July 22
ENGLAND:
Mum dumps family for Death Row killerWife jets off to USA to be with
convict she met on the internet
A family has been torn apart by a mother who moved to Florida to be closer
to a brutal killer on death row she met online.
Xenia King, 31, flew out to the States on
July 22
IRAQ:
Hussein Jousts With Iraqi Judge Over His Rights in a Court Hearing
A new court videotape broadcast on Thursday showed a caustic but emaciated
Saddam Hussein complaining to an investigative judge about limits on
access to his lawyer and about the entire process of holding
July 22
NEVADA:
Witness says suspect told him that he was defending himself
A man charged with killing his roommate and burying him under the floor of
their apartment has said little in his defense. However, the man who
turned him in to the FBI testified Wednesday that it was a case of
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 193/05 Imminent Execution
SAUDI ARABIA
D.D. Ranjith de Silva (m), Sri Lankan national
E.J. Victor Corea (m), Sri Lankan national
Sanath Pushpakumara (m), Sri Lankan national
The three Sri Lankan men named
July 22
VIRGINIAimpending execution
Supreme Court refuses to delay execution
The U-S Supreme Court refused today to stop next week's scheduled
execution of a Virginia man for the murder-for-hire shooting of his
marijuana supplier.
The justices did not comment on their reasons for
News from The Sentencing Project -
http://www.sentencingproject.org/news.cfm
New State-By-State Resource Guide Documents Restoration of Rights
Practices
The Sentencing Project is pleased to be able to present a new study by
Margaret Colgate Love entitled Relief from the Collateral
July 23
NEW YORK:
Death Penalty to Be Sought in Killing of Two Police Detectives
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced yesterday that they planned to
seek the death penalty against a man accused of fatally shooting two
police detectives in an undercover gun purchase on Staten Island 2
July 23
CHINA:
Meeting hears calls for death penalty reform
Courts at all levels have been ordered to set tougher procedural standards
for trials involving the death penalty - a step legal experts have hailed
as a sign that China will reduce its use of capital punishment.
Every
July 23
NORTH CAROLINA:
Rock Star To Host Death Penalty Group At N.C. Shows
When the Boss comes to North Carolina next week, he will not only be
performing but taking a stand on a controversial issue in the state.
For a 3rd time, Bruce Springsteen is hosting People of Faith Against the
Friends--
On Monday, July 25 my university computing center will transfer the SMU
web site, www.smu.edu, to a new server. This move will not affect public
access to the SMU site or the URL, but it will mean a temporary
interruption of my access to my web site files.
From 8 a.m. Monday, July
I would like to strongly recommend that instead of sending clemency
support letters to individual Board of Pardons and Parole letters to
members at their home offices to send them all to the central office for
Executive Clemency (below) for distribution by Ms Ramirez. To do
otherwise will risk
July 23
VIRGINIA:
A Question of Culpability
At 18, Daryl Atkins had racked up a childhood of failures. He flunked out
of second grade, barely made it through 4th, and took home a heavy load of
D's and F's on his report cards. By high school, a teacher decided to put
the books aside to
July 23
TEXASfemale may face death penalty
Vacuum may have been weapon
The mother of slain 2-year-old Diamond Alexander-Washington might have
used a vacuum cleaner attachment to beat the child, according to testimony
given Friday in the 2nd day of pretrial hearings in the woman's
July 23
IRAN:
Laureate Condemns Hanging of Iranian Boys
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned the hanging of 2
teenagers accused of raping younger boys in northeastern Iran, a
punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and
rights groups.
July 24
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death penalty pursued in biker fatalities
The Fayette County district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty
against a man accused of using his truck to ram a motorcycle, killing his
former girlfriend and the driver.
Edward A. Belch, 44, of McClellandtown, knew
July 24
SAUDI ARABIA:
Amnesty International urges Saudi King to alter death sentences of 3 Sri
Lankans
London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has called
on the King of Saudi Arabia to alter the death sentences of 3 Sri Lankans.
Issuing a special appeal, AI said
July 24
TEXAS:
Mental aptitude may be key in trial of Diamond's mother
The woman accused of killing 2-year-old Diamond Alexander-Washington has
an IQ of 69, one preliminary test shows.
