June 27
ALABAMA:
In 2 horrific homicides, jury recommends life - why?
With nearly 200 people on death row, Alabama's courts are hardly shy about
imposing capital sentences.
But juries in 2 closely watched trials recently voted to spare the lives
of convicted killers - with multiple
June 27
TEXASstay of impending execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the June 30 execution of
Charles Hood.
GEORGIAnew and imminent execution date
Execution set for parolee in 1984 slaying
An Illinois parolee who dismembered his former lover in a Sandy
June 28
TEXAS:
Prosecutors deny making deal in fatal smuggling case U.S. officials
say Mexico was never given a pledge that the death penalty would be ruled
out
Federal prosecutors deny that they secretly ruled out the death penalty so
Mexican authorities would deport three people to
June 28
DELAWARE:
Del. to seek death penalty in rampageSlaying suspect to be tried 1st in
Maryland
Delaware prosecutors will seek the death penalty for slaying suspect
Allison Lamont Norman, of Seaford, after he faces charges in Maryland for
crimes committed during a deadly April
June 28
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan Rape Victim Wins First Round in Appeal
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the re-arrest of 13 men
accused of involvement in the gang-rape of a woman in 2002, pending the
outcome of the rape victim's appeal in the high-profile case.
The rape of
June 28
TEXAS:
High no-show rate makes diverse juries hard to get
Dallas County has an 80 % no-show rate for its jury pool, county
officials said Monday. That is making it difficult to seat ethnically
diverse juries.
For example, court officials said that some 3,500 people were sent
June 29
TEXAS:
Texas delays Hoosier's execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of an
Indiana man who was scheduled to die Thursday for a double slaying in the
Dallas area more than 15 years ago.
Charles Dean Hood, 35, would have been the 10th Texas prisoner
June 28
TRINIDAD:
Hang them high? More come, more come
MAYBE I should begin this column by expressing my deep admiration for
Independent Senator Angela Cropper, who, having more reasons than
most in the society to call for mass executions of death row
prisoners, has held firm her lofty
June 29
TEXAS:
Defense presents case in Mendoza punishment phase
The defense team for Moises Sandoval Mendoza opened its case in the
punishment phase of his murder trial Monday. Testimonies came from his
parents and siblings as well as the friend to whom Mendoza confessed after
the burned
June 29
TEXAS:
All sides are tapped for justice studyJudges, lawyers, others will
review system from arrest to last appeal.
3 judges, 2 prominent lawmakers, a prosecutor and a defense lawyer will be
named today to a nine-member state commission that could break new ground
in
June 29
USA:
Ray Krone, of Dover, Pa., was freed from death row after DNA cleared him
in a murder. For ex-death-row inmates, freedom can be grim reality
Once known as the Snaggletooth Killer when he was on Arizona's death
row, Ray Krone got an Extreme Makeover after DNA cleared him
June 29
TEXAS:
Killing may lead to death penalty
Authorities in Texas plan to seek capital murder charges against a
Portland man and four other people in connection with the stabbing death
of a 21-year-old Biddeford man.
Edward Bachelder, 21, of Portland is being held in the Wharton
June 29
RWANDA/CANADA:
No death penalty if Canada deports genocide suspect
Rwanda is ready to forego seeking the death penalty to ensure a former
government adviser is returned from Canada to face charges related to the
1994 genocide, an official said Wednesday.
Canada's Supreme Court
June 29
USA:
Crime Subcommittee Hearing Thursday on Death Penalty Legislation: Does it
Deter Crime and Save Lives?
News Advisory:
Crime Subcommittee Hearing Thursday on Death Penalty Legislation
WHAT:
Hearing: Does an Accurate and Swift Death Penalty Deter Crimes and Save
Lives? A
June 29
TEXAS:
Suspect In Lubbock Store Clerk Murder To Face Death Penalty
1 of the 3 people arrested for the shooting death of a Lubbock convenience
store clerk may get the death penalty.
The Lubbock District Attorney's Office says they are seeking the death
penalty for Raymon Jackson,
June 29
INDIA:
6 on death row get lease of life
Maintaining that the murders were executed in the heat of the moment,
Jharkhand High Court today converted a death sentence imposed on 6 persons
for wiping out a family for allegedly practising witch-craft in their
village in Palamau 5-8
June 30
INDONESIA:
Death penalty spectre for Bali 9
Police have begun charging the Bali 9 with heroin smuggling under laws
that carry the death penalty.
