April 5
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Bixby Denied New Trial; Death Penalty Stands
Attorneys say a man sentenced to die for gunning down 2 South Carolina law
officers during a 2003 dispute about his family's land has been denied a
new trial.
Prosecutor Jerry Peace said today that Judge Alexander
April 5
VIETNAM:
Drug dealer on death row may be innocent
A man twice sentenced to death for dealing drugs in southern Vietnam may
be innocent, after a drug dealer claimed she had picked him out randomly
and claimed he was involved.
At the appeal Supreme Peoples Court in Ho Chi Minh
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April 6
MISSOURI:
House OKs bill keeping secret who carries out Mo. executions
Legislation to keep secret the identities of people who carry out
executions in Missouri gained initial House approval Tuesday.
The bill makes it illegal for anyone including newspapers and other
April 6
CALIFORNIA:
Return to death row is soughtKiller dumps lawyers, represents self at
new penalty trial.
A man who raped one woman and killed another 25 years ago in Placerville
could again face the death penalty in Sacramento County, this time acting
as his own attorney and
April 6
ITALY:
Italy Keeps Up Pressure for U.N. Moratorium
Italian diplomats at the U.N. are working hard to win over more support
for their proposed resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on
executions -- but are still short of the necessary pledges to be certain
that an eventual
April 6
TEXAS:
Man charged with capital murder in stabbing
A 29-year-old Palestine man described as a long-time friend of his alleged
victim has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection
with last summers brutal stabbing death of a 27-year-old local man.
Jeramy Lee
April 6
IRAQ:
US refuses to intervene in Iraqi death sentence
A federal appeals court refused to intervene Friday in the case of a US
citizen facing a death sentence in Iraq for his role in the kidnapping of
3 Romanian journalists in Baghdad.
A three-judge panel said it is unable to step