Some say such an IQ is an indicator of mental retardation. Others say
those with an IQ of 69 are
Friends
internal university work on the web server, originally set to occur
between Monday, July 25 and Wed., July 27, has been delayed one week,
and is now set to begin Monday, August 1, and conclude sometime on Wed.,
August 3.
Hence webpage updates will continue as usual this week.
July 25
TEXAS:
Father: Death is only justice for teen's killerHe opposes plea deal
for man who stabbed woman to death last year.
The 2 teenage sisters got home at 6 p.m. on a Monday and found a ghastly
scene: Their older sister, Virginia Jenny Garcia Hayden, was half-naked,
hands
July 25
YEMEN:
Death penalty legal concern
Cleric Yahia al-Dailami was sentenced to death on 29 May. It has recently
become clear that his trial fell short of international standards of
fairness.
Amnesty International believes he may be a prisoner of conscience,
detained solely because
July 25
NORTH CAROLINA:
Judge orders new trial for death-row inmate Rex Penland
In Danbury, a reluctant Stokes County judge on Monday ordered a new trial
for Rex Penland, who was sentenced to death 11 years ago for the 1992 rape
and murder of Winston-Salem prostitute Vernice Alford. I'm
July 25
RUSSIA/IRAN:
Following Gay Executions, Putin Asked to Stop Diplomatic and Trade
Relations With Iran
Russian gay leaders have sent a letter to the President of Russia,
Vladimir Putin, asking him to condemn executions of teenage gays in Iran
on July 19.
In their letter signed by
July 25
TEXAS:
Will death row cons be free someday? History says yesRecent
court-ordered commutations may go way of '72's Furman 47
The notion that 28 Texas death row inmates might ever walk the streets
seemed far-fetched last month when Gov. Rick Perry commuted their
sentences to
July 26
TEXAS:
Prosecutors face deadline to retry former death row inmate
Prosecutors have 120 days to set a new trial date for a former death row
inmate whose 1986 conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last
month, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The 5th U.S. Circuit
July 26
MISSOURIre: federal death penalty trial
FORMER CO-DEFENDANT TO TESTIFY IN CASE INVOLVING KILLING OF
WITNESSDeath penalty sought in retrial
A man is charged with hiring hit men to kill a federal witness in a rare
and complex federal death penalty case that opened Monday in
July 26
SLOVAKIA:
Slovaks favor capital punishment
Tough penalties for criminals are popular in Slovakia. A poll carried out
by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 % of respondents were
in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 % said they
welcomed last
July 26
INDIANA:
Inmates shown path to religionNew volunteer faith programs unveiled
Indiana prison officials plan to unveil a new program today that is based
squarely on the idea that religious faith may be the key to turning a
convict's life around.
3 Indiana prisons -- one each
July 26
INDIANAimminent execution
Inmate spurns execution vigil
If the courts don't intervene, triple murderer Kevin Conner will be
executed early Wednesday.
Conner's wish is to die without publicity or the usual candlelight vigil
leading up to the execution.
But, a group whose
July 27
INDIANA:
Capital punishment in Indiana
Related file - a list of those sentenced to death in Indiana with details
of their crimes:
INDIANA'S DEATH ROW INMATES
EXECUTIONS IN INDIANA:
86. Gregory Johnson, May 25, 2005
85. Bill J. Benefiel, Apr. 21, 2005
84. Donald Wallace,
July 27
BARBADOS:
Barbados to bring 1st death penalty case to new Caribbean court
Barbados will take the 1st death penalty case to the Caribbean court that
replaced the colonial-era Privy Council as the country's highest court of
appeal, an official said yesterday.
Barbados will ask the
July 27
INDIANAexecution//volunteer
Man executed for '88 murdersDeath penalty opponents protest; convict
who killed 3 men didn't want governor to spare his life
An Indianapolis man who told the governor he wanted to die got his wish
early this morning, as he was executed for
July 27
VIRGINIA:
His case changed execution laws; now mental ability is on trial
Growing smarter is usually considered a good thing. Not for 27-year-old
convicted murderer Daryl Renard Atkins.
Years spent trying to get off death row may have made the Hampton man -
whose brainpower once
July 27
VIETNAM:
6 get death penalty for drug offences in Vietnam
A court in northern Vietnam has handed the death penalty to 6 people for
trafficking nearly one tonne of heroin, a judicial official said
Wednesday.
