lorenzo, it seemed, they had it all figured out. The
local dictator, Papa Monzano, had justice down to a science.
Monzano used 'The Hook' to mete out punishment. In fact, it was the only
punishment: a giant
Aug. 21
TEXAS:
STAY OF EXECUTION GRANTED IN TEXAS DEATH PENALTY CASE OF MENTALLY-ILL
INMATE WHO WAS NOT TRIGGERMAN
WOOD EXECUTION HALTED BASED ON TEXAS STATE COURTS FAILURE TO PROVIDE DUE
PROCESS ON ISSUES RELATING TO WOOD'S MENTAL ILLNESS
Austin -- Today, the Federal District Court
Aug. 21
TRINIDAD:
Trinidad pushes for death penalty despite ruling
Prosecutors are seeking a constitutional amendment to prevent Britain's
Privy Council from commuting death sentences in this Caribbean nation.
Attorney General Bridget Annisette-George is asking legislators to amend
the
