Nov. 28
JORDAN:
Jordan seeks death penalty for Zarqawi in chemical plot
AIn Amman, Jordans state prosecutor on Sunday demanded death penalty for
the Al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and 11 other suspects
accused of plotting a chemical bomb attack on intelligence services.
Nov. 26
FLORIDAnew execution date
Clarence Hill has received an execution date for January 12, 2006.
His new mailing address:
Florida State Prison7819 N.W.228th StreetRaiford, 32026-1160,
Florida.
ILLINOIS:
Former Death Row Inmate Arrested On Drug Charges In
Nov. 26
TENNESSEE:
Attorney claims Thompson's privacy violated
Tennessee has violated the privacy rights of a death row inmate, according
to his lawyers, who've asked the state Supreme Court to issue a protective
order.
In a separate but related statement to the court, Nashville-based
Nov. 26
SINGAPORE:
Singapore sacks its hangman
Darshan Singh ... No longer Singapore's hangman.
Singapore has sacked its long-serving hangman on the eve of the execution
of Australian drug courier Nguyen Tuong Van.
A new executioner is expected to be flown into Singapore this week to
Nov. 25
TEXAS:
At the least, get a moratorium
Congratulations to the Chronicle for the investigative journalism on Ruben
Cantu's case. If the news media do not reveal flaws in the criminal
justice process, who will?
This story shows that justice is not always done, that the system is
Nov. 25
VIRGINIA:
Stop This Execution
Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D), who has less than 2 months left in
office, has not stopped a single execution during his 4-year term. He
would do well to break that streak in the case of Robin Lovitt, who is
scheduled to die Wednesday for a pool
Nov. 25
CANADA:
Canada Supports Global Abolition of the Death Penalty
As the United States prepares to execute its 1000th prisoner since 1977,
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew and Minister of Justice Irwin
Cotler today announced Canada's accession to a UN treaty that confirms its
Nov. 24
ARKANSAS:
Visitation changes needed, advocate says
A state prison spokesman Wednesday denied a death-penalty opponent's
charge that the state has unfairly limited family visits to condemned
killer Eric Nance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution.
Nance is to be put
Nov. 24
USA:
Reprieve. Fight legal injustice and help the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast at
the same time! Reprieve is looking for funds to help families of
death-sentenced prisoners and exonerated death-row inmates who lost
housing and other essentials in the hurricane. Writes co-director Billy
Nov. 28
USA:
USA: 1,000th execution looms as lottery of death reaches shameful
milestone
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: AMR 51/191/200528 November 2005
A prison guard takes a man out of a prison cell. The guard leads the man
through a hallway to an execution chamber
Nov. 28
ILLINOIS:
Set a fair price for wrongful convictions
James Newsome and Anthony Porter were convicted of murders they did not
commit. Both languished behind bars for more than 15 years before their
innocence was established. Both sued the Chicago Police. Newsome's jury
awarded him
Nov. 28
NORTH KOREA:
North Korea Slams Broadcast Showing Public Execution
Angered by the broadcast of a secretly filmed public execution inside
North Korea, the Stalinist state has accused the U.S.-based CNN television
network of promoting Washington's regime change agenda.
Pyongyang
Nov. 28
FLORIDA:
Prosecutor: Smith should be executed Defense blames drug addiction
for Brucia murder
A former auto mechanic should be executed because he killed Carlie Brucia
in order to cover up evidence that he had kidnapped and raped the
11-year-old girl, a prosecutor said
Nov. 28
TEXAS:
Cantu case as Texas benchmarkMany more like him
I am actively opposed to capital punishment. For the past 10 years, I've
written to and visited men on Texas' death row and have gotten to know
them and their families.
If asked and when I'm able to, I try my best to
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
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Note: Please write on behalf of these people even though
you may not have received the original UA when issued on
July 22, 2005. Thanks!
28 November 2005
Further Information on UA 193/05 issued 22 July 2005
Imminent Execution
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE
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28 November 2005
Further Information on UA 139/04 issued 6 April 2004
and re-issued 7 April 2005; 13 September 2005 Unfair
Trial/Fear of Execution/Imminent Execution
YEMEN: Fuad 'Ali Mohsen al-Shahari (m), aged about 45
Fuad
Nov. 28
ARKANSASexecution delayed
Supreme Court orders delay in Nance execution for 1993 killing
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delayed the scheduled execution of
condemned killer Eric Nance to give Justice Clarence Thomas more time to
review the case.
The Supreme Court held
Nov. 28
MONTANA:
Montana State Prison meets lawsuit agreement for inmate medical care
The Montana State Prison has met the requirements for improving inmate
medical care contained in an agreement settling a lawsuit filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union after the 1991 prison riot.
NCADP: National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Do Not Execute Shawn Humphries!
SOUTH CAROLINA
Take action at
www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1585
Shawn Humphries
December 2, 2005
Shawn Paul Humphries, a white man, faces execution on Dec. 2, 2005
Nov. 28
ARKANSAS-execution
Nance Executed After Several Delays
Arkansas death row inmate Eric Nance was put to death by lethal injection
Monday night around 9:30.
The execution was originally scheduled for 8:00 p.m. However, it was
delayed about an hour and a half so U.S. Supreme
Nov. 29
AUSTRALIA:
Senate motion against death penalty
The Australian Greens will today introduce a Senate motion to officially
reconfirm Australia's opposition to the death penalty.
Convicted Australian drug runner Van Tuong Nguyen is due to be hanged in
Singapore on Friday.
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