June 3
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death penalty will be studied, but not postponedFairness will be
looked at, but moratorium vote will be later, Black says
House Speaker Jim Black said yesterday that even if legislators don't pass
a moratorium on the death penalty this year, they will study
Please circulate this request for info.
It is really important that any known cases that would help in these
Supreme Court briefs be given to the listed attorneys. Hope everybody
will contact those who might be aware of such a discrimination
situation.
June 4
DELAWARE:
Keyser gets life sentence; Judge goes against jury in Dover killing
Convicted murderer Michael E. Keyser was sentenced to life in prison
Friday for his role in the September 2003 suffocation of 16-year-old
Kimberly Holton, whose body was later dropped out of a plane over
June 4
GERMANY:
The Paradoxes of a Death Penalty Stance
In the debate between Europe and the United States over the death penalty,
no country is more vocal than Germany. German media regularly decry
executions in Texas. A recent U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the
rights, under
June 5
VIETNAM/AUSTRALIA:
Last chance for Melbourne man on death row
Melbourne man Nguyen Tuong Van expects to find out this month if he will
be executed for drug trafficking.
Nguyen, 24, right, has been on death row in Singapore since being
convicted in March last year of smuggling
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 152/05
Fear for safety/ Fear of torture or ill-
treatment/ Death Penalty
PAKISTAN
Ziauddin (m) aged around 15
Abdul Qadir (m) aged around 18
- Afghan refugees
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of two
June 5
PENNSYLVANIA:
Forum: Another roadblock to the truthPennsylvania's prisons maintain
an absurdly restrictive policy for interviewing inmates, says Bill
Moushey, thwarting legitimate attempts to uncover injustices
In a Pennsylvania prison visitation room crowded with other
June 6
CHINA:
Hong Kong reporter held under house arrest in Beijing
A detained Hong Kong reporter whom China accuses of espionage is being
held under house arrest in Beijing, his wife said.
In a statement, Mary Lau said she was informed of Ching Cheong's
whereabouts in documents
June 6
OKLAHOMAnew execution date
Execution Date Set For Former Soldier
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday set a July 19 execution
date for a former soldier who was convicted of killing a convenience store
clerk nearly 14 years ago.
Michael L. Pennington, then a
June 7
LOUISIANA:
McCray avoids death penalty -- Lone holdout causes judge to order life
Michael Mitchell, director of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public
Defender's Office and lead counsel for convicted murderer James McCray,
talks to reporters Monday along with co-counsel Scott Collier,
June 7
CALIFORNIA:
Laci Peterson's Mother to Write a Book
Laci Peterson's mother plans to write a book about her daughter scheduled
to be released later this year.
Sharon Rocha's book, titled For Laci, was listed Monday on the Web site
of Crown Publishing, a division of Random House
June 7
PENNSYLVANIA:
PA Governor Rendell Signs Execution Warrant
PA Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed a warrant for the execution by
lethal injection of Walter Ogrod of Philadelphia County.
Ogrod's execution is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 2.
In October 1996, Ogrod was sentenced
June 8
CHINA:
Death sentence for online gamer
A Shanghai online gamer who murdered another player because of a dispute
over a cyber-weapon was given the death sentence with a 2-year reprieve
yesterday at Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court.
Qiu Chengwei's death penalty will be
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATEdeath sentences commuted!
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Further Information on UA 268/04 issued 20 September
2004 - Imminent Execution
BARBADOS:
Lennox Ricardo Boyce (m)
Jeffrey Joseph (m)
Amnesty International has learned that Lennox
June 8
MARYLAND:
Death-row inmate's lawyer makes case to appeals judgesUM study
reporting disparities in geography, race is cited in court
There may be no evidence of overt racism in the decision to seek death for
convicted killer Wesley Eugene Baker, but a University of Maryland
June 8
CHINA:
Death sentence for online gamer
A Shanghai online gamer who murdered another player because of a dispute
over a cyber-weapon was given the death sentence with a 2-year reprieve
yesterday at Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court.
