June 17
TEXAS/USA:
Why President Bush should not take the 5thJudges who ignore law are
possible court candidates
Both supporters and opponents of capital punishment are increasingly
working together to address the many problems that America faces in fairly
administering the death pena
June 17
ARKANSASnew execution date
Governor sets Newman's execution date
A July 26 execution date for Rickey Dale Newman has been set by Gov. Mike
Huckabee.
The governor signed the proclamation Thursday.
The proclamation says Newman's conviction and sentence have been reviewed
and af
June 17
U.S. MILITARY:
G.I. charged in Iraq killings -- Upstate solider may face death penalty
Grieving wife Barbara Allen is led out of funeral service yesterday in
Middletown, N.Y.
A New York National Guardsman was charged yesterday with murdering 2 of
his superiors at a military base
June 17
FLORIDA:
Capital cover for the loss of real social control -- Reasons to abolish
the death penalty
The death penalty is a vulgar blood ritual. Most societies have gone
through periods in which animals, prisoners of war, the guilty or the
feted perfect innocents, sometimes babies,
June 17
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
Don't hang usCry from death row:
"HANGING us will not solve the problem."
This sentiment was recently expressed by Kelvin Dial, according to a
source.
Tension and terror has gripped death row as inmates Kelvin Dial and
Ramsingh Jairam continue to pray alo
Pending U.S. Executions (as of 6/17/05)
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Please note that these dates are only tentative.
Execution dates known or thought to be considered SERIOUS are marked
with a *.The designation indicates that an execution is considered
mor
June 17
TEXAS:
Gov. Perry Signs Life Without Parole Bill--Also Signs Bill Changing Death
Certificate on Executed Inmates
Gov. Rick Perry today signed Senate Bill 60, which gives juries in capital
murder cases the option of sentencing a defendant to life without the
possibility of parole.
June 17
TEXAS:
Contreras pleads 'not guilty' to Solomon murders
A Hearne man, charged with killing 2 members of a Minerva family and
wounding another, entered a plea of "not guilty" at a formal arraignment
Friday in 20th District Court, Cameron.
Ben Contreras, 41, entered a plea of not g
June 18
TEXAS:
Texas withdraws parole option in murder casesNew law allows life
without parole as option to execution
Gov. Rick Perry signed a law Friday to give juries the option of
sentencing murderers to life without parole -- a measure some foes of
capital punishment believe will
June 18
COLORADO:
Letter backs stance of DADeGette speaks up against colleagues in
extradition case
Congresswoman Diana DeGette accused her Colorado colleagues Friday of
trying to capitalize politically on the murder of a Denver police officer
by attacking Mexico and its extradition r
June 10
VERMONT:
Jury selected for death penalty trial
A jury of 7 men and 5 women has been selected for the Vermont's 1st death
penalty trial in almost half century.
It took 5 weeks to complete the jury selection on Thursday in the trial of
Donald Fell, 24, of Rutland, who is accused of k
To be sure, I
personally oppose the imposition of capital punishment upon any person
for any reason no matter how monstrous their crimes: Bush Jr., Tony
Blair, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Vladimir Putin, Ariel Sharon,
my former client John Wayne Gacy, etc.
Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
June 10
NEVADA:
Victim's family reacts to condemned inmate's execution stay
The mother of murder victim Brian Pierce emerged from the Nevada State
Prison to say she's washing her hands of Robert Lee McConnell, her son's
killer who was granted a last-minute stay of execution Thursday night
June 10
TEXAS:
Suspect says baby's death a 'reckless accident'
An East Dallas man is facing a capital murder charge after a 3-month-old
baby died in his care.
Police believe Marcus Jerome Hall killed Isabel Alverez; Hall said the
baby choked on milk.
"I shook her a little bit, then I s
June 11
NEVADA:
Lawyer might ask Nevada high court to reconsider decision in Douglas
murder
An appeal lawyer for Christopher Fiegehen said Friday he expects to ask
the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to overturn
Fiegehen's 1st-degree murder conviction for a 2002 Dougla
June 12
KUWAIT/AUSTRALIA:
Australian among 34 facing Kuwait death penalty
Kuwait's public prosecutor has called for the death penalty for an
Australian man along with 33 other suspected al-Qaeda linked Islamic
militants accused of involvement in deadly clashes with police.
