August 21
CHINA:
Death penalty possible in fatal arson case
A man is facing the death penalty after admitting to starting a fire that
killed 18 people in a karaoke bar in Guangdong province in April.
Liu Chunlu, 32, was prosecuted on charges of intentional homicide and arson
August 21
TEXAS:
Death row is not for mistakes
A "mistake."
This is how murder ("the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with
malice aforethought") is defined in a recent column titled "U.S. Should Follow
Pope's Leadership on the Death Penalty" by Anna Arceneaux, a
