June 29
PENNSYLVANIA:
Rendell signs death warrant for convicted killer
Gov. Rendell signed a warrant yesterday for the execution of a
Philadelphia man who shot his victim to death during a robbery and drug
deal.
Wilfredo Ramos, 28, was sentenced to death in 2000 for killing James
June 29
TEXASstay of execution:
Execution stayed for inmate who was 17 at time of slaying
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked tonight's scheduled execution of Texas
convicted killer Mauro Barraza.
Barraza was condemned for the 1989 slaying of a woman when he was 17.
The victim was
June 30
TEXAS:
Courts delay 2 Texas executions
A Houston federal judge delayed the execution of an inmate who was
scheduled to die today, citing evidence that lethal injection causes
intense agony.
The order by U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore made David Ray Harris the
2nd condemned
June 30
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Jury sentences Chadrick Fulks to death
A federal jury needed just 4 hours to return a death sentence against
Chadrick Fulks, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and carjacking resulting
in the death of an Horry County woman.
The panel of 10 women and 2 men had begun
July 4
ILLINOIS:
Higher pay for jurors sought by state group
It's been called one of the most patriotic duties an American can perform:
Serving on a jury.
Some groups, however, worry that juries today are no longer really a
cross-section of society. They are concerned that some people --
July 3
MISSISSIPPI:
High court denies appeals for 2 inmates on death row
2 death-row inmates have been denied post-conviction appeals because the
Mississippi Supreme Court ruled this week they raised no new issues on
which they could win a new trial.
Earl Wesley Berry and Dale Leo Bishop
July 3
IRAQ:
Saddam deserves justice, not vengeance
Saddam Hussein was his defiant self Thursday as he made his 1st public
appearance since being dragged out of his spider hole 7 months ago.
The former Iraqi tyrant stands accused of war crimes. The new interim
Baghdad government will try
July 2
TEXAS:
Slain tot's mom had Michigan abuse record
Long before she arrived in Texas, Kimberly Alexander had an extensive
record as a low-functioning mother who struggled with homelessness and
alcohol - and who abused and neglected her first 4 children.
The troubles that bedeviled
July 2
USA:
Investigators discuss prostitute slayings
More than 20 law-enforcement officials learned Friday that 2 to 3 truck
drivers - not just 1 - may be killing prostitutes across the nation.
Authorities came from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Indiana and Arizona
July 2
NEW YORK:
Death penalty ruling upholds law, not Legislature
Politicians often have a gut reaction -- yes or no -- to capital
punishment. And it's clear they wanted the judges on New York's highest
court to behave the same way. That's the beauty of our checks-and-balances
system.
July 1
GEORGIAexecution
Paroled Rapist Executed in Georgia for 1985 Murder
A convicted rapist who fatally stabbed a woman 9 months after he was
released from prison was executed on Thursday in Georgia after courts
rejected last-minute appeals. Robert Hicks, 47, was put to death by
July 5
LOUISIANA:
State money may go to Gillis defense -- but not Lee's
The process a state agency uses to help fund capital murder cases means
one of the men accused of killing several women in the Baton Rouge area
qualifies for financial help for his defense -- while the other doesn't.
July 5
INDONESIA:
Indonesia's Rais Talks Tough on Terror
Muslim leader Amien Rais, who talks tough on terror and is admired for his
simple lifestyle, has made up ground in the battle for 2nd place in
Indonesia's presidential election after being written off only weeks ago.
Former general
July 6
OKLAHOMAexecution date changed
Appeals Court Sets Execution Date
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has scheduled an August 26th
execution date for a man convicted of beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old
daughter to death in 1987.
The court originally set the date for
July 6
IRAQ:
Death penalty: Iraqi PM won't interfere
Iraq's interim prime minister said yesterday he would not interfere with
an Iraqi tribunal's right to decide whether Saddam Hussein and his top
lieutenants should be executed on war crimes charges, the Arab language
television station
death penalty news
July 6, 2004
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan hands death penalty to three militants
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced three members of an outlawed
Islamic group to death on Tuesday, finding them guilty of killing at least
six minority Shi'ite Muslims, lawyers said.
The
July 6
OHIO:
Jury selection begins in federal death penalty trial
Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of 2 alleged
Hammond gang members accused of murdering a Hammond gun store owner.