Qiu Chengwei's death penalty will be
June 8
TEXAS:
Prosecutor: Victim begged for his life--Defense attorney says dead man's
lifestyle an issue
Prosecutor Gail Gleimer described capital murder defendant Leonard Ray
Haskins as a shady crack dealer who lived with a prostitute girlfriend
intent on robbing and killing James
June 9
INDIANA:
2 accused of killing relatives attend hearings
A brother and sister accused of murdering their mother and grandparents
appeared for pre-trial hearings Wednesday in Marion Superior Court.
Kenneth Lee Allen and Kari Allen are accused of murder, conspiracy and
robbery
June 9
INDIA:
People's Union for Democratic Rights
5, Miranda House Teachers' Flats, Chhatra Marg, Delhi University, Delhi
110007
PRESS RELEASE - 9 June 2005
Information on Death Penalty: A State Secret?
Information relating to the execution of the death penalty in India is a
state
June 9
OHIO:
Cop killer denied parole
The Ohio Parole Board denied early release Tuesday to a man convicted in
the 1974 murder of Cincinnati Police Officer David Cole.
The turn-down was at least the 4th for Roland Reaves.
In making its decision, the parole board cited the nature of
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 158/05 Imminent execution
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Lester Pitman, (m) aged 28
The authorities of Trinidad and Tobago yesterday issued a
warrant for the execution of Lester Pitman. He is currently
scheduled to be
June 9
USA:
The insidious wiles of foreign influence
How much are other countries' laws influencing America's?
For the 1st century of their country's history, American lawmakers and
judges repeatedly looked beyond America's borders, particularly to
England, for precedents that could
June 10
SOUTH KOREA:
Death penalty upheld in serial killer verdict
Upholding a lower court ruling, the Supreme Court confirmed the death
sentence on Yoo Yeong-cheol, convicted of killing 20 people.
Mr. Yoo, 35, was arrested July 15 last year and tried and found guilty of
killing elderly
June 10
VERMONT:
Jury selected for death penalty trial
A jury of 7 men and 5 women has been selected for the Vermont's 1st death
penalty trial in almost half century.
It took 5 weeks to complete the jury selection on Thursday in the trial of
Donald Fell, 24, of Rutland, who is accused of
To be sure, I
personally oppose the imposition of capital punishment upon any person
for any reason no matter how monstrous their crimes: Bush Jr., Tony
Blair, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Vladimir Putin, Ariel Sharon,
my former client John Wayne Gacy, etc.
Francis A. Boyle
Law
June 10
NEVADA:
Victim's family reacts to condemned inmate's execution stay
The mother of murder victim Brian Pierce emerged from the Nevada State
Prison to say she's washing her hands of Robert Lee McConnell, her son's
killer who was granted a last-minute stay of execution Thursday
June 11
NEVADA:
Lawyer might ask Nevada high court to reconsider decision in Douglas
murder
An appeal lawyer for Christopher Fiegehen said Friday he expects to ask
the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider its decision not to overturn
Fiegehen's 1st-degree murder conviction for a 2002
June 12
KUWAIT/AUSTRALIA:
Australian among 34 facing Kuwait death penalty
Kuwait's public prosecutor has called for the death penalty for an
Australian man along with 33 other suspected al-Qaeda linked Islamic
militants accused of involvement in deadly clashes with police.
The request
June 12
TEXAS:
Court reviews Haskins' past for sentencing Witnesses cite violence,
drugs from young age
Convicted murderer Leonard Ray Haskins was a violent young man with
behavioral problems, prosecution witnesses testified Friday during the
punishment phase of his trial.
Haskins,
June 13
TEXAS:
Death Row Inmate's Conviction Overturned
The Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a black death row inmate
who said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites, issuing
a harsh rebuke to the state that executes more people than any other.
The 6-3 ruling
June 13
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Abbas to authorize further executions
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is planning to authorize more
executions of Palestinians who have been sentenced to death, PA officials
said on Monday.
With the exception of some Palestinian human rights
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA):
30 to 50 Prisoners on Death Row
Amnesty International is concerned that between 30 and 50
prisoners who are held on death row in Palestinian Authority
June 14
CONNECTICUT:
Serial Killer Sent Note Before Execution
A psychiatrist who advised against executing Michael Ross received a
posthumous letter from the serial killer that said, Check, and mate. You
never had a chance!
