April 2
TEXAS:
Smith County judges eye pay increase for court-appointed attorneys in capital
murder death penalty cases
The dwindling number of Smith County defense attorneys who are willing to take
on capital murder death penalty cases for indigent defendants has prompted
local
April 2
TRINIDAD:
Hanging in disbelief
The Privy Council decided in 1993 in the case of Pratt and Morgan that
execution could not lawfully take place more than 5 years after sentence. It
was recommended that a capital appeal should be heard within 12 months of
conviction and the
