Jan. 14
TEXAS:
Nation's 1st execution of 2009 Wednesday in Texas
Even a defense lawyer for convicted murderer Curtis Moore acknowledged the
horrific nature of the 3 slayings that convinced a jury to send Moore to
death row.
Facts-wise, it was difficult because of the nature of how the
Jan. 14
ALABAMA:
Alabama is scheduled to put James Harvey Callahan to death this week
James Harvey Callahan is scheduled to die Thursday. But courts have been
asked to step in to spare Callahan from being put to death for the 1982
murder of Rebecca Suzanne Howell of Jacksonville.
It's
Jan. 14
IRAN:
Iran Stones 2 Men to Death; 3rd FleesSentences Carried Out Despite
Judicial Moratorium in 2002
2 men convicted of adultery in the northeastern city of Mashhad were
stoned to death in December, but a 3rd convicted man escaped while the
punishment was being carried out, a
Jan. 14
TEXASexecution
Texan put to death in nation's 1st execution of '09The Texas Board of
Pardons and Paroles refused a clemency petition that said Curtis Moore
could be mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty.
A man convicted of murdering 3 people during a
Jan. 15
ALGERIA:
Human right activists to Sheikh Chibane: Death penalty in Algeria meant
to terrify political opponents
The statements made by Sheikh Abderahmane Chibane, Head of Muslim Scholars
Association, have raised the upset of several human rights activists who
plead for abrogating