The request f
June 12
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITYexecutions
PA brings back death penalty
The Palestinian Authority on Sunday carried out the 1st executions in the
country since 2002, reversing a stay imposed in response to international
pressure.
4 men who confessed to murders in a Gaza court were kille
June 12
USA:
Shaken baby syndrome: a search for truth
For 2 decades, people like Pamela Jacobazzi have been going to prison for
killing infants like Matthew Czapski. But new findings say many of them
shouldn't be there.
Pamela Jacobazzi once ran a day care program out of her home in sub
June 12
TEXAS:
Court reviews Haskins' past for sentencing Witnesses cite violence,
drugs from young age
Convicted murderer Leonard Ray Haskins was a violent young man with
behavioral problems, prosecution witnesses testified Friday during the
punishment phase of his trial.
Haskins, 2
June 13
TEXAS:
Death Row Inmate's Conviction Overturned
The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a black death row inmate
who said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites, issuing
a harsh rebuke to the state that executes more people than any other.
The 6-3 ruling M
June 13
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Abbas to authorize further executions
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is planning to authorize more
executions of Palestinians who have been sentenced to death, PA officials
said on Monday.
With the exception of some Palestinian human rights gro
June 13
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Abbas to authorize further executions
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is planning to authorize more
executions of Palestinians who have been sentenced to death, PA officials
said on Monday.
With the exception of some Palestinian human rights gro
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
13 June 2005
Further Information on UA 158/05 issued 9 June 2005
Imminent Execution
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Lester Pitman, (m) aged 28
New names:
Peter Dial (m)
Andrew Dottin (m)
Mark Teeluck (m)
Ramsingh Jairam (m)
Amnesty International has learned that Lester Pitm
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 160/05 Fear of imminent execution13 June 2005
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA):
30 to 50 Prisoners on Death Row
Amnesty International is concerned that between 30 and 50
prisoners who are held on death row in Palestinian Authority
June 13
TEXAS:
High court reverses Miller-El conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction of a black death row
inmate who said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites,
issuing a harsh rebuke to the state that executes more people than any
other.
The 6-
June 13
OHIO:
Supreme Court returns Ohio death-penalty case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday returned a death-penalty case to an
appeals court to determine whether inconsistent arguments by prosecutors
about the identity of the triggerman violated the defendant's
constitutional rights. Las
death penalty news
June 14, 2005
TEXAS:
Texas death row case overturned
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Dallas man Monday who
claimed racial considerations affected jury selection in his capital murder
trial.
Thomas Miller-El, who is black, was sentenced to death for t
June 14
TEXAS:
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday overturned the murder conviction of Thomas
Joe Miller-El, citing evidence that Dallas County prosecutors
systematically excluded blacks from the jury that condemned him to death
19 years ago.
The six justices who granted him a new trial found t
June 14
CONNECTICUT:
Serial Killer Sent Note Before Execution
A psychiatrist who advised against executing Michael Ross received a
posthumous letter from the serial killer that said, "Check, and mate. You
never had a chance!"
Dr. Stuart Grassian said he initially was horrified when he re
June 7
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Prepares For 9th Execution Of The Year Tuesday
Texas death row inmate Alexander Martinez, 28, is scheduled to die just
after 6 p.m. Tuesday for the 2001 stabbing death of a woman in Houston.
He has asked that no additional appeals be filed.
His e
June 7
SOUTH AFRICA:
Death Penalty to Be Abolished
Death-row convicts will soon have their sentences reduced to life
imprisonment.
Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi said yesterday he was working closely
with the President's Office to commute to life all the death penalties.
Said Mr Murun
June 7
TEXASimpending execution
Killer looking forward to execution
Condemned inmate Alexander Martinez figures death can't be worse than the
life he now has on Texas death row.
"You wonder what's past this," Martinez said recently from a small
visiting cage at the Polunsky Unit of t
June 7
TEXASexecution//volunteer
Houston killer who wanted to die executed -- Alexander Martin: Evidence
showed he slit the throat of Helen Oliveros, had sex with her after she
was dead and took about $150 from her.
Condemned killer Alexander Martinez was executed today for the robber
June 7
PENNSYLVANIA:
PA Governor Rendell Signs Execution Warrant
PA Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed a warrant for the execution by
lethal injection of Walter Ogrod of Philadelphia County.
Ogrod's execution is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 2.