Briefs of evidence against 3 of the alleged drug mules were handed to
prosecutors yesterday.
The prosecutors have 14 days to decide to
June 30
TEXASnew death sentence
Death sentence orderedFarmersville: Killer's sister apologizes to
slain woman's mother
In McKinney, convicted murderer Moises Sandoval Mendoza was sentenced to
death Wednesday for killing a Farmersville mother last year.
As he stood for the
May 31
INDIA:
Death penalty may become history
In a landmark initiative, which is expected to change the face of criminal
jurisprudence in the country, the Centre has decided to bring in
amendments to the more-than-a-century-old Indian Penal Code which, if
approved by Parliament, will
July 1
CALIFORNIA:
Inmates on death row are included in prison smoking ban
Inmates in all California's prisons will face a smoking ban from today, in
a move that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger hopes will save $265 million
(148 million) a year in healthcare costs.
The ban will also affect
July 1
USA:
Justice O'Connor Says She Will Retire
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court
and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty,
said Friday she is retiring.
O'Connor, 75, said she expects to leave before the start of
July 2
TEXAS:
Convict in Prosper killings spared deathDecision cites Supreme Court
ruling against executing retarded
A federal court ruled Friday that the state cannot execute a Collin County
man now on death row, citing a 2002 Supreme Court ruling forbidding
executions of mentally
July 2
PHILIPPINESre: juvenile offenders
21 children in jail await execution Bill to save them gathers dust in
Congress
21 of the 2,000 or so children in jail throughout the country are on death
row, an official of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) has
said.
80 % of
July 3
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Questions plague July 11 execution of Robin Lovitt
The scheduled execution of Robin Lovitt on July 11 spurs the latest
dust-up in the states intensifying scrutiny of capital punishment.
At issue is whether its proper to execute a man, one who
July 4
TEXAS:
New law likely to cut death sentences in Texas
Texas juries may curtail the use of the death penalty with a new
life-without-parole option recently inked by Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Perry signed legislation that gives juries the option to give
life-without-parole on
July 5
TEXAS:
5th Circuit Court rules in its own wayIts decisions have a history of
defying the Supreme Court
AT A GLANCEAbout the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals:
-Home: Based in New Orleans, serves the region comprising Texas, Louisiana
and Mississippi.
-Cases: A court of
July 5
MOROCCO:
Terrorists get death sentence
Rabat, a court in Morocco on Monday condemned to death two Islamic
radicals convicted of leading a terrorist cell.
Toufik Hanouichi and Mouhsin Bouarfa were the 2 chief accused among a
group of 46 people, 6 of them women, charged with
July 5
ILLINOIS/USA:
The Snitch System; How Snitch Testimony Sent Randy Steidly and Other
Innocent Americans to Death Row; A Center on Wrongful Convictions Survey
Winter 2004-2005
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/
July 5
INDIANA:
Attorney: Death Row Inmate Plans No More AppealsExecution Set For
Later This Month
Kevin A. Conner, who is scheduled to be executed July 27 for killing 3
people, is not seeking clemency from Gov. Mitch Daniels and had no further
appeals pending as of Tuesday.
As of
July 5
GLOBAL/AUSTRALIA:
Lives cut short - the ugly reality of the death penalty
An Iranian girl, Atefeh Rajabi, was just 16 years old when she was hanged
for acts incompatible with chastity. According to reports, she was
suffering from mental illness at the time of her crime and during
July 6
OHIO:
Death-penalty case shows the fallibility of justice
An Ohio death-penalty case with international implications should cause us
to re-evaluate whether the finality of a death penalty should coexist with
a criminal justice system that too often falls short.
The international
July 6
TENNESSEE:
Ban Pavulon in executions
For the sake of inmates who have been condemned to death, and for the sake
of society, Tennessee should ban the use of Pavulon in lethal-injection
executions.
The Tennessee Supreme Court is considering a case that challenges the use
of the
July 6
FLORIDA:
Murderer juggled as he awaits penaltyShuffled between prison and death
row, Jermaine LeBron will be sentenced again.
