July 31
TEXAS:
Bardot begs for death row killer
Brigitte Bardot has begged the governor of Texas in an open letter to
pardon convicted killer Farley C. Matchett before he is executed later
this year.
Matchett, 43, who Bardot says has been in jail for more than 13 years,
says he acted in
July 31
FLORIDA:
THE DELTONA MASSACRE: PENALTY PHASE
What's next: Jerone Hunter and Michael Salas will fight for their lives
today. Each is expected to present mitigating issues they hope will
persuade jurors to vote for life in prison rather than death by lethal
injection.
The massacre:
July 31
MISSOURI:
Lethal injection remains humane method of execution
Stephen Johns was executed at the Potosi Correctional Center in October of
2001, and I served as a state's witness. Johns was 55 years old. He looked
like a harmless, middle-aged man. He was almost completely bald, and
July 31
IRAQ:
Hanging will be Saddam''s death penalty if convicted -- Prosecutor
Jaafar Al-Mosawi, chief prosecutor of the trial of former Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein, said on Monday if the death penalty against Hussein was
executed, it would be hanging until death and not by a
July 31
PENNSYLVANIA:
Attention Attorneys and Members of the Media
My name is Antuan (Tony) Bronshtein. I've been imprisoned in Pennsylvania
since February 28, 1991 - on Death Row since April 22, 1994, and while
despite having been maliciously prosecuted while the Commonwealth was in