In October 1996, Ogrod was sentenced to
June 8
CHINA:
Death sentence for online gamer
A Shanghai online gamer who murdered another player because of a dispute
over a "cyber-weapon" was given the death sentence with a 2-year reprieve
yesterday at Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court.
Qiu Chengwei's death penalty will be co
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATEdeath sentences commuted!
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Further Information on UA 268/04 issued 20 September
2004 - Imminent Execution
BARBADOS:
Lennox Ricardo Boyce (m)
Jeffrey Joseph (m)
Amnesty International has learned that Lennox Boyce
June 8
NEW JERSEY:
STEPSON FORCED TO STAB?--Man admits to murders, avoids death penalty
A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two murders, both committed during robbery
attempts this year, and said that during one killing, he forced his
stepson to stab the victim.
Anthony Rodesky, 35, struck
June 8
MARYLAND:
Death-row inmate's lawyer makes case to appeals judgesUM study
reporting disparities in geography, race is cited in court
There may be no evidence of overt racism in the decision to seek death for
convicted killer Wesley Eugene Baker, but a University of Maryland stud
June 8
CHINA:
Death sentence for online gamer
A Shanghai online gamer who murdered another player because of a dispute
over a "cyber-weapon" was given the death sentence with a 2-year reprieve
yesterday at Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court.
Qiu Chengwei's death penalty will be comm
June 8
TEXAS:
Prosecutor: Victim begged for his life--Defense attorney says dead man's
lifestyle an issue
Prosecutor Gail Gleimer described capital murder defendant Leonard Ray
Haskins as a shady crack dealer who lived with a prostitute girlfriend
intent on robbing and killing James Timot
June 9
INDIANA:
2 accused of killing relatives attend hearings
A brother and sister accused of murdering their mother and grandparents
appeared for pre-trial hearings Wednesday in Marion Superior Court.
Kenneth Lee Allen and Kari Allen are accused of murder, conspiracy and
robbery in
June 9
INDIA:
People's Union for Democratic Rights
5, Miranda House Teachers' Flats, Chhatra Marg, Delhi University, Delhi
110007
PRESS RELEASE - 9 June 2005
Information on Death Penalty: A State Secret?
Information relating to the execution of the death penalty in India is a
state secre
June 9
OHIO:
Cop killer denied parole
The Ohio Parole Board denied early release Tuesday to a man convicted in
the 1974 murder of Cincinnati Police Officer David Cole.
The turn-down was at least the 4th for Roland Reaves.
In making its decision, the parole board cited the nature of th
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 158/05 Imminent execution
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Lester Pitman, (m) aged 28
The authorities of Trinidad and Tobago yesterday issued a
warrant for the execution of Lester Pitman. He is currently
scheduled to be ha
June 9
TEXAS:
Juries may get life behind bars optionBills seeking death penalty
reform fail to survive term
Making changes to the state's death penalty doesn't come easy in Texas,
which has executed 344 people since 1982.
Just ask Sen. Eddie Lucio, the Brownsville Democrat who fought
June 9
USA:
The insidious wiles of foreign influence
How much are other countries' laws influencing America's?
For the 1st century of their country's history, American lawmakers and
judges repeatedly looked beyond America's borders, particularly to
England, for precedents that could hel
June 9
NEVADAstay of impending volunteer execution
Nevada death row inmate decides to appeal; execution postponed
Death row inmate Robert Lee McConnell filed an 11th-hour appeal Thursday
night that prevented his execution by lethal injection at Nevada State
Prison.
Officials said the
June 10
SOUTH KOREA:
Death penalty upheld in serial killer verdict
Upholding a lower court ruling, the Supreme Court confirmed the death
sentence on Yoo Yeong-cheol, convicted of killing 20 people.
Mr. Yoo, 35, was arrested July 15 last year and tried and found guilty of
killing elderly
June 10
JAMIACA, TRINIDAD:
Jamaica & Trinidad push to execute killers
Jamaica & Trinidad & Tobago indicate they want the death penalty to be
re-introduced to help curb record high murder rates.
Jamaica's last hanging took place in 1988 and Trinidad & Tobago's in 1993,
when 9 people were h
June 3
MONTANAinmate declared competent to drop appeals
Magistrate: Death-row inmate fit to decide to die
Death-row inmate David Dawson knows what he is doing in wanting to end to
his court appeals and have an execution date set, a federal judge has
concluded.