Dr. Stuart Grassian said he initially was horrified when he
June 14
NEW YORK:
Death row inmate in Texas confesses to 1987 western N.Y. killing
A former drifter has confessed to killing a suburban Buffalo hairdresser
after she left a western New York bar in 1987.
But authorities in Lockport in Niagara County say serial killer Tommy Lynn
Sells
June 14
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International
AI Index: MDE 21/005/2005 13 June 2005
Palestinian Authority: Amnesty International calls for halt to death
penalty as 4 executed in Gaza
As the Palestinian Authority (PA)
June 15
INDIANAnew execution date
Execution date set for Ft. Wayne man
The Indiana Supreme Court has set an execution date for a Fort Wayne man
convicted of killing four people, including his brother and his sisters
fianc, but he still has federal appeals he can pursue.
The court
June 15
TEXAS:
Court may be losing faith in Texas death penalty casesSupreme Court
has intervened in 4 cases over 2 years
Death row inmate Thomas Miller-El contends that prosecutors purposely
excluded blacks from his jury. In a harsh rebuke to Texas, the Supreme
Court on Tuesday
North Carolina
See 'The Exonerated' This Month in Winston-Salem
The Exonerated, a play that tells the stories of six
innocent people who spent years on death row before
being set free, will open tomorrow night, June 16, in
Winston-Salem and will be presented on several nights
June 15
TEXAS:
Rosenberg man on trial in death of young child
A Rosenberg man accused of fatally beating the 3-year-old son of his
girlfriend in 2003 is on trial for capital murder.
Juan Carlos Guerrero, 19, faces the possibility of the death penalty for
what the Rosenberg Police
June 15
INDIA:
Aftab's 4 death row aides on hunger strike
4 convicts sentenced to death in the American Center attack case along
with dreaded don Aftab Ansari, started a hunger-strike in their cells 4
days back alleging mental and physical torture lack of medical
facilities and
June 16
TEXAS:
Supreme Court shows flaws with death penalty
The U.S. Supreme Courts most recent ruling overturning a death-penalty
case in Texas shows 2 things.
First, the Supreme Court has no confidence that the Texas judicial system
can handle capital cases fairly.
Second, it has
June 16
INDIANAnew execution date
Execution Date Set For Man Convicted In 3 Killings
The Indiana Supreme Court has set an execution date for a man convicted of
killing 3 people following an argument.
The court ordered Thursday that Kevin Conner, 38, of Indianapolis be
executed on
June 17
TEXAS/USA:
Why President Bush should not take the 5thJudges who ignore law are
possible court candidates
Both supporters and opponents of capital punishment are increasingly
working together to address the many problems that America faces in fairly
administering the death
June 17
ARKANSASnew execution date
Governor sets Newman's execution date
A July 26 execution date for Rickey Dale Newman has been set by Gov. Mike
Huckabee.
The governor signed the proclamation Thursday.
The proclamation says Newman's conviction and sentence have been reviewed
and
June 17
U.S. MILITARY:
G.I. charged in Iraq killings -- Upstate solider may face death penalty
Grieving wife Barbara Allen is led out of funeral service yesterday in
Middletown, N.Y.
A New York National Guardsman was charged yesterday with murdering 2 of
his superiors at a military
Pending U.S. Executions (as of 6/17/05)
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Please note that these dates are only tentative.
Execution dates known or thought to be considered SERIOUS are marked
with a *.The designation indicates that an execution is considered
June 17
TEXAS:
Gov. Perry Signs Life Without Parole Bill--Also Signs Bill Changing Death
Certificate on Executed Inmates
Gov. Rick Perry today signed Senate Bill 60, which gives juries in capital
murder cases the option of sentencing a defendant to life without the
possibility of parole.
June 17
TEXAS:
Contreras pleads 'not guilty' to Solomon murders
A Hearne man, charged with killing 2 members of a Minerva family and
wounding another, entered a plea of not guilty at a formal arraignment
Friday in 20th District Court, Cameron.
