[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

April 24 TEXASexecution 2nd man executed for 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr. The man sentenced to death for one of the most gruesome murders in modern American history showed no remorse before his execution. John William King was executed by the Texas State Penitentiary

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

April 24 SINGAPORE: Indonesian faces death penalty A month after starting work for a family in Telok Kurau, an Indonesian maid became so homesick and filled with longing for her lover in Hong Kong, that she hatched a “ruthless plan” to kill her employer. Daryati, 26, wanted to get

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, MO., COLO., CALIF., USA

April 24 OHIO: Judge in Cuyahoga County rules man on death row for 30 years is mentally disabled, tosses death sentence A county judge has thrown out the death sentence of a man whose been on death row since his 1988 conviction in a brutal beating death of a 74-year-old woman at a

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.H., PENN., N.C., GA., FLA., ALA.

April 24 TEXASimpending execution Texas execution set for John William King in racist dragging death of James Byrd Jr.King and 2 other white men were convicted in the brutal East Texas murder of Byrd, who was black. King has claimed he's innocent and hopes the U.S. Supreme