Feb. 16
TEXAS:
Texas lawmaker moves to impeach appeals judge
A Texas lawmaker is trying to impeach a judge on the state's highest
criminal appeals court for what he calls neglect of duty in a death
penalty case.
Rep. Lon Burnam filed a resolution Monday seeking to start the process
Feb. 16
COLORADO:
Use death penalty funds to solve cold cases, group says
If it takes repealing the death penalty to free up money to solve unsolved
homicides, Howard Morton will take that scenario.
Others, such as Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, aren't willing to make
that jump.
Feb. 16
VIRGINIAimpending execution
State set to execute Bell in 3 days
Edward Nathaniel Bell on Thursday is scheduled to become the 103rd person
executed in Virginia since the reinstitution of the death penalty in 1976.
Sentenced to die in 2001 for the Oct. 29, 1999, fatal shooting
Feb. 17
MALAYSIA:
Death Row duo want to get it over quickly
2 men on death row declared yesterday they would not be seeking clemency
from the Pardons Board.
Debt collector G. Krishna Rao and brother-in-law, ex-cop M. Rajendran,
said the 10-year appeal process had taken its toll on them
