Nov. 15
TEXAS:
2 Charged in Hearne Murders
A pair of Waco men have been charged with capital murder in the shooting
deaths of 2 Hearne residents. D'nard Anderson and Dameon Laws, both 21,
are in jail, accused of killing Harry Monson and Chandell Lewis on October
25.
Laws was arrested
Nov. 15
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
NH officer shooting case moves to next stage
After convicting Michael Addison of capital murder, the jury now must
return to court on Monday to decide whether his actions make him eligible
for the death penalty.
Addison was found guilty on Thursday of shooting and
Nov. 15
KANSAS:
Man pleads guilty in KCK slayings
Wyandotte County prosecutors are now seeking a life sentence against a man
who killed his pregnant ex-wife, her unborn child and the woman's
8-month-old daughter.
Andrew Anthony Guerrero avoided a possible death sentence by pleading
Nov. 15
NIGERIA:
Pardon after 22yrs on death row
Nigeria's president on Friday pardoned a 57-year old convicted armed
robber who had been awaiting the hangman's noose for more than 2 decades,
an official said.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua today pardoned a man who has been on death
row
Nov. 15
CANADA/SAUDI ARABIA:
PM urged to help stop Saudi beheading
A Liberal MP believes the G20 meeting is the perfect occasion for Prime
Minister Stephen Harper to raise the case of a Montreal man facing
beheading in Saudi Arabia.
Dan McTeague said Harper should take a few minutes to
Nov. 15
EGYPT:
Prosecutors want Mubarak's son summoned for Suzan Murder Trial
Prosecutors in the Suzan Tamim murder trial here have requested the court
to summon Jamal Mubarak, the influential son of Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak, to testify about his relationship with business
Nov. 16
USA:
Easing the Burden of Public Defenders: Letters to the Editor:
Re Citing Workload, Public Lawyers Reject New Cases (front page, Nov.
9):
The assertion that despite increasingly overwhelming workloads, public
defenders must tighten their belts during these times of severe
