August 10
NORTH CAROLINA:
N.C. man testifies in own defense in double murder trial
A man on trial for the shooting deaths of two Illinois men at a North
Carolina State University tailgating party testified Tuesday that he fired
the shots because he feared for his brother's safety.
In
August 10
GLOBAL/IRAN:
Protests planned over gay executions
5 cities across the globe will stage protests against Irans treatment of
lesbian and gay people tomorrow, following the hanging of two boys for
allegedly having gay sex.
London, Dublin, Paris, San Francisco and Montpelier in
August 10, 2005
Governor Rick Perry
State Capitol
PO Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
Dear Governor:
I am writing you to ask you to PLEASE do everything in your power to
commute the sentence of Frances Newton, prisoner number 922, and reissue a
reprieve petition, which would allow Ms. Newton's
August 10
TEXASexecution
Inmate tied to 4 slayings executed in Huntsville
A former farm worker from central Texas was executed this evening for
using a car bumper jack to fatally beat and rob a man during a violent
spree 17 years ago that authorities said left 3 other people dead.
August 11
CHINA:
Corruption-buster faces death penalty for bribery
IS HUANG JINGAO a selfless hero who donned a bulletproof vest, surrounded
himself with 6 bodyguards and survived 26 death threats in his battle
against corruption in China?
Or is he yet another Communist Party official
August 11
OKLAHOMAimpending execution
Inmate files late appeal
Attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Turrentine, 52, asked the Supreme Court on
Wednesday to block his execution. The court did not immediately respond to
the filing.
Turrentine faces execution today for shooting his estranged
August 11
ETHIOPIA:
Execution for Ethiopia torturers -- Mengistu is in exile in Zimbabwe
2 senior members of Ethiopia's former military government have been
sentenced to death after an 11-year trial.
Former Security Minister Tesfaye Woldeselassie and ex-police chief Legesse
Belayneh were
August 11
TEXAS:
Prosecutors accused of witholding evidence -- Capital murder case latest
in TCB trials
A defense attorney is turning the tables on the Hidalgo County District
Attorneys office, accusing prosecutors of tampering with witnesses and
withholding evidence in the latest case
August 11
USA:
The Panopticon and the Public Spectacle
Capital punishment in America has a sordid history. Unlike European
countries, which abandoned the death penalty on moral grounds and as a
prerequisite for admission to the Council of Europe, the United States has
stuck with it for
Aug. 11
SAUDI ARABIA:
15-YEAR-OLD GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
A 15-year-old Egyptian boy has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for
killing a 3-year-old Saudi girl. The Saudi newspaper al-Yom reported that
Ahmed Abdel Mordi Mahmoud admitted to the court in Dammam, in the east of
the
August 12
TEXAS:
Mother, convicted killer transferred to state prison Police say move means
closure
Angela Camacho was silent for the duration of a 6-hour trip to a state
prison Thursday where she will serve a life sentence for her part in the
murder of her three children in 2003.
August 12
VIETNAM:
Vietnam mulls lethal injection as additional execution method
Vietnams Justice Ministry on Thursday introduced a draft legislation
proposing lethal injection as an alternative method of executing death
sentences.
The Ministry said lethal injection would help relieve
August 12
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August 13
MALAYSIA:
Death sentence upheld in rape and murder case
The court has rejected an appeal by former bus driver Hanafi Mat Hassan
against his conviction and death sentence for the rape and murder of a
24-year-old computer engineer 5 years ago.
In dismissing Hanafis appeal, Court
death penalty news
August 13, 2005
SCOTLAND / UK
700th anniversary of Braveheart's execution
Pupils 'need Scots heroes'
Nationalists today called for the stories of William Wallace and
Andrew de Moray to be taught in Scottish schools.
MSP Rob Gibson has lodged a parliamentary motion on the
August 13
TEXAS:
Dallas man to get new trial in case overturned on race questions
A Supreme Court decision citing racial discrimination during trial
provided murder convict Thomas Miller-El an opportunity to leave Texas'
death row after 20 years, but Dallas prosecutors will try to
death penalty news
August 14, 2005
OHIO:
Ky. man faces death penalty
Authorities say John David Anderson took a man's
life and for that, he could lose his own.
