Feb. 17
TEXAS:
Lining Up a ConvictionA suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death
row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new
trial in time?
At first glance, the photo lineup that helped send Juan Balderas to death row
doesn't look too
Feb. 17
OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma House advances measure ending electric chair executions
The Oklahoma House approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the electric
chair as a method of execution, although it's been more than 50 years since the
state's last electrocution.
The bill lists
Feb. 17
NEW ZEALAND:
60th anniversay of New Zealand's last hanging
Walter Bolton was the last man to be hung in New Zealand before capital
punishment was repealed.
The trap door opened. His body fell.
On this day 60 years ago, Whanganui farmer Walter James Bolton became the last