8 other accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment while another 8
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Scheduled Executions:
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July 27
TEXASimpending execution
Condemned killer says DA failed to investigate abuse claimsDavid
Martinez requests new trial just days ahead of scheduled execution.
David Martinez, set to be executed Thursday for the 1997 rape and murder
of Kiersa Paul on the Barton Creek
July 27
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate set to die for slaying of Minnesota student
When she last spoke with her sister, 24-year-old Kiersa Paul said she was
heading out on her bicycle to a popular Austin park to meet a guy she felt
sorry for and knew only as Wolf.
The
July 27
NEVADA:
Death penalty in Elko murder upheld by Nevada Supreme Court
In Carson City, the Nevada Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from death
row inmate Kelly Rhyne, who said his mental problems should have been
examined more closely in his trial for kicking an Elko man to
July 27
CALIFORNIA:
Judge sentences Marcus Wesson to death
In Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murder
of 9 of his children, many of whom were born of incest and sexual abuse.
Marcus Delon Wesson, it is the judgment and sentence of this court that
you shall
July 27
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITYexecution
Palestinian Authority executes convicted murderer
The Palestinian Authority executed a convicted murderer on Wednesday,
defying international calls to halt capital punishment as part of reforms
considered key to securing future Palestinian
July 28
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate set to die for slaying of Minnesota student
Court documents illustrate a grim environment for David Martinez as he
grew up.
His mother may have abused and neglected him. Their house was filled with
bird feces. His father was living
July 28
TEXASimpending execution
Martinez appeal turned downExecution set for Thursday; U.S. Supreme
Court next for Barton Creek greenbelt killer.
Texas' highest criminal appeals court refused Wednesday to throw out the
death sentence of David Martinez, convicted in the 1997
July 28
ILLINOIS:
Former Governor Ready For TrialRyan Says He Feels Confident He Will Be
Exonerated
In Kankakee, former Illinois Governor George Ryan is speaking out about
his federal indictment on corruption charges.
It's torn at the very fiber of my family, my friends and myself,
July 28
TEXASexecution
Inmate executed for slaying of Minnesota student
Court documents illustrate a grim environment for David Martinez as he
grew up.
His mother may have abused and neglected him. Their house was filled with
bird feces. His father was living elsewhere in an openly
July 29
TEXAS:
Texas execution is latest chapter in family's ordeal
The piercing pain in the woman's voice at the other end of the line jarred
the soul.
It's been a difficult time for the family,'' said the woman who answered
the phone this week at the Bloomington home of Kiersa Paul's
July 29
ILLINOIS:
Decision on death penalty delayed -- Man charged in stabbing deaths
In Bloomington, a McLean County judge gave prosecutors until Sept. 16 to
decide whether they will seek the death penalty against a Bloomington man
charged in the stabbing deaths of 2 women.
State's
July 29
UTAH:
Hearing in Death-row Inmate's Appeal is Delayed
A hearing next week on whether death-row inmate Doug Lovell should be
allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to the 1985 murder of Joyce Yost has
been postponed to give attorneys more time to prepare.
Lovell is seeking to
July 29
FLORIDA:
Conviction in Florida could mean executionIra Township man also
accused of killing New Baltimore teen
Life or death were the only possible fates facing a former Anchor Bay-area
man in a Florida courtroom late Thursday after a jury found him guilty in
an August 2000
July 29
CALIFORNIA:
S.C. Upholds Pro Pers Death Sentence in Hollywood Poisoning
The California Supreme Court yesterday unanimously affirmed a Hollywood
mans death sentence for poisoning his neighbor to death, rejecting claims
that James Nelson Blair should not have been allowed to
July 30
Death for Rapist Teacher in China
A teacher in western China who raped 23 4th- and 5th-grade girls in his
office has been sentenced to death, according to an account this week in a
Chinese newspaper.
Parents and students in Xinji village in Gansu Province said in interviews
this
July 30
TEXAS:
3 arrested in connection to weekend murder
Authorities arrested two teens and a 23-year-old man all accused in a
murder and attempted murder last weekend.
Police say the three suspects, who robbed the 2 teens, were after a yellow
sports car; instead, they got a black
July 30
ALABAMA:
Murderer granted a victory in court
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday said lawyers for convicted
capital murderer Roy Edward Perkins deserve some material held by
government agencies.