A Lawrence County grand jury has returned an
eight-count indictment against Anderson, the man
arrested in connection with the
death penalty news
August 14, 2005
CHINA:
China pressured on death penalty
The Chinese government is under pressure to scrap the death penalty
for nonviolent crimes so that corrupt officials fleeing abroad can be
more easily extradited.
Chinese legal scholars have called on the government
August 14
VIRGINIA:
Double death penalty case begins Monday
2 men charged in a Danville murder-for-hire scheme will go on trial for
their lives starting Monday in Lynchburgs U.S. District Court.
The case, moved here because of the new federal courthouse has more
holding cells, accuses
August 15
IRAQ:
Iraq Blocks Saddam Family Bid to Fire His Lawyers
The Iraqi tribunal trying Saddam Hussein on war crimes charges has blocked
a bid by his family to fire his vast team of defense lawyers, saying only
Saddam can make such a move, the family said on Sunday.
Last week a
August 15
OHIO:
High court should delay execution
When a U.S. District Court judge says an Ohio death row inmate, just weeks
from execution, has raised issues that deserve careful and thoughtful
attention, state prosecutors should take notice.
When the judge suggests that prosecutors
August 15
TEXAS:
Krum man arrested after 2 killed, 1 wounded
A 42-year-old Krum man was arrested late Friday in the shotgun slayings of
two people at a home north of town.
Kenneth Wayne Keller was taken into custody by the Texas Department of
Public Safety at his home about 10:30 p.m., 2
death penalty news
August 16, 2005
SOUTH AFRICA:
Solution to death penalty
August 16, 2005
The death penalty is a divisive issue, with debate for and against.
Both sides have valid points. I support capital
punishment (CP), but not primarily as a deterrent
- although deterrence more
death penalty news
August 16, 2005
USA:
Catholics and the Death Penalty
It's not clear where Turley got his misinformation.
In a column about Judge Roberts' personal views
on controversial social issues, Jonathan Turley,
a law professor at George Washington University,
declared that
To: All San Quentin Staff and Inmates
RE: Obscene Material
This bulletin is submitted to clarify recent changes in the allowable
materials that can be received by inmates via the institutional mail system
These changes are based on the broadening of the definition of obscene
material RE
August 16
TEXAS:
3rd Edinburg massacre trial begins
Hidalgo County prosecutors on Monday began Rodolfo Medranos capital murder
trial by portraying a high-ranking Tri-City Bomber who provided his
underlings with military assault weapons to do his dirty work.
Meanwhile, Medranos defense
August 17
IRAQ:
3 Set to Hang as Executions Return to Iraq
3 men convicted of dozens of rapes, kidnappings and killings in the
southern city of Kut, in one case displaying the eyeballs of an Iraqi
soldier to obtain payment for his murder, will be put to death by hanging
in the 1st
August 1
KANSAS:
United States Supreme Court Sets Date For Kansas Death Penalty Appeal
Attorney General Phill Kline will continue his efforts to have the states
death penalty statute reinstated when he appears before the United States
Supreme Court on December 7, 2005.
On December 17,
June 2
TEXAS:
COUNTY REINDICTS TWO ON MURDER CHARGES
2 Smith County men were reindicted on murder charges - a 17-year-old for
allegedly killing his friend during a confrontation and a man for
allegedly killing and robbing his mother.
Tracy Lane Beatty, 42, was reindicted for allegedly
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June 2
KENYA:
Kenya Ranked High in Human Rights Defence
Kenya scored highly in its human rights protection index last year,
according to the London-based watchdog, Amnesty International (AI).
But with the creation of the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional
Affairs and the consequent
death penalty news
June 3, 2004
INDIA / EU:
National Network
Rajiv probe: UK, others seek shield before giving proof
Some European countries including the United Kingdom have sought sovereign
assurance from India over courts not awarding capital punishment to
death penalty news
June 3, 2004
CALIFORNIA:
Death penalty sought in cop killing
D.A. says prosecutors believe suspect deserves it
Prosecutors said Wednesday that they will seek the death penalty if a jury
convicts a Sunland man of murdering Burbank police rookie Matthew Pavelka
and trying
death penalty news
June 3, 2004
CANADA:
Tory backs death penalty
Candidate says views are personal
Third discrepancy for party in a week
Conservative candidate Tom Jackson says he would like to see the return of
the death penalty, raising an issue his party leader has tried to downplay.