Ben Contreras, 41, entered a plea of not
June 18
TEXAS:
Texas withdraws parole option in murder casesNew law allows life
without parole as option to execution
Gov. Rick Perry signed a law Friday to give juries the option of
sentencing murderers to life without parole -- a measure some foes of
capital punishment believe will
June 18
COLORADO:
Letter backs stance of DADeGette speaks up against colleagues in
extradition case
Congresswoman Diana DeGette accused her Colorado colleagues Friday of
trying to capitalize politically on the murder of a Denver police officer
by attacking Mexico and its extradition
June 19
NORTH DAKOTAre: federal death penalty
Death Penalty to be debated for Rodriguez Jr
Federal prosecutors and attorneys representing murder suspect Alfonso
Rodriguez Jr. will debate the death penalty during a hearing Friday.
Rodriguez shouldn't face the death penalty because
June 20
TEXAS/USA:
3 justices blind to system's racism
The U.S. Supreme Court has finally busted the Death State, Texas, proving
that the anti-death penalty crowd is not made up of paranoid conspiracist
apologists for criminals. That the issue of race is deeply embedded in the
June 20
PENNSYLVANIA:
High Court Orders New Death Penalty Trial
The Supreme Court, nearing the end of a term marked by a host of
second-guess rulings on death penalty sentences, concluded Monday that the
attorney for a man convicted of killing a tavern owner had done sloppy
work.
In a
June 20
OHIO:
Man Avoids Death Penalty In Murders Of 3 PeopleHodge Pleads Guilty To
Involuntary Manslaughter
In Columbus, a man pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday in
the deaths of 3 people.
Paul Hodge was brought into court to face the possibility of the death
penalty
June 20
TEXAS:
The Daily Texan's opinion piece Death penalty needs reprieve (6/14/05),
finds that Texas should have a reprieve on executions because of Texas'
many commutations, overturns and retrials in death penalty cases.
Let's review The Daily Texans' evidence for a moratorium:
1) a
June 21
JAMAICA:
Jamaica AG: Abolish or make death penalty mandatory
Out of the ongoing emotional debates, across the Caribbean Community, on
judicial execution for murder, has come a proposal from Jamaica's attorney
general and Minister of Justice, A J Nicholson:
The member states of
June 21
TEXAS:
MURDER TRIAL DEFENDANT APPEARS IN COURT BRIEFLY
A capital murder defendant charged with shooting a man to death during a
Thanksgiving Day robbery was in court briefly Monday.
Edgardo Santibanez Sanchez, 38, who is scheduled for trial in October for
the alleged murder of
June 21
INDIANA:
State asks high court to let execution proceed
The Indiana attorney general's office filed new documents Monday in an
effort to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the postponement of
Michael Allen Lambert's execution.
The right courts have already decided that
June 21
JAPAN:
Family of killer cultist requests days off death row for hospital visit
The family of Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara on Tuesday asked a court
to allow the former cult leader, accused of murder and other crimes
committed by his followers, to leave detention and undergo
June 21
USA:
Death Penalty Trials
To the Editor:
Re Prosecutorial Racial Bias in Texas (editorial, June 14):
When the Supreme Court threw out Thomas Miller-El's death sentence (on the
grounds that blacks were systematically excluded from serving as jurors in
his case), the court paved
June 21
MOLDOVA:
President for banning death penalty in Moldova
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin suggested the parliament make urgent
amendments to the constitution in order to ban death penalty in Moldova,
Voronin's press service told Interfax.
Although Moldova's Criminal Code,
Subject: Further Action Needed on Urgent Action UA #323/04 Saudi Arabia -
13 Nigerian nationals tortured, possibly facing execution
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June 21
MISSISSIPPI:
U.S. Supreme Court won't hear two Miss. death row cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear appeals from Mississippi death
row inmates Rodney Gray and William Ray Hughes.
The court acted Monday without comment.
In September, the Mississippi Supreme Court
June 21
INDIANAstay of execution holds
Prison stops execution preparations
Preparations to execute death row inmate Michael Lambert were put on hold
today less than 11 hours before he was scheduled to be executed.
It is not going to occur, said Barry Nothstine, a spokesman for the
Friends
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June 21
CHINA:
Rape in China: A Nightmare for 26 Pupils
The teacher always sent a girl to buy his cigarettes. He left the class
unsupervised and waited in his office. When the girl returned to class
with flushed cheeks and tousled hair, the other students said nothing.
