[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----N.Y., N. MEX., ARIZ., S. DAK., N.C.

2007-02-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 6 NEW YORK: Victim's sobbing son testifies in Brooklyn death-penalty case A weeping teen left jurors crying in a hushed Brooklyn courtroom as he testified Tuesday in the death penalty case against a notorious drug lord convicted of hiring hitmen to kill the boy's father. My father

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MO., UTAH, MONT., OHIO

2007-02-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 6 MISSOURInew death sentence Jury gives Baumruk death penalty A jury decided on Tuesday that a man should receive the death penalty for killing his wife, Mary, and shooting four others at the St. Louis County Courthouse in 1992. The jury in St. Charles County deliberated for

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2007-02-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 6 UNITED KINGDOM: UK criticised over executions Tony Blair's desire to keep on side with the United States could scupper efforts to outlaw the death penalty worldwide, according to one of the campaigners against capital punishment. With Italy seeking support from the United Nations