U.S. Magistrate Ri
June 3
TEXAS:
ATTORNEYS SAY WOMAN AGREES TO PLEA BARGAIN IN PICKENS MURDER CASE
A 20-year-old New Chapel Hill woman charged with capital murder intends to
plead guilty after she testifies in a trial against Jamarcus Warren, an
alleged gang leader accused of ordering the murder, attorneys
June 3
BARBADOS:
Barbados may take first death penalty case to the CCJThe inauguration
of the CCJ
The Barbados government may take its 1st death penalty case to the
recently inaugurated Caribbean Court of Justice.
Its possible that the government could approach that court to restore
Please circulate this request for info.
It is really important that any known cases that would help in these
Supreme Court briefs be given to the listed attorneys. Hope everybody
will contact those who might be aware of such a discrimination
situation.
June 4
TEXASimpending execution
Killer's 1-word creed: violenceFearing he'll kill again, dreading a
prison life, Alex Martinez is ready to be executed
The blue prison tattoos on Alex Martinez's arms and torso, as intense in
imagery as anything on the ceiling of the Sistine Chape
June 4
DELAWARE:
Keyser gets life sentence; Judge goes against jury in Dover killing
Convicted murderer Michael E. Keyser was sentenced to life in prison
Friday for his role in the September 2003 suffocation of 16-year-old
Kimberly Holton, whose body was later dropped out of a plane over
June 4
OHIO:
An attorney for Kenneth Richey will seek to have Richey moved from Ohios
death row to the Putnam County jail after a ruling Friday that starts the
clock on whether Richey is retried or released within 90 days.
Ken Parsigian is adamant on removing Richey from death row and sta
June 4
GERMANY:
The Paradoxes of a Death Penalty Stance
In the debate between Europe and the United States over the death penalty,
no country is more vocal than Germany. German media regularly decry
executions in Texas. A recent U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the
rights, under inter
June 5
VIETNAM/AUSTRALIA:
Last chance for Melbourne man on death row
Melbourne man Nguyen Tuong Van expects to find out this month if he will
be executed for drug trafficking.
Nguyen, 24, right, has been on death row in Singapore since being
convicted in March last year of smuggling 396
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 152/05
Fear for safety/ Fear of torture or ill-
treatment/ Death Penalty
PAKISTAN
Ziauddin (m) aged around 15
Abdul Qadir (m) aged around 18
- Afghan refugees
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of two
y
June 5
TEXAS:
Death for a KillerA 21-year-old woman gets death sentence for couple's
murders "Please don't kill us, girl."
>From a distance, the letter looked like it could be a high school note, a
young woman's bubbly handwriting sprawled across the page. What appeared
to be a heart w
June 5
PENNSYLVANIA:
Forum: Another roadblock to the truthPennsylvania's prisons maintain
an absurdly restrictive policy for interviewing inmates, says Bill
Moushey, thwarting legitimate attempts to uncover injustices
In a Pennsylvania prison visitation room crowded with other inmate
June 5
PHILIPPINES/SAUDI ARABIA:
Manila seeks mercy for OFW on death row in Saudi Arabia
The Philippines is asking Saudi Arabia to spare the life of a Filipino
sentenced to death there for murder, President Gloria Arroyos press
secretary Ignacio Bunye said yesterday.
The Foreign Affairs D
June 6
TEXAS:
DA orders retesting in latest lab probe
Almost 2 years before the first public indication of the decaying
conditions and tainted work at the Houston Police Department crime
laboratory, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal asked the
lab's supervisor about any
June 6
CHINA:
Hong Kong reporter held under house arrest in Beijing
A detained Hong Kong reporter whom China accuses of espionage is being
held under house arrest in Beijing, his wife said.
In a statement, Mary Lau said she was informed of Ching Cheong's
whereabouts in documents delivere
June 6
TEXASimpending volunteer execution
Death row inmate asks for no more appeals
A death row inmate from Houston who faces execution tomorrow has asked
that no additional appeals be filed.
Condemned prisoner Alexander Martinez would turn 29 next week.
He's in line to be the 9th T
June 6
OKLAHOMAnew execution date
Execution Date Set For Former Soldier
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday set a July 19 execution
date for a former soldier who was convicted of killing a convenience store
clerk nearly 14 years ago.