24-year-old Styles Taylor and 29-year-old Keon Thomas are being tried in
federal
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From the Feb. 26, 2004 primary debate at USC:
SHARPTON: Senator Edwards, are you saying, since you agree that
The Supreme Court's Decision in Blakely v. Washington:
A Watershed Ruling that will Usher In Much Needed Sentencing Reform
By MARK H. ALLENBAUGH
Tuesday, Jul. 06, 2004
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On June 24, in a 5-4 opinion, the Supreme Court decided the case of
Blakely v. Washington. It held
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July 7
TEXAS:
Woman awaits execution dateExhausts appeals in family's deaths
More than 17 years after she began complaining about her court-appointed
attorney, death row inmate Frances Newton is scheduled to be in a Houston
court today to hear a judge set her execution date.
July 7
IRAQ:
Iraq may have death penalty for limited time: paper
Iraq is studying how to reinstate the death penalty for a limited period,
but the decision is not linked to the trial of former leader Saddam
Hussein, Iraqs interim prime minister said in comments published on
Wednesday.
Per Jim Marcus at the Texas Defender Service, this morning the US
Supreme Court stayed Troy Kunkle's execution. Because the stay came
from the Supreme Court and not the 5th Circuit, there will not be no
execution today. He will have the stay until the Supreme Court decides
his cert petition
July 7
TEXASstay of impending execution
Supreme Court stays execution of San Antonio killer
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold the execution of a San Antonio man
while the justices decide whether to consider issues he raised on appeal.
Troy Kunkle had been scheduled to die
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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UA 216/04 Death Penalty/imminent execution
CHINA
Ishwori Kumar Shrestha (m), aged 27, businessperson
Rabi Dahal (m), aged 38
-Nepalese citizens
The two Nepalese men named above were sentenced to death in
the Tibet
July 7
TEXASfemale gets execution date
Woman gets execution date for killing husband, children
A Houston woman condemned for killing her estranged husband and 2 children
more than 17 years ago received a Dec. 1 execution date Wednesday.
Frances Elaine Newton, 39, is the
July 7
UNITED KINGDOM:
Privy Council fails to abolish death penalty in Trinidad and Barbados
The hopes of hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad and Barbados have
been dashed after the Privy Council ruled the death penalty should not be
abolished on the 2 islands.
The massively
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Oct. 26. Please help him.
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JUSTICE FOR DOMINIQUE GREEN
Dominique Green is a 28-year-old African-American who is nearing the end of
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July 7
CALIFORNIA:
Peterson jurors see pictures of remains
Prosecutors have abruptly changed the direction of their double-murder
case against Scott Peterson after last week's questioning of witnesses
about his affair.
The move seemed to highlight a shift in the prosecution's strategy to
July 7
PHILIPPINES:
10 inmates to be executed in September
10 death row inmates are scheduled to be executed in September, acting
Justice Secretary Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez said on Wednesday.
She said the prisoners were convicted of rape or rape with homicide.
They will be executed by
July 8
UNITED KINGDOM:
Judges uphold ex-colonies' death penalty
British judges have upheld the right of 2 Caribbean countries to impose
mandatory death sentences for murder, in a judgment widely attacked by
human rights lawyers.
A special panel of 9 judges hearing the appeal of three men
death penalty news
July 8, 2004
MICHIGAN:
Sterling Heights Votes in Favor of Capital Punishment
The Sterling Heights City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night in
favor of the death penalty for people who kill police officers. Just a
month ago, the city lost Officer Mark Sawyers to a
death penalty news
July 8, 2004
JAMAICA:
Death penalty ruling pleases rights activists
Ruling will have implications for scores of death row inmates
Human rights activists welcomed yesterday's decision that abolishes
automatic death penalty in Jamaica, and government conceded that the
July 8
JAMAICA:
UK limits Jamaica death sentence
The mandatory death penalty for murder in Jamaica was abolished yesterday,
winning a reprieve for more than 60 prisoners on death row, in a historic
judgment from 9 judges sitting in London.
But the penalty will remain in force in Trinidad
death penalty news
July 8, 2004
MICHIGAN:
Death penalty proposal fails to get on November ballot
An initiative to place the death penalty issue before Michigan voters
failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot,
organizers said.