A judge granted a motion Tuesday to move convicted murderer Jermaine
LeBron from the Osceola County Jail to a state prison while he awaits
sentencing
July 7
SAUDI ARABIA:
Death Row Inmate Escapes Prison
A death row inmate escaped from prison in Najran Tuesday afternoon.
According to police, the prisoner, Misfer Saleh Al-Amr, planned the
getaway with six of his relatives. A police source said: The incident
occurred during visiting
July 7
PENNSYLVANIA:
DA to seek death penalty in slaying
Northumberland County District Attorney Anthony J. Rosini filed notice
Tuesday that he will seek the death penalty if Fredil Rodriguez-Fuentes is
convicted of 1st-degree murder in the slaying of Carly Snyder.
Mr. Fuentes, 23, lived
July 7
NEW JERSEY:
Man wrongly convicted of murder tells his story -- Kirk Bloodsworth,
others make case against death penalty
Kirk Bloodsworth was sentenced to death in March 1985 for the brutal rape
and murder of a 9-year-old girl found in the Maryland woods 1 year before.
But there
July 7
ENGLAND:
Law students' death row challenge
30 students at the University of Central England (UCE) in Birmingham are
to spend the summer in the US working with attorneys on death row cases.
The School of Law's internship scheme gives law and criminal justice
students the chance to
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July 7
OHIO:
Don't forget the victim
The state of Ohio faces tough legal obstacles in seeking to retry death
row inmate Kenny Richey in connection with a 1986 fatal fire in Columbus
Grove, Ohio. Much of the evidence was shaky to begin with, and some
witnesses have either died or are in
July 7
INDIA:
Killer gets death sentence, lifer for accomplice
The District and Sessions Court here has ordered death sentence to a
person accused of brutally murdering an engineer of the Zilla Panchayat
sub-division, in broad daylight two-and-a-half years ago. The Court also
sentenced
July 8
KENTUCKY:
Kentucky's lethal injection process upheld
In Frankfort, a state judge Friday upheld the use of lethal injection in
Kentucky, saying it was not cruel and unusual punishment.
Franklin Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden said the method of execution
should be changed to rule
July 8
VIRGINIAnew (non-serious) execution date
Execution date set for Justin Wolfe
An execution date has been set for Justin Michael Wolfe, the Centreville
teen convicted of planning the murder of his marijuana supplier in 2001.
Prince William Circuit Court Judge Lon E. Farris
July 8
JORDAN:
News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International
AI Index: MDE 16/003/2005 8 July 2005
Jordan: Commute death sentences and put an end to executions
The Jordanian Criminal Court sentenced Zuheir Ahmed to death on 15 May
2005 for the murder of
July 8
ARIZONA:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty in fatal Scottsdale crash
In Phoenix, a motorist who caused a fatal accident while driving the wrong
way on the freeway in Scottsdale could face the death penalty if convicted
of 1st-degree murder.
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas
July 8
BOTSWANA:
Court reserves judgement in death row appeal case
In Lobatse, the Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in a case in which
Mothusi Phiri is appealing against the death sentence and the 5-year
imprisonment passed in 2003.
Phiri, who has been on death row for 2 years,
July 8
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Convicted scissor killer faces execution
Barring intervention from the Supreme Court or Gov. Mark R. Warner, a man
convicted of fatally stabbing the night manager of a pool hall with a pair
of scissors will be executed Monday.
Robin Lovitt's
July 9
NEVADA:
Beau Maestas may get death penalty after all
Beau Maestas may yet get the death penalty.
District Judge Donald Mosley this morning opted not to sentence the
admitted child killer to life in prison without the possibility of parole
as allowed by Nevada law. Instead Mosley
July 9
KENTUCKY:
Judge upholds use of lethal injection -- Ruling: Method is not cruel,
unusual
Kentucky is free to execute condemned killers by lethal injection, a judge
ruled yesterday in striking down a constitutional challenge from 2 death
row inmates.
Franklin Circuit Judge Roger
July 9
USA/GLOBAL:
Backing Away From the Death PenaltyA Trend Broadens, With One Big
Exception
The resignation of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from the U.S. Supreme Court
will draw attention to a number of sensitive issues, including the death
penalty. The eventual candidate's
July 11
TEXAS:
YOU V. TEXASDefendants, whether innocent or guilty, go up against a
justice system stacked against them.