Michael L. Pennington, then a soldie
June 6
OHIO:
State to delay death row relocation
The state has agreed to delay moving Ohio's death row from Mansfield to
Youngstown while a lawsuit to stop the move proceeds.
The prison system announced in March it wanted to move Ohio's
approximately 200 condemned killers to the superma
June 6
OKLAHOMA:
Execution Date Requested For Turrentine
Attorney General Drew Edmondson asked the state Court of Criminal Appeals
on Monday to set an execution date for Tulsa County killer Kenneth Eugene
Turrentine.
Edmondson said the U.S. Supreme Court denied Turrentine's final appeal.
June 7
JAPAN:
Top court upholds death penalty for killer of 4 women
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence given by a lower
court to a man who murdered 4 female bar managers in western Japan in less
than a month in 1991. The decision makes the death sentence final for
Mas
June 7
LOUISIANA:
McCray avoids death penalty -- Lone holdout causes judge to order life
Michael Mitchell, director of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public
Defender's Office and lead counsel for convicted murderer James McCray,
talks to reporters Monday along with co-counsel Scott Collier, l
June 7
CALIFORNIA:
Laci Peterson's Mother to Write a Book
Laci Peterson's mother plans to write a book about her daughter scheduled
to be released later this year.
Sharon Rocha's book, titled "For Laci," was listed Monday on the Web site
of Crown Publishing, a division of Random House
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June 1
TEXAS:
Crime lab faked results in 4 cases, probe findsThe allegations - the
first aimed at HPD's drug unit - could be the harshest yet
Houston Police Department crime lab analysts fabricated findings in at
least four drug cases, an independent investigator reported Tuesday,
inc
June 1
TENNESSEE:
Jury Being Selected In Nashville In Murder Of Officer Julie Jacks
State Seeking Death Penalty Against Isaac Jones
A jury is being selected in Nashville to hear charges against the man
accused of killing Chattanooga Police Officer Julie Jacks in May 2002.
The state
June 1
NORTH CAROLINA:
Make the death penalty fairN.C. should halt executions while fixing
system of capital punishment
Nearly all N.C. policy makers agree that the death penalty is in need of a
thorough review. More than 60 % of North Carolinians agree we need a
temporary halt to exe
June 1
CHINA:
Reporter May Face the Death Penalty
China accused a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's Straits Times
newspaper of spying for foreign agencies. If convicted, Ching Cheong, 55,
could face the death penalty. He was detained April 22 in the southern
city of Guangzhou.
The
June 1
OHIO:
Amnesty asks public to send Richey good luck messages
Amnesty International is calling on members of the public to send good
luck cards to Death Row Scot Kenny Richey.
The international human rights organisation believes the support will lift
Kenny's spirits ahead of his poss
June 1
ILLINOIS/USA:
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FIGHTING THE DEATH PENALTY: A NEW CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE
CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY'S NATIONAL CONVENTION
NOVEMBER 12-13, 2005 CHICAGO
Bryan Stevenson has agreed to be a keynote speaker at
June 1
KANSAS:
Kansas death law under review again
The Kansas death penalty law may get a reprieve.
Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court said it would review a 2004 Kansas Supreme
Court ruling that declared the state death penalty law unconstitutional.
Attorney General Phill Kline asked the
June 2
TEXAS:
HPD admits it failed to review suspect lab work--Report alleges hundreds
of cases were ignored for 'reasons unknown'
Despite knowing about the suspect work of a crime-laboratory analyst in at
least two drug cases, the Houston Police Department failed to conduct a
review of
June 2
VIRGINIAfemale faces death penalty
The call no one expects
No one expects to get the call.
Sometimes it comes in the morning, sometimes at night. A 911 dispatcher
answers. A mother's voice comes on the line.
She's calling to tell police she just killed her child.
The call ca
June 2
TAIWAN:
PROSECUTORS SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRINK POISONING SUSPECT
The man allegedly responsible for spiking energy drinks with cyanide which
resulted in the death of 1 person and the poisoning of 3 others in central
Taichung City was indicted on charges of murder on Thursday
June 2
USA/NORTH CAROLINA:
Press Conference10 a.m. June 7, 2005
Community RoomGreensboro Police Station
300 S. Swing Road, Greensboro, N.C.
Death Row Inmates Give $5,000 College Scholarship to Future Police Officer
Death row inmates across the country have raised $5,000 to help t
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 149/05 Death penalty
PAKISTAN: Mutabar Khan (m), aged about 25
Mutabar Khan is being held in a death cell in Haripur
prison, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, after being
sentenced to death for murder in 1998.