For nearly three
June 21
MONTANA:
Montana aims to fix public defender systemState's effort is 1st to use
guidelines suggested by ABA
This state's system for providing criminal defense lawyers for the poor
was so flawed that some defendants sat in jail waiting for their day in
court for longer than
June 22
JAPAN:
Death penalty does not equal atonement
Already, 3 years have passed since Toshihiko Hasegawa was executed for
killing my younger brother for insurance money in 1983. Although the
murder took place more than 20 years ago, it continues to haunt me.
In April, a basic law to
June 22
CALIFORNIA:
Death penalty phase of Marcus Wesson's trial begins
The jurors who found Marcus Wesson guilty of killing 9 of his children and
sexually abusing several of his daughters and nieces now have to decide
whether he should die for his crimes or be sentenced to life in
June 22
VIRGINIA:
Retest, death penalty foes sayWarner will be asked for order in all
cases with DNA evidence
Death-penalty opponents and others will ask Gov. Mark R. Warner for
retesting in all Virginia death cases that involved DNA evidence.
The American Civil Liberties Union of
June 22
TEXAS:
Victim's mother testifies at trial in Farmersville slayingCollin: 'I
kept calling Rachelle's name,' she tells jury on 1st day
Alternately sobbing and clenching her jaw in an apparent effort to stem
the flow of tears, Pam O'Neil testified about the day she discovered
June 22
TEXAS:
Perry order begins move off death row
More than 3 months after the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles cannot be
executed, Texas Gov. Rick Perry today commuted 28 death sentences to life
in prison for inmates who were under 18 when they committed capital
murder.
The
June 23
TEXAS:
Perry spares juvenile killers28 sentences commuted to life in prison
following a Supreme Court ruling in March
Death penalty opponents rejoiced and victims' families mourned Wednesday
as Gov. Rick Perry followed a U.S. Supreme Court order to commute the
death sentences
June 23
GEORGIA:
2 indicted in slaying of hostage hero's husband
A grand jury indicted two men Wednesday in the 2001 stabbing death of
Daniel McFarland Smith, husband of the woman hailed as a hero for turning
in a man accused of killing a judge and three other people in Atlanta.
June 23
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Retrials for 35 on death row
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yestevil retrials for Palestinian
prisoners sentenced to death by state security courts disbanded 2 years
ago, his office said.
Abbas ordered the retrials in a letter sent to Justice Minister
June 23
TEXAS:
Legislature notes
Perry pulled out the axe last week to veto several criminal justice reform
measures, including the much hyped HB 2193, which would've retooled the
state's probation system. Perry also killed SB 1195, which would've
required police to document, in writing
June 23
LIBERIA:
Death Sentence for Ex-Combatant
Former MODEL fighter's lawyer says killing was not intentional, pleads
with jury to exercise forgiveness.
Nyonoh Diah will die by hanging if the president endorses a death sentence
passed upon him following his conviction on murders
June 23
FLORIDA:
State demands listing of Smith defense namesCarlie Brucia case leads
to records debate
During a pre-trial hearing for the man charged with killing Carlie Brucia,
attorneys argued over release of information relating to witnesses and DNA
evidence.
Assistant State
June 23
VERMONT:
Brother of Unabomber protests death penalty trial
David Kaczynski, the brother of the man known as the Unabomber, has added
his voice to those protesting the federal death penalty trial of Donald
Fell now underway in Burlington.
He says he does not think killing is
death penalty news
June 24, 2005
MARYLAND:
Death penalty possible for defendant in officer's slaying
Slouched in his seat with his feet crossed, Robert Billett was silent while
a judge read the charges against him Thursday afternoon.
Assault with a deadly weapon. Attempted murder.
death penalty news
June 24, 2005
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO:
The Punishers
The curious thing about statistics presented in defence of theories seeking
to prove the futility of corporal or capital punishment is that they are
all constructed on conjecture; saying punishment of convicted criminals in
death penalty news
June 24, 2005
USA:
Death penalty debate finally produces useful result
For the past half century, the nation has been locked ? deadlocked might be
a better word ? in a bitter debate over the death penalty. But what if
there is a middle ground?
With little fanfare, a
June 24
TEXASfemale faces death penalty
Prosecutors seek death penalty for woman Capital murder case is a 1st
in Nueces County
The upcoming capital murder case of Maria Rivas is a 1st for prosecutor
Gail Gleimer and Nueces County.