U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, when he was a state district judge in Harris County,
once returned from a trip to the Soviet Union and addressed prospective
jurors: Here we
July 11
CALIFORNIA:
'Another black eye for San Quentin'Lawmaker adds warden's ouster to
reasons for stopping new death row; ex-prison chief's backers criticize
her removal
Supporters of former San Quentin State Prison Warden Jill Brown reacted
strongly yesterday to her ouster, saying
July 11
BELARUS:
may annul death sentence through referendum - official
Belarussian deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the
death sentence might be annulled in Belarus via a national referendum.
Most of our citizens voiced their opposition to the annulment of
Friends,
As you know the State of Alabama has set August 4th as
the execution date for George Sibley.
George Sibley has chosen to represent himself and
identified the following issues as his talking points
when requesting clemency from Governor Bob Riley:
1. The State set the execution date a
July 11
VIRGINIAstay of impending execution
Execution stayed for Virginia death row inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution Monday for
a man convicted of fatally stabbing the manager of a pool hall with a pair
of scissors.
Robin Lovitt, 41, had been
July 12
MISSOURI:
To: Matt Blunt, Governor of Missouri
Don't execute Marlin Gray!
We are turning to you because we are deeply concerned about Mr. Marlin
Gray, a death row inmate at Potosi Correctional Center / Mineral Point. We
know that you are aware of his case, since you have just
July 12
GEORGIAimpending execution
Parole board to continue deliberating death row inmate's clemency request
Georgia's parole board was expected to continue deliberating Tuesday the
clemency request of a death row inmate scheduled to be executed later that
evening for killing and
July 12
AUSTRALIA:
Aussies face death penalty in obscurityAmnesty is campaigning to have
the death penalty abolished
Australia needs to be consistent in the message is sends to other
countries about the death penalty, says Amnesty International.
The publicity surrounding the arrest
July 12
MISSISSIPPI:
Triple killing appeal scheduledMississippi Supreme Court to hear
Louisiana man's case Aug. 11
The appeal of a Louisiana man sentenced to death for killing his son,
daughter-in-law and granddaughter has made its way to the Mississippi
Supreme Court.
The justices
July 12
VIETNAM:
Vietnam may commute Aussie's death sentence: lawyer
A lawyer who has represented two Australians accused of heroin trafficking
in Vietnam says there is a good chance an Australian citizen's death
sentence will be commuted to life in prison.
Nguyen Van Chinh, 45, has lost
July 12
TEXAS:
Prisoners moved in recent contract with county
Less than 2 weeks after Jefferson County contracted with a private company
to manage prisoners, a manhunt was under way for escaped inmates.
On July 1, the county entered into a contract with Correctional Services
Corp. to
July 12
GEORGIAimpending execution
Clemency denied for death row inmate
Georgia's parole board has denied clemency for a death row inmate
scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight for dismembering an attorney
in 1984.
The board release a brief statement today saying it has denied
July 12
USA:
Worse Than Death
Last year a German teenager named Sven Jaschan released the Sasser worm,
one of the costliest acts of sabotage in the history of the Internet. It
crippled computers around the world, closing businesses, halting trains
and grounding airplanes.
Which of these
July 12
GEORGIAexecution
Georgia executes man who killed lawyer in 1984
A parolee who fatally stabbed a lawyer with whom he had a relationship and
dismembered the victim's body after the murder was executed Tuesday.
Robert Conklin, 44, was given a lethal injection at the state
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July 13
MISSOURI:
Reopening Griffin case may sway debate over executions
When death penalty advocates appear before Congress, they often justify
their position by saying no innocent person has ever been executed in the
United States.
Doubt about that was raised Tuesday in St. Louis
July 13
USA:
Exonerations in the United States, 1989 through 2003
SAMUEL R. GROSS -- University of Michigan Law School
KRISTEN JACOBY -- University of Michigan Law School
DANIEL J. MATHESON -- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Law School
NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY -- University of Michigan
July 13
UNITED NATIONS/SUDAN:
Unicef Calls On Sudan to Eliminate Death Penalty for Children Under 18
While lauding Sudan for including provisions in its new constitution that
strengthen the rights of children and women, the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) today called for the
July 13
VERMONT:
Vt. Jury Deliberates Death Penalty Case
The lawyer for a man convicted in the slaying of a supermarket worker
pleaded for his client's life Wednesday, describing for jurors the man's
horrific childhood and lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse.