Perkins' lawyers want evidence to show that other lawyers inadequately
July 31
USA:
A Killer's Insanity, CuredHis recovery could mean freedom, and renewed
controversy.
At his murder trial in September, Michael Kane was described as dangerous,
a schizophrenic who would require medication and supervision for years to
come. That testimony came from a
July 31
ILLINOIS:
Ryan Uses Pulpit To Talk Against Death PenaltyRyan Declared Moratorium
On Executions While Governor
With a high profile public trial looming, former governor George Ryan is
talking about his opposition to the death penalty.
A cause that has had him traveling the
August 1
USA:
Double-Edged Sword
Following the discovery in Illinois that 13 convicted prisoners on death
row were in fact innocent, Republican Governor George Ryan in January 2000
instituted the nation's first moratorium on state executions. Ryan
announced, Until I can be sure with moral
August 1
USA:
On a Big Issue, Little Is Known
Activists on both the left and right have focused intently on every shred
of possible evidence that Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. would
vote to overrule the court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a
constitutional right
August 1
UZBEKISTAN:
Uzbekistan to end death penalty in 2008
Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a decree on Monday to end the death
penalty from 2008 and replace it with life imprisonment for very serious
crimes, state television reported.
It was unclear what the timing of the
August 1
MISSOURInew execution date
Missouri Supreme Court sets Aug. 31 execution date for St. Louis man
In Jefferson City, the state Supreme Court on Monday set an Aug. 31
execution date for a St. Louis man convicted of killing his wife in 1989.
Timothy Johnston, 44, is one of
August 1
ALABAMAimpending execution
Anti-government extremist set for execution Thursday
An anti-government extremist whose common-law wife was executed in 2002
for the murder of an Opelika police officer is scheduled to be put to
death this week for the same killing.
George Sibley
August 2
PHILIPPINES/SAUDI ARABIA:
Family pleads Arroyo to help save OFW in death row
Relatives of a convicted overseas Filipino worker from Sibuco, Zamboanga
del Norte, have pleaded President Gloria Arroyo to make urgent legal
representation with the Judicial Authority of the Kingdom of
August 2
TEXAS:
Family finally sees loved one's accused killer in court
Lamar Baskin is accused of committing a violent crime spree, including 3
rapes, 3 robberies and 2 murders. Monday, he went on trial for capital
murder.
Baskin is charged with killing an interior designer at a company
August 2
ILLINOIS:
Ex-Death Row inmate seeks pardon in '86 murders
A former death row inmate released from prison 14 months ago has asked
Gov. Rod Blagojevich to declare him innocent of the murders for which he
was convicted.
Gordon Randy Steidl seeks a pardon based on his innocence in
August 2
OREGON:
Killing pregnant woman could elicit harsher sentenceSome senators seek
separate charge for the death of a fetus
Slaying a woman whom the killer knows is pregnant would carry a possible
death sentence under a bill approved by the Senate on Monday.
The measure, which
August 2
IRAQ:
Courts issue numerous death sentences; President has yet to approve
Iraqi courts have sentences many convicted criminals to death but none has
been executed so far.
The death penalty, which the U.S. had suspended shortly after its
invasion, was reintroduced as a measure
Dear All:
Under the laws of war, the so-called Iraqi Provisional Government is
just a puppet government for which the US and the UK are responsible as
the belligerent occupants. See US Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956), the Laws
of Land Warfare. Amnesty must bombard the US and the UK
August 3
PAKISTAN:
Execution of 6 family members delayed
The execution of 6 condemned prisoners was delayed for the 4th time, said
Faisalabads district prison superintendent. He added that the execution
had been suspended for 15 days.
We received orders for deferment after the prisoners
August 3
OHIO:
Spirko seeks another postponement of execution
A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1982 abduction and
murder of the Elgin postmistress is asking another court to push back the
date.
John Spirko's attorneys have filed a motion Tuesday with the Ohio Supreme
August 3
PAKISTAN:
2 army soldiers on death row in President assassination case file mercy
plea
2 army soldiers on death row after being court martial in President Gen
Pervez Musharraf assassination case have filed a mercy plea with the
president.
Informed sources told Online that 2
August 3
TEXAS:
Hearing for death row inmate rescheduled
A hearing to determine whether death row inmate Milton Mathis is mentally
retarded was reset.
