May 20
INDONESIA:
Selangor police seize 600,000 Eramin 5 pills worth RM9 mln
Selangor police seized 600,000 Eramin 5 pills worth RM9 million and arrested a
local man in Teluk Gong, Klang on Wednesday.
Head of the Selangor Narcotics Crime Investigation Department ACP Amran Ramli
May 20
TEXAS:
Nueces County prosecutors seek death penalty in store clerk shooting case
Nueces County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man accused
of killing a store clerk owner last year.
James Elizalde, 23, faces a capital murder charge in the shooting death of
May 20
SINGAPOREexecution
Singapore Executes Malaysian Convict Hours After Last Appeal
A Malaysian man convicted of murder in Singapore was executed Friday hours
after the city-state's highest court rejected a last-minute appeal, police
said.
The Court of Appeal found no merit in
May 20
KANSAS:
Death penalty not part of state GOP platform
In another indication of the shifting opinion on the death penalty, delegates
to the GOP state convention in Topeka last weekend voted against adding support
for the death penalty to the party's official platform. The vote
May 20
NORTH CAROLINA:
Former Republican North Carolina Chief Justice Comes Out Against the Death
Penalty
In a Huffington Post blog yesterday that was reposted by NC Policy Watch today,
I. Beverly Lake III - a former justice on the N.C. Supreme Court who served as
an associate for