This is the 1st time in the history of this
June 24
VIRGINIA:
Reasonable doubt lingers for some on death row
Gov. Warner is right to insist on ensuring the integrity of the state's
DNA testing processes.
If a civil society is to make room for executions, then it should be
convinced beyond reasonable doubt that it is pumping
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
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Fear of imminent execution
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA):
30 to 50 Prisoners on Death Row
On 22 June, President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly ordered
a retrial for
June 24
CHINA:
More than 5,400 executions were carried out in the world in 2004, slightly
down on the previous year, with almost 90% of them in China, said an
organisation that campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty.
The Hands Off Cain organisation said on Friday, out of the
June 25
PAKISTAN:
Pakistani rape victim rules out reconciliation
A Pakistani woman gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council
said she can never forgive her attackers and she hopes they are sentenced
to death.
The case of Mukhtaran Mai provoked a national outcry and has
June 25
TEXAS:
Jones eligible for parole in 40 years
Anzel Jones, a 27-year-old man convicted of a capital murder in the 1995
slaying of a Paris woman, is 1 of 28 people whose sentences were commuted
Wednesday from death to life in prison.
Jones is now eligible for parole in 40 years.
June 25
PENNSYLVANIA:
Cullen to admit 5 more murdersEx-nurse expected to plead guilty to
killing patients at Hunterdon hospital.
In Flemington, serial killer Charles Cullen is expected to plead guilty
Monday to murdering five Hunterdon Medical Center patients while he worked
in the
June 26
TEXAS:
Death penalty unacceptable to victim's children
When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis,
Gretchen Burford and her husband were traveling in the South. Wanting to
mourn the slain civil rights leader, they went to a white church, but no
one
June 26
ILLINOIS:
Illinois should abolish the death penalty
This is regarding Will taping interrogations fix the system? Law requires
police to also record questioning, and some hope it prevents false
confessions (Page 1, June 21). For nearly eight months Kevin Fox sat in
the Will County
June 26
WYOMING:
Harlow wants records released in his death-sentence case
A man on death row for the murder of a prison guard wants a federal court
to force the state to turn over records about inmates who testified
against him.
The records may show that his conviction and death
June 27
TEXAS:
Will Texas now hand out fewer death sentences?State gives juries the
option of life without parole, raising questions about number of people
who will be executed.
In what may lead to a significant decline in death sentences, Texas has
decided to allow jurors in capital
June 27
SOUTH KOREA:
Justice Ministry argues death penalty more humane
The Justice Ministry sent an official letter to the National Assembly
opposing lawmakers' moves to abolish death penalty.
More than 2/3 of the people are opposed to the abolition of death
penalty, the ministry's
June 27
VERMONT:
Donald Fell case: Bush administration attempts to impose death penalty on
Vermont
A federal court jury in Burlington, Vermont, took less than 2 hours to
find 25-year-old Donald Fell guilty June 24, ending the 1st phase of his
murder trial. The penalty phase, during which
June 27
PAKISTAN:
Rape Victim Takes Case to Pakistan's Supreme Court
A Pakistani woman gang raped in 2002 on the orders of a village council
said on Monday she hoped the country's Supreme Court would reimpose death
sentences on the men who attacked her.
The Supreme Court began hearing
June 27
USA:
Latest reversal par for the court5th Circuit rulings often struck down
3 times in the past 3 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuked the 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' handling of death penalty cases,
occasionally using blunt language to portray the New Orleans
June 27
SUDAN:
Darfur - Final Appeals against Death Sentence - Altayib Ali Ahmed
SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
Human Rights Alert: 27 June 2005
SOAT has been informed of the imminent execution of Altayib Ali Ahmed, (32
yrs) from the Fur tribe. According to reliable
June 27
TENNESSEE:
High Court Rules Against Death Row Inmate
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a lower court improperly gave a
Tennessee death row inmate a 2nd chance, infringing on the state's right
to execute the man. But 4 justices said the judicial system failed the
inmate.
June 27
TEXASnew execution date
Luis Ramirez has received an execution date for October 20th; the date
should be considered serious.
(source: TDCJ and Rick Halperin)
UTAH:
Lovell's appeal in murder case centers on admission of guiltAttorneys
to offer arguments that could
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