July 18
IDAHO:
Duncan team wants him to be found incompetentRuling will decide if
child killer can represent himself
The defense team for convicted child killer Joseph Edward Duncan III wants
him found incompetent, the attorneys revealed during a court hearing
Thursday.
Duncan, who
July 18
USA:
USADouble standards and second-class justiceFederal judge clears
way for first military commission trial
18 July 2008 AI Index: AMR 51/082/2008
As assurance against ancient evils, our country, in order to preserve 'the
blessings of liberty', wrote into its basic law
July 18
ST. KITTS NEVIS:
Condemned - 7 on death row at HMP
Superintendent of Her Majestys Prison (HMP) in Basseterre, Franklyn
Dorset, reported yesterday that the facility now accommodates seven men
who have been sentenced to death by hanging. On Tuesday, Justice Albert
Redhead ordered
July 18
TEXAS:
Judge delays ruling on DNA tests in 1983 slayings near Sherman
After a contentious 90-minute hearing, a state district judge on Thursday
delayed ruling on whether possible evidence in a 1983 quadruple slaying
should be submitted for further DNA analysis.
Lawyers for death
July 18
LIBERIA:
President must veto death penalty bill
Following the confirmation by the Liberian Senate of a bill re-proposing
the death penalty for certain crimes, Amnesty International called on
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to veto the bill.
The surest way to address crime is to
