May 2
PHILIPPINES:
Miriam wants death penalty re-imposed
Presidential candidate Miriam Defensor-Santiago now wants the death penalty
re-imposed following rampant criminality in the streets and thievery in
government.
She bared her change of mind on capital punishment during a
May 2
FLORIDA:
Florida Supremes to Hear Pensacola-Related Death Row Appeal
Oral arguments are set for Thursday before the Florida Supreme Court, in the
case that forced a sentencing change in the state's death penalty procedure.
The case involves Timothy Lee Hurst, who was
May 2
SAUDI ARABIA:
Women more resistant to beheading: Saudi ExecutionerMost of those going to
execution appear to be in trance; The executioner denied reports that those
sentenced to death are drugged just before their execution.
Convicted women sentenced to death in Saudi
May 2
ILLINOIS:
Sister Helen Prejean continues 35-year fight against death penalty
Standing behind a podium in one of the meeting rooms in DePaul's Student
Center, wearing her signature purple jacket, Sister Helen Prejean begins to
tell a story.
The story is about a man named
May 2
TEXAS:
An Ex-Marine Killed 2 People in Cold Blood. Should His PTSD Keep Him From Death
Row?
At 12:44 p.m. on March 6, 2009, John Thuesen called 911. "120 Walcourt Loop,"
he told the dispatcher, breathing hard. "Gunshot victims."
The dispatcher in College Station, Texas,