The proposal would have changed
death penalty news
July 8, 2004
JAMAICA:
Jamaica Death Penalty Abolished in Court Ruling
Britain?s Privy Council has ruled that Jamaica?s mandatory death penalty
for murder convictions was unconstitutional.
But the Privy Council, which serves as the highest appeal court for many
former
July 8
ZIMBABWE/GLOBAL:
Why Death Penalty Should Be Abolished?
In the average public mind, the death penalty is viewed as the most
appropriate penalty for a person convicted of murder. Many people think
that justice is only done when the offender is killed.
A closer look at the death
July 8
CALIFORNIA:
Appeals court tosses death sentence for Kern County killer
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the death
sentence of a Kern County man convicted of killing a woman 23 years ago.
Ronald Sanders, 52, was convicted of clubbing to death
July 9
JAPAN:
Cultist on death row named as shooter
An Aum Shinrikyo cultist on death row almost certainly fired the shots
meant to kill National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu in Tokyo in
1995, sources say.
Satoru Hashimoto, 37, was sentenced to death for his part in the murder of
July 8
OHIO:
Too many questions
It's not often we call for careful reconsideration of the criminal case
involving a inmate on death row at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
The judicial system in death penalty cases has many checks and balances
along the way.
And while we do not
July 9
PTRINIDAD TOBAGO:P
Lawyers want changes to mandatory death sentenceP
P
Several prominent attorneys yesterday said that Government should move to
make the death penalty a discretionary sentence even though the Privy
Council ruled that it was the mandatory sentence for murder in this
death penalty news
July 9, 2004
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death penalty will be sought against Gottstein in Sullivan County
Sullivan County District Attorney Max Little plans to seek the death
penalty for homicide suspect Jason Scott Gottstein.
The district attorney has filed a notice of aggravating
death penalty news
July 9, 2004
CALIFORNIA:
Scanlan seeks self-represention in death penalty trial
Confessed killer Seti Scanlan wants to act as his own attorney when his
second death-penalty trial begins in September.
The outspoken, unpredictable 26-year-old tried to fire his lawyers
July 9
CALIFORNIA:
THE PETERSON TRIAL
Jury shown photos of boat and woman -- Debate over theory on disposal of
body
Using a dramatic series of pictures, prosecutors in Scott Peterson's
double-murder trial tried Wednesday to answer a large question lingering
over their case -- how the
July 9
ILLINOIS:
Man who killed cop ruled eligible for death penalty
A Cook County judge on Thursday found Aloysius Oliver, convicted this year
in the 2001 shooting death of a Chicago police officer, eligible for the
death penalty.
Oliver, 28, was convicted in January on charges of
July 9
BARBADOS:
BHC says death penalty never justifiedNo credible academic study has
ever proven that the death penalty is a real deterrent to serious crime.
This is according to acting British High Commissioner Nick Pyle, who
stated that the British Government opposes the death
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
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09 July 2004
Further Information on UA 206/04 (Issued 22 June
2004) Death Penalty/Imminent Execution
INDIA Dhananjoy Chatterjee (m)
The execution of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, scheduled for
Friday 25 June, was stayed on 24
July 10
TEXAS:
Released death row inmate speaks against death penalty
A death row inmate is free after serving 17 years for a crime he didn't
commit and he's sharing his experience with the country.
Thursday, Juan Melendez, 51, spoke to a group of people at the University
of the
July 10
IRAQ:
First death sentences in Iraq after war
A criminal court in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala has issued the 1st
6 death sentences in the country since the toppling of former president
Saddam Hussein's regime.
Chief of police in Karbala, 100 km south of Iraq's capital of
July 10
KENTUCKY:
[Dear Friends in the Abolitionist Community:
Here are 2 articles, the 1st from the Courier by the AP which might be in
many other KY newspapers; the 2nd from the Herald-Leader about the widow
of a murdered prosecutor attacking the Boyd County Commonwealth Attorney
for not
July 10
PENNSYLVANIA:
Lehigh jury divided on death penalty for Allentown manPanel's failure
to agree means he will get life sentence for murder.
An Allentown man will be sentenced to life in prison because a jury failed
to reach a verdict Friday on whether he should live or die.
