Dec. 5
YEMEN:
Execution of female death row inmate postponed
The appealed court hearing of a woman in Ibb who had been sentenced to death in
a self-defense case has been postponed until the end of December due to the
resignation of the judge presiding over the case.
Raja Al-Hakami, 29
Dec. 5
ARIZONA:
Defense in death-penalty case holding legal process 'hostage'
A clearly frustrated deputy county attorney on Wednesday asked a judge to
appoint a second attorney to Cesar Garcia-Soto so his death-penalty murder case
could move forward.
Garcia-Soto, 31, was arrested in
Dec. 5
OHIO:
Proposal To Abolish Death Penalty Appeals To Cost-Conscious
There's another bill in the Ohio House of Representatives to abolish the death
penalty.
Democratic State Representative Nickie Antonio is one of the bill's sponsors.
She says the death penalty needs to be banne
Dec. 5
TEXAS:
Dallas County case shows rise of cellphone data as prosecutors' tool
When a Dallas County jury sent Franklin Davis to death row for killing
16-year-old Shania Gray to stop her from testifying that he had raped her, the
best evidence of his guilt, prosecutors said, came f