I
death penalty news
June 3, 2004
MARYLAND:
Convicted killer loses bid to avoid death penalty
A Baltimore County judge rejected Wednesday one of Steven Oken's attempts
to avoid execution. Circuit Judge John G. Turnbull II granted the state's
motion for summary judgment in Oken's lawsuit
death penalty news
June 3, 2004
USA:
We should let life in prison be the ultimate penalty in American society
By Michael A. Kroll
San Francisco - The efforts of city police and a powerful California
senator to make an alleged cop killer face the death penalty are ironically
providing two
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UA 189/04
Fear of torture/Ill-treatment /
Fear of death sentence
PAKISTANDiwan Hashmat Hayat (m)
Diwan Hashmat Hayat is being held in solitary
confinement in Jhelum District Central Jail, Punjab,
on charges which carry
death penalty news
June 4, 2004
CALIFORNIA:
Sups Back Black DA in Death Penalty Controversy
District Attorney Kamala Harris, under fire from some politicians for
refusing to change her opposition to the death penalty in the case of a
suspect charged with killing an undercover police
June 4
OHIO:
Judge: Comments 'improper'Deters criticized; death row inmate may be
resentenced
Calling former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters' remarks in a
murder case improper and flagrant, a U.S. magistrate judge has ruled
that a death row inmate should be re-sentenced.
June 4
TEXAS:
Suspect in McKinney slayings recants confessionAttorney says man told
McKinney police what they wanted to hear
The man whose confession led to arrests in a McKinney quadruple slaying
this year is recanting his statement to police, his attorney said
Thursday.
Attorney
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 192/04 Imminent Execution
UZBEKISTAN Azizbek Karimov (m), aged 25
Azizbek Karimov is believed to be in imminent danger of
execution.
In February 2004 he was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court
of Uzbekistan on
June 4
PENNSYLVANIA:
Court sets qualifications for death-penalty lawyers
For the 1st time, the state Supreme Court on Friday imposed minimum
qualifications for lawyers who represent defendants in death-penalty
cases.
Lawyers in capital cases will soon have to meet experience standards
June 5
VIRGINIA:
Dispute arises over possible DNA test
The California scientist who has a sperm sample from executed inmate Roger
Keith Coleman says he wouldn't turn it over to Virginia.
For the past 14 years, evidence that could determine if Virginia executed
an innocent man has sat in
June 6
TEXAS:
Commentary: Don't accept insanity plea
The column today is going to tackle the hard topic of the death sentence
with regard to the mentally ill. I have a strong sense of justice. Having
been forewarned, feel free to lay the newspaper down, walk out to your
garden and think
death penalty news
June 7, 2004
RUSSIA:
New reasons for Russia to ratify protocol on death penalty
Alexander Yakovenko, an official representative of the Russian Foreign
Ministry, said that new reasons have arisen for Russia to ratify the
protocol on abolishing the death penalty.
The
death penalty news
June 8, 2004:
SOUTH AFRICA:
Judge calls for death penalty
William Kekana (20) was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pretoria High
Court on Tuesday for the murder of a Brits electrician, Jacobus Geldenhuys
(38).
When pronouncing the sentence of life and 35 years,
June 8
MARYLAND:
Oken hoping appeal will delay execution
Tuesday could be convicted killer Steven Oken's last chance to delay his
execution by the state of Maryland.
Oken was convicted of killing 3 women in 1987, 2 of them in Maryland and
one in Maine.
An appeals court hearing is set
June 8
OHIOexecution
Cincinnati killer executed William G. Zuern killed a jail guard with a
homemake knife 20 years ago
A man was executed Tuesday for killing a jail guard who was about to
search his cell 20 years ago for a homemade knife.
William G. Zuern, 45, was pronounced
June 8
INDONESIA:
Indonesia sentences Brazilian to death
An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a Brazilian to death after
convicting him of trying to smuggle 13.4 kg (29.5 lb) of cocaine into the
country in a hang-glider.
Judges said Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, described by local
June 8
OKLAHOMAimpending execution
Murder victim's daughter hoping for relief from execution
Linda Daley knows her mother would be traveling for pleasure and visiting
people in hospitals and nursing homes if she were still alive.