June 2
TEXAS:
Demise of judicial bill spurs accusations Some blame amendment on
indigent defense reform for plan's failure to pass
Recriminations about a failed judicial pay raise bill continued Wednesday
at the Capitol.
The bill, which also would have boosted legislators' pensions be
June 2
Press release
Spared From Death To Promote LifeBlack Author Describes His Time on
Death Watch
For more than 16 years on death row, Billy Neal Moore taught and preached
to fellow inmates and the American public about Christ's love.
Miraculously, his life was spared just 7 hours
June 2
INDIA:
Meerut rape accused gets death sentence
A 40-year-old man who raped and killed a 5-year-old child in Meerut has
been sentenced to death.
In fact the judge has signed the black warrant against him and he is to be
hanged early in the morning on July 4.
On 16 August 2001, 5-y
June 2
ALABAMAexecution
Georgia man executed in Alabama for 1984 murder-for-hire
Alabama has executed Jerry Paul Henderson, 58, for the 1984
murder-for-hire death of his sister-in-law's husband.
Henderson was executed at 6:24 p.m. Thursday. In his final words, he said
he was "very s
June 2
KANSAS:
Kansas ignored warning
Kansas legislators had received ample warning of a flaw in the states
death penalty statute.
Former Attorney General Carla Stovall told lawmakers in 1995 of a problem
with a bill concerning instructions to jurors. They ignored her advice.
In 2001, t
June 3
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death penalty will be studied, but not postponedFairness will be
looked at, but moratorium vote will be later, Black says
House Speaker Jim Black said yesterday that even if legislators don't pass
a moratorium on the death penalty this year, they will study whet
June 3
OHIO:
Attorney asks for action in Richey caseCourt order to retry or release
death-row inmate stuck in holding pattern
Supporters of Ohio death-row inmate Kenny Richey were elated last month
after the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state had 90
days in which t
June 3
NIGERIA:
UN envoy on arbitrary executions to visit Nigeria in June and July
The United Nations expert on summary or arbitrary executions has scheduled
a 13-day fact-finding tour of Nigeria, starting later this month, at the
invitation of the Nigerian Government.
>From 27 June to 9
May 17
TEXAS:
New ambush trial may move
An upbeat Kenneth Vodochodsky appeared in court Monday for the 1st time
since his release from death row, agreeing with attorneys that his new
trial in connection with one of South Texas' deadliest police ambushes can
be held in Wilson County.
"It
MAY 18
TEXASexecution
Man executed for baby sitter's death
A twice-convicted robber from Louisiana was executed Wednesday evening for
the fatal stabbing of his children's 84-year-old baby sitter during a
robbery. Bryan Wolfe expressed love to relatives and friends who were
watching th
MAY 19
TEXASexecution
Ex-mechanic executed for robbery, fatal shooting
A former mechanic from Chicago was executed today for the robbery and
fatal shooting of a Corpus Christi man.
In a brief final statement, Richard Cartwright thanked his friends and
family for their support.
"I w
MAY 20
TEXAS:
Life sentence bill may stall under DA's opposition -- Chuck Rosenthal says
life without parole will lead to fewer pleas and more trials
A Senate bill to give juries the option of life without parole for capital
murder cases has stalled in the House under key opposition from
May 21
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Advocates want execution halted until DNA review
An Arlington man learned this week that he is to be executed on July 11,
but an anti-death penalty group is asking state leaders to keep Robin M.
Lovitt alive until DNA testing in his case is reviewed
May 22
TEXAS:
Texas, known for executions, considers option of life without parole
In Texas, the state that leads the nation in executions, lawmakers are
considering an option already available in all but one other death penalty
state: life without parole.
Death penalty opponents think
May 30
TEXAS:
Police to videotape confessionsDallas: Recording of murder suspects to
begin this summer
Dallas police will join a growing number of police departments nationwide
when they begin videotaping murder suspects' confessions later this
summer.
The decision comes on the heels
May 30
FLORIDA:
Is one sleepy juror enough for a retrial in slaying?Woodrow Wilson was
convicted of manslaughter in Pinellas last month. A juror said, yes, he
was sleepy, but he "heard all the necessary information."
Timothy Barton admits he was sleepy and bored while serving as a jur
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