[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, CONN., PENN., N.J., MD.

2008-01-27 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2008-01-27 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ALA., OHIO, MD., TENN., US MIL.

2008-01-27 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IND., USA, S.C., PENN.

2008-01-27 Thread Rick Halperin
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