Sept. 16
TEXAS:
Dallas County DA wants to re-examine nearly all of pending death row cases
Troubled that innocent people have been imprisoned by faulty prosecutions,
District Attorney Craig Watkins said Monday that he would re-examine
nearly 40 death penalty convictions and would seek to
Sept. 16
GEORGIA:
Clemency denied for an innocent manEric Ruder reports on the decision
of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reject the appeal of Troy
Davis.
THE GEORGIA Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for Troy
Davis, an innocent man on Georgia's death row.
Sept. 16
OHIO:
Cleveland man facing death penalty
The 26-year-old Cleveland man accused of gunning down a father of 4 could
be sentenced to death if convicted.
Jason Cremeans is accused of killing Edward Gibson June 23, 2007, outside
a West Side bar where another man was shot in the
Sept. 16
CHINA:
Death sentence for fraudster
A FORMER brokerage executive was given a death sentence with a two-year
probation by the Hainan Province Higher People's Court for fraud and theft
involving 26 billion yuan (US$3.15 billion), xinhuanet.com reported today.
Shi Xue, the former
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
Alleged romantic link raises appeal questions
Legal experts have criticized a judge and a small-town Texas prosecutor,
calling their alleged sexual affair in the years before trying a death
penalty case stupid and a black eye to the system.
They say the alleged affair
Sept. 16
GEORGIAexecution
Alderman's death by lethal injection took 14 minutes
The 20th man executed in Georgia by lethal injection took 14 minutes to
die Tuesday night.
Witness described Jack Aldermans manner as calm, almost serene, his eyes
closed the entire time. For a few