Mathis, 26, was convicted in 1999 for killing two people in a reputed Fort
Bend County drug house in Houston. In the incident, he also
August 4
TEXASnew execution date
RICKEY LEWIS' EXECUTION DATE SET SEPTEMBER 7
Rickey Lynn Lewis, a man twice sentenced to die for capital murder, was
issued a death warrant Wednesday to be carried out next month.
The 43-year-old was set to be executed on Sept. 7 by 114th District
August 4
LOUISIANA:
Davis grills his ex-partner in courtDisgraced cop acts as his own
attorney
2 old police buddies were reunited in federal court Tuesday as
cop-turned-killer Len Davis tried to avoid a return to death row by poking
and prodding the testimony of the prosecution's
August 4
INDIANAimpending execution
Baird seeks clemency; lawyer says he is insane Man convicted of
killing parents, wife in 1985
A Montgomery County man scheduled to be executed by the state later this
month for killing his parents and his pregnant wife will seek clemency on
the
August 4
MISSISSIPPIjuvenile offender removed from death row
Miss. high court orders life sentence for Foster
In Jackson, the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the death
sentence of Ronald Chris Foster and ordered the Lowndes County Circuit
Court to re-sentence him to
August 4
INDIA:
India and the death penalty
Although India is one of a number of countries around the world which
still practises capital punishment, it is rarely used.
A 1983 ruling by the country's Supreme Court stated that the death penalty
should be imposed only in the rarest of
August 4
CALIFORNIA:
The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the 1990 death sentence of
a Peninsula serial killer, despite the fact his deteriorating mental
condition on death row might prevent the state from ever executing him.
In a unanimous, 104-page ruling, the Supreme Court
August 5
TRINIDAD:
Death row inmates on hunger strike
Death row prisoners have been on a hunger strike for the past three days
to protest inhumane living conditions, and they plan to continue doing so
for as long as it takes, it was learned yesterday.
Prisons Commissioner John Rougier has
August 5
SINGAPORE:
Singapore's anti-death penalty concert to go ahead
Police have approved Singapore's 1st concert against the death penalty but
demanded that no posters bearing the face of a recently hanged Indian
origin drug trafficker would be displayed, organisers said.
The face of
August 5
OKLAHOMA:
State Court Of Criminal Appeals Denies Stay For Death Row Inmate
In Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has denied a
Tulsa death row inmate's request for a stay of his August 11th execution.
The court Thursday also rejected Kenneth Eugene Turrentine's
August 5
OREGON:
Death-penalty bill shows lack of sense
The longer the Oregon Legislature meets, the more discouraged I become.
Recently, the Senate passed House Bill 3037, which adds three new
categories to the death-penalty statute.
Even senators such as Peter Courtney, who had in
FRANCES NEWTON MAY BE INNOCENT/ HER EXECUTION WOULD BE UNJUST
Texas has executed 10 people through July 31, 2005. This is about 25% of
all execution in the United States this year, confirming once again that
Texas is the center of the death penalty in the western world. Eight
more
Juan Melendez spent almost eighteen years on Florida's death row for a
crime he did not commit. Upon his release from death row on January 3,
2002, he has been educating and inspiring thousands of people all across
the country (and abroad) with his story of supreme injustice. The
feedback we
August 5
VIRGINIA:
Jurors: Death Row Inmate Not Retarded
In Yorktown, a death row inmate whose case led to the Supreme Court's ban
on executing the mentally retarded was found mentally competent by a
Virginia jury Friday. A judge immediately scheduled his execution for
December.
Jurors
August 5
ALABAMA:
Judge restricts testimony on video games in murder trial
In Fayette, a judge ruled Friday that expert testimony on video games
can't be presented in the trial of Devin Moore, who's accused of killing 3
members of the Fayette Police Department.
While the jury in Moore's
August 6
SWEDEN:
Sweden allows gay Iranians asylum in light of executions
Sweden is reviewing its asylum policy for gay Iranians after 2 teenagers
were executed in northeastern Iran on charges of involvement in homosexual
acts, immigration authorities said Friday. The decision means a
August 6
TEXAS:
Arrests made in '91 cold caseEx-mistress's husband, hired gunman
charged in man's death
Almost 2 years after ending an affair with another man's wife, Jimmy Sims
had straightened out his marriage and become a devout Christian.
