Sept. 12
TEXASimpending female execution
Does she deserve to die? Well, her trial lawyer doesn't know
Maybe Frances Newton shot her husband and two children to death in 1987.
Maybe she didn't. The public cannot be certain of her guilt, but she's
going to die for the crime anyway.
Sept. 12
RWANDA:
'Genocide' priest faces death penalty
A Belgian missionary has been charged with inciting and helping plan the
1994 Rwandan genocide, in which more than half a million people were
killed.
A Rwandan gacaca, or community court, initially heard the charges but
referred the
Sept. 12
KANSAS:
Jury recommends death penalty for Cheatham
A Shawnee County jury today decided that Phillip Cheatham should be put to
death for the slayings of 2 women in shootings that left a third surviving
woman riddled with bullet wounds.
Cheatham, 32, was found guilty Thursday of
Sept. 12
INDIA:
Rape case: HC reverses death sentenceAcquits man who was accused of
murdering, then having sex with body of a 6-year-old
The Gujarat High Court on Monday reversed a capital punishment order by
the trial court and acquitted a man charged of murdering a minor girl.
Sept. 12
TEXASimpending female execution
Parole Board Declines To Commute Houston Womans Death Sentence
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 7-0 Monday against commuting
the death sentence of Womens Death Row inmate Francis Newton, 40, whos
scheduled to die by injection
Sept. 12
FLORIDA:
State seeks death penalty for Chapman
State Attorney Steve Russell will seek the death penalty against Jeremy
Chapman, who is accused of killing Annamarie Cruz Randazzo, 17, and John
Hardin, 66, both of Cape Coral.
Russell filed notices to seek the death penalty in