July 10
LEBANON:
Draft law to end death penalty gets mixed reviewsPublic split on
capital punishment
A draft law presented by 7 MPs to Parliament last week calling for
abolishing capital punishment has been met with mixed reviews from
academics and the general public
The draft law,
July 10
NEVADAimpending execution // volunteer
July 22 execution set for strangler
A Nevada death-row inmate who says he no longer wants to pursue any
appeals has been scheduled for execution July 22.
Terry Dennis was convicted by a Reno jury for the March 1999 strangling of
Ilona
July 11
CALIFORNIA:
Death sentence brings closure The family of a Costa Mesa boy who was
murdered 25 years ago says they can now begin the healing process.
The death sentence ordered by a Riverside County judge for a man who
kidnapped, molested and murdered a 13-year-old Costa Mesa
July 11
IRAQ:
Iraqi judge hands out 1st death sentences
An Iraqi judge has condemned to death 3 men in the Shiite holy city of
Karbala, even before a ban on capital punishment has been officially
lifted.
Judge Saleh Shaibani said the sentences were the 1st to be handed down by
an Iraqi
July 12
INDONESIA:
'Death sentence won't stop drug dealers'
Human rights campaigners have reiterated their call for end to the death
penalty, which they say has proven ineffective in deterring drug dealers
and is against the basic human right to live.
There is no empirical data that
July 12
INDIA:
Death-penalty debate rages anew in India
India is once again hotly debating capital punishment.
This time the discussion has been provoked by the death sentence given to
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was convicted of raping and murdering a
14-year-old schoolgirl. Indian
July 12
NEW YORK:
Lawmakers vow to fix death penalty -- Legislators say they will work
together to address problems cited in Court of Appeals decision
In Albany, opponents of capital punishment in New York say they hope a
court ruling invalidating the state's death penalty statute will
July 12
EUROPEAN UNION/IRAQ:
EU 'very clear' against death penalty in talks with Iraqi FM
The European Union sent a very clear message to Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshyar Zebari Monday against use of the death penalty, the EU's Dutch
presidency said.
Our policy will not change: we are
July 12
SAUDI ARABIA:
Sri Lankan Woman Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
A Sri Lankan woman was beheaded in the Saudi capital Monday for murdering
her employer, the Interior Ministry said.
Bader el-Nisaa Mibari had been convicted of killing Sara bint Mohammed
al-Haqeel, a Saudi woman, after
July 12
TEXAS:
Letter: Story implies man already convicted
To The Editor:
As a former Plainviewan and interested citizen, I would like to express my
disdain at the unprofessional attitude and performance of your staff.
As we know, or we should know, any article that is written by the
July 12
LIBYA/BULGARIA:
PRESS RELEASE
SAVE THE NURSES ! PROTECT THE PATIENTS!
Press breakfast
Tuesday 9 am July 13 2004
Dr. David Gisselquist, International Safe Healthcare Advocate
International Working Group on Safe Health Care and HIV
Dr Vladimar, Director of National AIDS Board,
July 12
SOUTH CAROLINA:
State Supreme Court rules against death row inmate
The state Supreme Court has decided a Circuit Court judge was right to
decide not to grant a death row inmate a new trial for the rape and
killing of a 75-year-old Greenwood woman more than 2 decades ago.
The
July 12
IOWAre--federal death penalty trial
Iowa Prepares First Death Penalty Case In 40 Years
Days before his 1993 federal court appearance, drug kingpin Dustin Honken
and girlfriend Angela Johnson allegedly set out looking for a street
dealer turned federal snitch.
Prosecutors
July 13
CALIFORNIA:
Testimony in Peterson Trial Takes Turn
Testimony in Scott Peterson's trial has taken yet another abrupt turn as
prosecutors question witnesses about evidence collected during searches of
San Francisco Bay and at the Petersons' home.
Two weeks ago, the focus was on
July 13
INDONESIA:
Amnesty urges retrial for death row foreigners in Indonesia
An Indian and 2 Thai nationals facing the death penalty for smuggling
heroin into Indonesia may not have received a fair trial, Amnesty
International said Tuesday.