He had been unfaithful for 5 or 6
August 6
CALIFORNIA:
High court OKs death for killer Findings on mental competence stand
The California Supreme Court upheld a San Mateo County man's death
sentence Thursday for murdering a 15-year-old friend in 1981 and a
12-year-old stranger in 1984, killings that the trial judge
August 6
VIETNAMexecutions
Criminals executed
In Hanoi, 5 men were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City for drug
trafficking and murder yesterday.
30 police took part in the execution: 5 teams of 5 marksmen with rifles
and 5 supervisors, who gave each of the prisoners a coup
August 6
OHIO:
2 decades later, questions linger in postmistress slaying
The postmistress in a postage stamp of a village is abducted from work and
stabbed to death. A suspect is convicted and sentenced to die.
No physical evidence tied the suspect, John Spirko, to the crime. And it
August 6
TEXAS:
LEWIS' EXECUTION ON HOLD
U.S. District Judge David Folsom, who has an office in Texarkana, granted
the halt in execution late Thursday, Smith County District Attorney Matt
Bingham said on Friday.
The order staying his execution will remain in affect until further order
August 7
TEXAS:
Was innocent man executed?Prosecutor calls for unprecedented
investigation in death penalty case
It shouldn't be a shock that a Houston criminal prosecution figures in yet
another intense debate about capital punishment. In the almost 30 years
years since the death
August 7
NEW YORK:
Where Killers Are Out of Style
THE lions aren't lying down with the lambs yet at the Bronx Zoo, but New
York is becoming an increasingly peaceable kingdom.
With the year more than half over, it appears the number of homicides in
the city may fall below 500 for the
August 7
(in) SCOTLAND:
We're going to send 2,200 volts of electricity through you - any
questions?
WHEN she dies, Sunny Jacobs wants someone to plant tomatoes on her grave,
or apple trees, or even a patch of curly kale and potatoes, just like the
one in her back garden, so that she can
August 9
TENNESSEE:
Jordan may face death penaltyMan pleads not guilty to 10 charges in
TDOT shooting that killed 3
David Lynn Jordan will face a possible death sentence if convicted of
shooting 5 people at the Tennessee Department of Transportation garage
Jan. 11.
At his
August 9
NORTH KOREA:
Human rights violations in North Korea: death sentences, forced abortions,
death by starvation
Public executions, forced abortions and death by starvation, are common
abuses of human rights in North Korea. This was revealed by South Korea's
National Human Rights
August 9
TEXAS:
2nd confession heard in apartments slayings case
When 29-year-old Sandra Ramos was confronted in her apartment by a young
man with a gun last year, the quick-thinking bartender with a pretty smile
did what her instincts told her - she called her attacker Sweetie.
At
August 9
TENNESSEE:
[my notekilling of a prison guard will almost certainly be a death
penalty offense if/when suspect(s) is/are captured]
Inmate, wife sought after Tenn. courthouse shooting
In Kingston, n inmate serving a 35-year sentence on robbery and assault
charges escaped
August 9
INDONESIA:
Trial Opens in Murder of Prominent Indonesian Human Rights Activist
A pilot with Indonesia's national airline Garuda went on trial Tuesday for
allegedly Abdullah Hendropriyono, Indonesia's former spy chief, accuses
fact-finding team of being authoritarian and not
death penalty news
August 10, 2005
USA / NEW YORK:
Death penalty's history housed at UAlbany library
During a taxi ride in 1983 in Washington, D.C., two men actively
involved in the national debate over the death penalty discussed strategy.
Except for a single private letter
death penalty news
August 10, 2005
CHINA:
Death penalty exemption may be good way to extradite fugitive corrupt
officials: Chinese expert
Chinese law experts on Wednesday said judicial reform, including
death penalty exemption, may help bring back more fugitive corrupt officials.
A report
death penalty news
August 10, 2005
LOUISIANA:
Killer cop gets death penalty - New Orleans officer ordered woman shot
For a second time, a jury chose the death penalty for Len Davis, a
former New Orleans police officer convicted of ordering the murder of
a woman who filed a brutality
August 10
LOUISIANA:
Killer cop gets death penaltyNew Orleans officer ordered woman shot
For a 2nd time, a jury chose the death penalty for Len Davis, a former New
Orleans police officer convicted of ordering the murder of a woman who
filed a brutality complaint against him.
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