She was a wonderful Christian lady, very loved by all,
June 8
OKLAHOMAexecution
Oklahoma Executes Man Who Gunned Down Aunt
Oklahoma executed a man on Tuesday who killed his aunt with a gunshot to
the head despite appeals to have his death sentence stayed on the grounds
that the murderer suffered from mental illness.
Robert Leroy Bryan,
death penalty news
June 9, 2004
USA:
CON: State must refrain from taking life
Editor's note: David Paul Hammer, a federal death row inmate, was scheduled
for death by lethal injection this week at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre
Haute. However, Hammer was granted a stay of execution by the
June 9
TEXAS:
Statute could halt HPD perjury probeTime limit on DNA lab charges to
expire
Movement toward a rare independent investigation of perjury allegations
against the former head of the Houston Police Department DNA laboratory --
and possibly more of the Harris County
June 12
TEXAS:
Grand jury doesn't indict former head of DNA lab
A Harris County grand jury on Friday declined to indict the former head of
the Houston Police Department's DNA laboratory, who was accused of lying
in his testimony in a sexual assault trial 2 years ago.
The case against
June 13
TEXAS:
New weapon touted to TDCJ
It's only 6 1/2 inches long, made of aluminum and weighs less than your
average cell phone.
Yet, despite its diminutive size, it could take a 360-pound, 6-foot-5-inch
man to his knees in 3 seconds without electrical shocks or injury.
The
June 13
INDIANA:
Reversing a death sentence
A growing number of jurors who voted to give Darnell Williams the death
penalty are reversing course.
The latest turnabout is Rodney Hill of Hammond, who helped sentence
Williams to death for the 1986 murders of John and Henrietta Rease in
death penalty news
June 14, 2004
MARYLAND:
Marylanders must not stand silent as the state takes a life in our name
WHEN THE STATE enters a case for the death penalty, the state is not a
nameless, faceless entity. We are the state. You and I, our families, the
governor and lieutenant
death penalty news
June 14, 2004
OHIO:
VIEWING CAPITAL PUNISMENT
Assistant State Public Defender Steve Ferrell believes Ohioans should be
allowed to see executions when they are carried out.
Assistant State Public Defender Steve Ferrell believes Ohioans should be
allowed to see executions
June 14
TEXASobituary
James Grigson: Expert psychiatric witness was nicknamed Dr. Death
Dr. James Grigson practiced psychiatry for nearly 45 years, but he gained
notoriety as an expert witness in more than 150 capital murder trials.
His testimony about defendants' potential threat to
June 15
WASHINGTON (state):
Mother Charged With Killing 2 Daughters
In Stevenson, a 39-year-old mother has been charged with aggravated murder
after reportedly confessing to shooting her 2 young daughters and leaving
their bodies in an abandoned rock quarry.
Bail was set at $1 million
June 15
OHIO:
Viewing Capital Punishment
Assistant State Public Defender Steve Ferrell believes Ohioans should be
allowed to see executions when they are carried out, either in person or
on TV. Ferrell claims more Ohioans would rethink their position on the
death penalty if they could
June 19
GEORGIAnew and impending execution date
Execution for 1985 death set June 30
The execution of a man convicted of the killing of a woman in Spalding
County is planned for June 30, the Georgia Department of Corrections
announced Friday. Robert Karl Hicks, 47, was sentenced to
June 19
TEXASfemale foreign national may face death penalty
Murky rules for applying Supreme Court decision sparks heated exchange--
Judge: Camacho's retardation results to be reviewed by expert.
The state's rusty application of a Supreme Court decision barring
execution of retarded
June 19
PENNSYLVANIA:
DA's office in hot water with judgeOver not releasing file to
Selenski's attorney
A Luzerne County judge threatened serious sanctions against the district
attorney's office for not turning over other law enforcement's
investigative files of missing Penn State
June 21
IRAQ:
Saddam may face death penalty, say Iraqis
Iraq could execute former leader Saddam Hussein if he is found guilty, the
director of the country's war crimes tribunal system said yesterday.
