Jan. 28
TRINIDAD:
Death penalty red herring
The Prime Minister has once again sparked a debate about capital
punishment by his recent comments that the law will be changed to permit
the use of the death penalty. He is reported to have said.
"What we are talking about is enshrining in law
Jan. 27
USA:
Make The Death Penalty Constitutional-Death Penalty Arguments Ignore
Simple Alternative - Replacing Lethal Injections With Pills Solves the
Constitutional Problems
Recent arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the death penalty
ignored a simple alternative to lethal i
Jan. 26
IRAN:
Iran executes man who raped 17 children
An Iranian firing squad on Saturday executed a man who raped 17 children,
the Fars news agency reported, in a rare use of this method of capital
punishment which is usually carried out by hanging.
The man, identified as Reza Sharifi,
Jan. 26
INDIANA:
Wilkes sentence sets up test case for 2002 death penalty change
Vanderburgh Circuit Court Judge Carl Heldt's decision Friday to sentence
convicted murderer Daniel Ray Wilkes to death marks the 1st time since
Indiana law was changed in 2002 that a judge has had to determin
Jan. 26
ALABAMA:
Inmate recants in bizarre Alabama murder case
A Walker County man who pleaded guilty to murdering 1 of his wife's 3
husbands in a bizarre show of love has recanted his confession, which
helped send the woman to Alabama's death row.
Tim Richards said he was goaded by his
Jan. 26
NEW YORK:
College Publishes Famed Killer's Diary
On the eve of his execution, the man at the center of one of the 20th
century's most notorious crimes was at peace.
"In all that I have done, I hope I have done as men would have me do. I
know that I am right with God, and that is
Jan. 27
JAMAICA:
Say 'no' to death-Career & Education
Career & Education shares with you in the Thinkers' Corner this week an
essay by Xaiver Campbell, 18, of Campion College. Campbell placed first in
the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights Secondary School Essay
Competition f
Jan. 27
TEXAS:
Texas' support for death penalty remains strongOn hold nationally,
capital punishment is "a tradition" in the Lone Star State, an author
says.
In a prison cemetery, Mack Matthews and George Washington are bound by the
manner of their deaths.
The men were among 5 condemn