A prosecutor told the jury
July 14
USA:
Justice delayed and denied
THE WELL-DOCUMENTED margin of error in our judicial system -- especially
the effects of racial bias and the inadequacy of legal representation for
the poor -- is a good reason to rethink the death penalty. The exoneration
of several men on
July 14
CALIFORNIA:
Knife found at Peterson home analyzed; Authorities suspect hoax
Authorities are conducting forensic tests on a 10-inch knife reportedly
found at the home where convicted murderer Scott Peterson lived with his
now dead wife, but questions remain about whether it had
July 14
FLORIDA:
Gill pleads guilty to murder
A Florida State Prison inmate who asked 1 judge for the death penalty
after murdering a woman has asked another judge for the same fate.
Ricardo Gill asked Judge Robert Cates to give him the death penalty after
pleading guilty to strangling
July 15
VERMONT:
In Rare Case, Vermont Jury Backs Death for a Killer
A federal jury in Burlington, Vt., recommended on Thursday that a man
convicted of kidnapping and killing a supermarket employee be sentenced to
death in Vermont's 1st capital trial in nearly 50 years.
The defendant,
July 15
BANGLADESH:
High number of death sentences raises concern in Bangladesh
Judge Shahed Nooruddin is perhaps the most feared man in Bangladeshs
criminal justice system: he has sentenced 114 people to death in under 3
years, according to official figures.
The judge, whose record is
July 18
TEXAS:
There's no justice in death chamber
95 times, I personally walked a man who was sentenced to die to the death
chamber in Texas. From the very first person executed by lethal injection,
through 16 years of walking those eight steps from the holding cell in the
death house to
July 18
THAILAND:
Blood on the hands -- As 2 Cambodian sisters hope for a pardon, how deep
does Thailand's support for the death penalty run?
In the visiting area of the Klong Prem women's prison, Cambodians Montha
Khuon, 27, and her sister, Srey, a 35-year-old mother of four, stand
July 17
TEXAS:
2 Lives of Napoleon Beazley
In December 2003, Texas State University played host to a workshop
production of a play called The Two Lives of Nathaniel DuPree and
performed to sold-out crowds.
The play is the true story of Napoleon Beazley, a death row inmate that
was
July 16
TEXAS:
Clifton Williams Arrested In Brutal Murder Case
Late Friday night, police arrested 21-year-old Clifton Lamar Williams.
Police said Williams was wanted for the murder of 93-year-old Cecilia
Schneider.
Mrs. Schneider was found stabbed to death inside her home. Police
July 15
TEXAS:
'Injustice' system a crime
He's feeling some satisfaction
The July 10 Outlook article The scope of the scandal by Barry C. Scheck
and David R. Dow, and the July 11 Chronicle editorial State of injustice
/ You v. Texas, truly gave me some satisfaction that this scandal is
July 19
MISSOURI:
Executed Man May Be Cleared in New Inquiry
The corner of Sarah and Olive looks almost nothing as it did 25 years ago
when a 19-year-old drug dealer named Quintin Moss was gunned down from a
slow-moving car. The boarded-up houses have been replaced by a new
townhouse
July 19
NIGERIA:
More Nigerian Gays on Death Row
2 more men have been sentenced to death by stoning under Islamic law in
Nigeria for sodomy; less than a week after the United Nations criticized
the African nation for putting a gay man to death under the same process.
Police say the two
July 19
VIRGINIA:
Kilgore exaggerates death-penalty claims
Its hard to disprove a hypothetical.
John Kennedy, the nation's 1st Catholic president, had to refute claims in
the 1960 presidential election that hed allow the pope to run Washington.
Now, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful
July 19
VERMONT:
Death penalty is wrong
People should not be executed by the state, no matter what they did, to
assuage the feelings of friends and families of the deceased or the
neo-Hammurabians promoting eye-for-eye retribution. Civilized nations
don't commit ritual murders at
July 19
TEXASnew execution date
Melvin White has been given an execution date of Nov. 3; it should be
considered as a serious date.
(sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin)
ALABAMA impending execution
EXECUTION DATE SET FOR AUGUST 4.
An August 4 execution date has been set for
July 19
NEW MEXICO:
Judge Says Inmates' Attorneys Can't Quit Death Penalty Case
In Santa Fe, a judge has denied a request for lawyers to bow out of
defending three prison inmates facing the death penalty, even though the
attorneys contend they're not getting paid enough.
Attorneys for
July 19
BULGARIA/LIBYA:
New genetic method may help reverse Bulgarians death sentences in Libyas
AIDS trial
A new genetic method may help reverse convictions of five Bulgarian nurses
and a Palestinian doctor, whom Libya has sentenced to death on charges of
causing an AIDS outbreak.
The
July 19
OKLAHOMAexecution
Former soldier executed for murder
A former U.S. soldier and in-prison convert to Islam was executed Tuesday
evening for the 1991 murder of a convenience store clerk.
Michael L. Pennington, 37, who changed his name to Sharieff Sallahdin
while at the
July 20
JAPAN:
High court upholds death sentence for double murderer
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling, which
sentenced a 44-year-old man to death for murdering a woman and her
daughter and stealing their money.
Toshiaki Kaga killed the 44-year-old woman and
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July 20
TEXAS:
WARRANT AFFIDAVITS REVEAL EVIDENCE IN MURDER CASE
Tyler police discovered fingerprints and blood inside Cecilia Schneider's
stolen and abandoned vehicle.
Evidence, which led authorities to the alleged culprit of her murder, was
released on Tuesday in arrest and search
July 20
JORDAN:
Jordan prisoners protest death penalty
16 prisoners in Jordan observed a hunger strike for the 9th day Wednesday
to protest the death penalty
A spokesman for the general security department told UPI the number of
strikers has increased since 5 inmates first began it July
July 20
VIRGINIA:
Artist Protests Death Penalty
An artist spent all day on the downtown mall, not painting, but protesting
the death penalty.
Randall Sinner wrote down all 345 names of people executed in Texas since
1982 on cards and threw each card onto the Texas State Flag. This
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
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Further Information on UA 189/04 (3 June 2004) and
follow-up (14 June 2005) - Fear of torture or ill-
treatment/ fear of death sentence/ fear of safety
PAKISTAN
Diwan Hashmat Hayat
Naheed Hashmat Hayat (f), his
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Subject: pro death penalty
to whom it may concern
My name es Laura Cardenas, i
July 21
MALAYSIA:
5 years on death row
Lai Chaw Keong, 35, was convicted of drug trafficking in 1997 and
sentenced to death in 2000.
5 years on, he is still languishing on death row.
The reason: The High Court, which convicted him, has yet to hand down a
written judgment on his case.
July 21
TEXASdeath sentence overturned
Court tosses '97 death sentence
The loaded pistol at issue in the capital murder trial wasn't the murder
weapon. It belonged to a juror but, even so, it might have helped put the
defendant on death row.
The bizarre turn of events led the 5th
July 21
OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma RailroadAccused of killing a cop's son, Emily Dowdy learns
the hard way that in Oklahoma City justice isn't blind. It works for the
prosecution.
Emily Dowdy graduated with honors from Hillsboro High School in 1991.
Charlie and Nancy Jackson spent more than
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offline, if you can be of any assistance.
Thanks!
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Sent: Tue, 19 Jul 2005
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 192/05 Death Penalty
USA (TEXAS) David Martinez (m)
David Martinez, Hispanic, aged 29, is scheduled to be
executed on 28 July 2005, for the murder of a 24-year-old
white woman, Kiersa Paul, in July 1997. Martinez,
July 22
TEXAS:
Mom's statements OK'd for murder trial
The mother of 2-year-old Diamond Alexander-Washington denied to police
that she ever whipped the toddler and, instead, said it was the child's
father who would do the spanking, according to a statement ruled
admissible Thursday in
July 22
PENNSYLVANIA:
Travaglia's wife shows killer's soft side
Frances Andrasy didn't plan on finding a husband when she began
corresponding with death row inmate Michael J. Travaglia.
Although twice divorced, she wasn't desperate or lonely. She was just a
hairdresser from New
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