Salem Chalabi, in charge of setting up a tribunal to try members of the
ousted regime,
JULY 2004 EXECUTION ALERTS
Scheduled Executions:
July 7: Troy Kunkle (TX):
http://capwiz.com/ncadp/issues/alert/?alertid=3D6021791
July 9: Darnell Williams (IN):
http://capwiz.com/ncadp/issues/alert/?alertid=3D6022046
July 9: Arthur Wise (SC):
June 21
TEXAS:
Condemned killer has hearing today
A Texarkana, Texas, man hopes today's federal court hearing will pave the
way to overturn his capital murder conviction.
Julius Jerome Murphy, 24, is presently on Texas' death row for the Sept.
19, 1997, robbery and killing of Jason Erie,
June 22
SOUTH CAROLINA:
State to seek death penalty against Columbia man charged with Holly Hill
murder
A Columbia man charged in the death of an Orangeburg County car salesman
will face the death penalty.
Last November 44-year-old Randy Bills was found shot to death in Holly
Hill
June 22
TEXAS:
Defender or loose cannon: Who is Quanell X? -- It is my duty to try to
help change the condition of my people.
For years, he has made headlines in some of the city's more notorious
stories. Most recently, Quanell X, whose given name is Quanell Evans, was
arrested while
June 22
MEXICO:
Mexican attorney general says death penalty should be considered for
kidnappers
Amid a national debate on crime in Mexico, Attorney General Rafael Macedo
de la Concha said Tuesday that the country should analyze whether to give
kidnappers the death penalty.
President
June 23
TENNESSEE:
(the following is the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to stay the
impending execution of Gregory Thompson)
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206
ELECTRONIC CITATION: 2004 FED App. 0195P (6th Cir.)
File Name: 04a0195p.06
June 23
GLOBAL:
Report Says Revulsion Over Death Penalty Growing
A Rome-based international anti-death penalty group says revulsion against
state-mandated killings is spreading worldwide.
In its annual report issued today, the group -- called Hands Off Cain --
says that a worldwide
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USA (Indiana) Darnell Williams
Darnell Williams (m), black, aged 37, is due to be executed in
Indiana on 9 July. He was sentenced to death in 1987 for a
double murder committed
June 23
CALIFORNIA:
Jury recommends death penalty for man convicted of murdering Rosamond
beauty queen
The man convicted last week of the 1978 rape and murder of a young
Rosamond woman should die by lethal injection, a Kern County jury
recommended Wednesday morning.
The jury
June 23
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi Arabia: Repentant militants won't face death penalty
Saudi Arabia has an offer for Muslim militants. The kingdom says if
terrorists turn themselves in during the next month, they will not face
the death penalty.
The Saudi government also says militants will
June 23
MICHIGAN:
Death penalty proposal in doubt for this year
In Lansing, an initiative to place the death penalty issue before Michigan
voters this year may be in doubt, an organizer said Wednesday.
Supporters say they still want to qualify for the November ballot. But if
they don't,
June 24
TEXAS:
The Unique Brutality of Texas -- Why the Lone Star State leads the nation
in executions.
Gathering dust in Texas Governor Rick Perry's inbox is a clemency petition
from Joe Lee Guy, a death-row inmate. The petition declares that the
integrity of Guy's capital trial was
June 24
USA/TEXAS:
A Death Penalty Case the Supreme Court May Review Shows the Dysfunction of
the Federal Judiciary When It Comes to Capital Punishment
Today, June 24, the Supreme Court will decide whether to take up - for the
2nd time in as many years -- the 19-year-old Texas capital
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June 24
GLOBAL:
Report on the death penalty worldwide lists China, Iran and Iraq as top
executioners for 2003
Hands Off Cain's 2004 report, edited by Elisabetta Zamparutti and
published in Italian by Marsilio, is dedicated to Levy Mwanawasa, the
President of Zambia. President Mwanawasa
June 24
KENTUCKY:
Judge denies biased stand in men's trialDeputy's words vary from ones
quoted in motion
Jefferson Circuit Judge Martin McDonald yesterday denied that he told his
sheriff's deputy that two capital murder defendants deserved to be tried
separately but that he was going
June 24
TEXAS:
PRESS STATEMENT --- For Immediate Release:
Contact: Edward Jackson 202 - 544-0200 x 247
Amnesty International USA: US Supreme Court Orders Texas to End Attempts
to Execute the Mentally Retarded
Today Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International
June 24
CALIFORNIA:
Ex-Scott Peterson juror: Prosecution has failed so far
A juror dismissed from the Scott Peterson murder trial criticized the
prosecution's case on Thursday, saying there had been no good explanation
of how or why Peterson would have killed his pregnant wife.
