[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

Sept. 17 JAPAN: Death-row inmate jailed for killing 4 people in 2002 dies of illness A death-row inmate convicted of killing 4 people in 2002 has died of illness at a Tokyo detention center, the Justice Ministry said Sunday. Tetsuo Odajima, 74, was pronounced dead at 10:30 p.m.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---S.C., FLA., LA., OHIO, NEB., IDAHO, CALIF.

Sept. 17 SOUTH CAROLINA: Years awaiting execution: 4 men with ties to T Region on death row The date was July 14, 2004. A Mercury Sable station wagon was stolen from a Lawrenceville, Virginia, auto auction business. The next night, on July 15, Mikal Deen Mahdi was caught on camera