Indonesian prosecutors denied the London-based
July 13
OHIOimpending execution//volunteer
Taft denies clemency for man who killed girlfriend, daughter
Gov. Bob Taft on Monday declined to stop the scheduled execution of a man
who killed his girlfriend and their daughter and stored their bodies in
the couple's refrigerator and
July 13
-Message-
From : Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
[mail to: cc...@primus.ca]
Re: Prisoner Art Submissions
Please forward to all death row support groups and print and mail to all
death row prisoners :
We are currently in the middle of collecting artwork by
July 13
OHIOimpending execution//volunteer
Inmate to be executed Wednesday; won't say why he shot his girlfriend
Struthers, Ohio- Stephen Vrabel still refuses to say why he shot his
girlfriend in the head, then stuffed her body in his refrigerator 15 years
ago.
During an interview
July 13
TEXAS:
Man ruled incompetent to stand trial in asphyxiation of 6-year-old in oven
Attorney says defendant doesn't comprehend crime
In Beaumont, a judge ruled Monday that a man accused of killing a
6-year-old boy whose body was found in an oven is not competent to stand
trial.
death penalty news
July 14, 2004
NEW ZEALAND:
Support for death penalty in NZ
The death penalty was abolished nearly 45 years ago but a poll shows nearly
one in three New Zealanders want it back.
The One News Colmar Brunton poll finds voters want a range of justice laws
toughened up.
The
death penalty news
July 14, 2004
MISSOURI:
Jurors say they could consider death penalty
Potential panel members for David Zink's murder trial also would consider
life in prison.
More than two-thirds of a second group of potential jurors for David Zink's
murder trial indicated Tuesday they
July 14
NORTH CAROLINA:
NC African-American Leaders Push for Moratorium Vote
9 prominent African-American leaders in North Carolina, led by
internationally acclaimed historian John Hope Franklin, called on
Governor Mike Easley and House Speakers Jim Black and Richard Morgan to
do all in
July 14
TEXAS:
Man Wants Death Penalty For Wife's Suspected KillerPolice: Woman
Beaten To Death In Living Room
The husband of a slain Fort Worth woman says a family friend suspected of
beating her to death should receive the death penalty.
Police said Alicia Torres-Anchondo, 22, was
death penalty news
July 14, 2004
NORTH CAROLINA:
Man Who Allegedly Shot, Killed Daughter To Face Death Penalty
Bishop Remains In Alamance County Jail Under $1 million
The Alamance County district attorney said he will seek the death penalty
against a father accused of killing his daughter.
July 14
TEXAS:
Sarandon visits with death-row inmate
Actress Susan Sarandon spoke with a condemned Texas killer for 2 hours
today in a low-key death row visit.
Sarandon would not comment on her visit with James Vernon Allridge III. He
is scheduled to die next month for the 1985 shooting
death penalty news
July 15, 2004
NEW ZEALAND:
Death Penalty Distraction
ACT New Zealand Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today declined to support
the death penalty, but said he had no objection to the idea that some
crimes deserved it.
There is a legitimate question as to whether justice
death penalty news
July 15, 2004
NEW YORK:
Legislature prepares to act on death penalty bill
Pataki, Bruno, Silver promise quick action, but League of Women Voters
urges care over speed
Gov. George Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver all
OHIO:
State justices uphold death penalty for inmate in 'buried alive' slaying
In Columbus, the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld the death
sentence of Timothy Hoffner in the 1993 killing of Christopher Hammer, who
was buried alive in Sylvania Township after begging for his
July 15
TRINIDAD:
2 men to hang in triple murder case
A jury in Trinidad sentenced 2 men to death by hanging for killing 3
people during a robbery, including one of the men's great grandmother and
a BBC anchorwoman.
The jury deliberated for an hour before delivering a guilty verdict
July 15
TEXAS:
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
UA 222/04 Death penalty / Legal concern
July 15, 2004
USA (Texas)
Robert Aaron Acuna (m), Latino, aged 18
At a trial about to begin in Harris County, Texas, the
prosecution is intending to seek a death sentence against
Robert Acuna for a crime
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Saudi Arabia: Foreign Workers Abused
Torture, Unfair Trials and Forced Confinement Pervasive
(London, July 15, 2004) -- In Saudi Arabia foreign workers--who
comprise one-third of the kingdom's population--face torture, forced
confessions and unfair trials when they are accused of crimes,
death penalty news
July 17, 2004
BARBADOS:
Restrain the jubilation
THE Attorney-General may be gratified by the decision of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council just handed down. The decision indeed
confirms the integrity of Barbados' sovereignty, and its parliamentary
independence.