Justin
June 25
INDIA:
Killer-rapist wins stay on hanging
In Calcutta, a man due to be hanged yesterday for raping and killing a
teenage girl in east India has won a last-minute stay of execution after
his family moved a plea for clemency, an official said.
The hanging of Dhananjoy Chatterjee
June 25
TEXASimpending juvenile execution
Texas court rejects death row appeal
Even though the U.S. Supreme Court plans to review whether teen-age
killers should be subject to the death penalty, Texas' top criminal court
on Thursday rejected a Tarrant County man's plea for a stay of
June 25
MISSISSIPPI:
Court rejects death sentence appeal
Inmate Blayde Grayson contended his attorneys failed to do all they could
to prevent the imposition of the death penalty, but the Mississippi
Supreme Court said Thursday the lawyers were only following Grayson's
instructions.
The
June 25
CHINA:
Ice drug traffickers executed or given death penalty
3 drug traffickers were executed Thursday in Quanzhou City, east China's
Fujian Province, for trafficking in 1.1 tons of ice or methamphetamine
hydrochloride.
The Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xiao
June 25
WYOMING:
Eaton execution stayed
District Judge David Park on Tuesday signed a stay of execution for Dale
Wayne Eaton, who is convicted of the 1988 1st-degree murder of Lisa Marie
Kimmell, according to the order filed in 7th District Court.
Eaton, 59, was scheduled to be executed
June 26
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death Row Volunteer Problematic for Court
From the start, Hubert Michael was unequivocal about wanting to die.
Charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl, he confessed, pleaded
guilty and demanded the death penalty. After a judge granted his wish, he
began a long
June 27
PENNSYLVANIA:
A change of heart over dyingDeath row inmate's reversal poses problem
for courts
From the start, Hubert Michael was unequivocal about wanting to die.
Charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl, he confessed, pleaded
guilty and demanded the death penalty.
June 28
INDONESIA/SINGAPOREfemale faces death penalty
Govt urged to help migrant worker facing death sentence
The Indonesian Embassy in Singapore has been asked to help Sundarti
Supriyanto, a 23-year-old maid from Central Java who could face the death
penalty if found guilty of
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Dear Friends
Some of you already have gotten notice that my long-term friend James
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June 27
SAUDI ARABIA:
Families Can Punish Saudi Militants -Envoy to UK
Families of victims killed by Muslim militants who surrender to Saudi
Arabian authorities could decide if they will be executed, Riyadh's envoy
to London said in an interview to be aired on Sunday.
This week Saudi
June 28
TEXAS:
Convict's federal case alleges racial bias in jury questioning
The defense attorney for a Texarkana, Texas, man on Texas' death row
argued Monday in federal court that there was racial disparity in the jury
selection for his client's trial.
A jury found Julius Jerome
June 28
TEXASimpending executions
Press Release Source: Jenner Block LLP
Jenner Block Leads Effort to Save Death Row Inmate in TexasSupreme
Court May be Last Chance for Stay of Tomorrow's Execution
Absent 11th hour intervention from the United States Supreme Court or
Texas
June 28
MISSISSIPPI:
Appeals Court Upholds Order To Clean Up Mississippi Death Row
In Jackson, a federal appeals court has ordered the state of Mississippi
to fix toilets, and add screen windows and fans to cells on death row at
the state penitentiary at Parchman.
A 3-judge panel of the
June 28
NEW YORK:
DeAngelis will seek the death penalty
Rensselaer County District Attorney Patricia DeAngelis will seek the death
penalty against 1 of the 3 men in the Christopher Drabik case.
This is despite last week's ruling by the state's highest court, which
found a key element of
June 28
MEXICO:
Mexican official calls for study on reinstating death penalty
Mexico's attorney general on Monday called for Congress to study
reinstituting the death penalty in Mexico, 1 day after hundreds of
thousands of Mexicans filled the streets of Mexico City to protest a
rising tide
June 29
MEXICO:
Official calls for death penalty study
Mexico's attorney general called Monday for Congress to study
reinstituting the death penalty in Mexico, one day after hundreds of
thousands of Mexicans filled the streets of Mexico City to protest a
rising tide of kidnappings,
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