death penalty news
July 17, 2004
CALIFORNIA:
Defense lawyer Geragos shoot holes in key evidence against Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson's defense dealt blows Thursday to two key pieces of evidence
that support the theory that the fertilizer salesman dumped his wife's body
in San Francisco
death penalty news
July 17, 2004
OREGON:
Prosecutor won't pursue death penalty against mom - Charlene Dorcy's family
history and mental problems are cited in her daughters' shootings, and
arraignment waits until August
The Skamania County prosecutor said Thursday he won't pursue the death
death penalty news
July 18, 2004
WYOMING:
Death penalty sought in Riverton child's death
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the parents of a
22-month-old girl who police say was abused to death.
Macalia Marcine Blackburn, 22, and Andrew John Yellowbear Jr., 29, both of
death penalty news
July 19, 2004
USA:
The Death Penalty: A Capital Idea!
I would venture that the question over which Americans are most
passionately divided isn't abortions or even whether or not Julia Roberts
has any sex appeal, but the issue of capital punishment.
Frankly, I don't
death penalty news
July 19, 2004
USA:
Juvenile Death Penalty Opposed; Opinion to be Shared in Supreme Court Case
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Society for Adolescent
Medicine (SAM) released a joint policy statement today opposing the death
penalty for juvenile offenders,
July 19
OHIOimpending execution
Killer's execution set for Tuesday
When his parents hid the keys to his blue Isuzu Trooper to keep him from
going out to buy drugs, Scott Mink snapped. The 36-year-old man got a claw
hammer out of his father's toolbox on the porch and then walked
July 19
NEW YORK:
Little optimism as lawmakers set to return
State lawmakers are returning to the Capitol this week, but what they'll
actually accomplish is anybodys guess.
Gov. George Pataki and legislative leaders appear no closer to resolving
major issues, including a state budget,
July 19
JAMAICA:
Allen Overy team triumphs in Jamaican death row case
A man facing Jamaica's mandatory death penalty has seen his sentence
overturned as a result of pro bono work by Allen Overy (AO).
Lambert Watson was found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend and baby
daughter in
July 18
OHIOnew death sentence
Jury recommends death penalty in rape, murder of 12-year-old girl
In Akron, a jury has recommended that Donald Lavell Craig be put to death
for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.
Summit Common Pleas Judge Patricia A. Cosgrove
July 17
TEXAS:
County debate centers on need for public defender office
A state grant promising start-up costs for a public defender's office has
officials considering an overhaul of Lubbock County's system for providing
lawyers to the poor.
Rising expenses for indigent defense concern
July 19
USA:
Deadline on NBC on July 30th.
Watch a New Documentary on the Death Penalty
July 30, 8 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
NBC's Dateline
Can capital punishment be justified in a criminal justice system so fraught
with error that in Illinois, 13 of 25 inmates slated for execution were
death penalty news
July 19, 2004
CANADA:
Good noose, bad noose - Hanging an exact science
Editor's note: The following story contains descriptions of executions
through history and may be offensive to some readers.
---
Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin shared the dubious distinction of being
death penalty news
July 19, 2004
USA:
Some major Supreme Court cases on capital punishment:
* In 1972, in a case called Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court declared
capital punishment unconstitutional.
* In 1976, in Gregg v. Georgia, the court reinstated the death penalty.
* In 1986, in
July 19
FLORIDA:
Life on Death Row
It has been nearly 28 years since Lisa Lynn Berry, a lively 8-year-old,
disappeared from a Florida bowling alley. The girl's extended family had
gathered on Oct. 22, 1976, for an evening of fun at Brunswick Lauderdale
Lanes, where her mother, Barbara
July 19
GEORGIAimpending execution
Supreme Court Won't Stop Execution
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to stop the execution of a death
row inmate scheduled to die later in the day for kidnapping, raping and
murdering his 2-year-old niece.
Defense attorneys have argued DNA
Actual Text of NAACP Resolution for
New Trial for Mumia and a National Death Penalty Moratorium
(Adopted at NAACP National Convention, Philadelphia, PA, July 15, 2004)
EMERGENCY RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PENALTY
WHEREAS, the NAACP adopted a resolution in 2001
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