URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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04 January 2007
UA 02/07
Imminent execution/ possible death sentence
IRAQ
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (m)
'Awad Hamad al-Bandar al-Sa'dun (m)
Taha Yassin Ramadhan (m)
The three men named above are all at risk of imminent
execution. The
Jan. 5
NEW JERSEY:
Rethinking the Death Penalty
New Jersey could take the lead among states in abolishing the death
penalty if it follows the recommendation that a legislative commission
made this week. It is the right thing to do, and not just because capital
punishment is barbaric and a
Jan. 5
LOUISIANA:
DA will seek capital penalty in infant's death
Lafayette Parish District Attorney Mike Harson says he will seek the death
penalty for a 29-year-old man charged with the first-degree murder of his
girlfriend's 8-month-old baby.
Brian Crimiel has been booked in the case.
Jan. 5
JAMAICA:
PM supports retention of death penalty
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the death penalty should remain on
statue books here to be used as a sentencing option for certain types of
murders.
The government is firm on that. The death penalty should remain, he told
Jan. 5
TEXAS:
Alleged shooter to stand trial in Hidalgo County
A man accused of participating in a 2003 Edinburg drug raid that ended in
6 deaths will stand trial in Hidalgo County, a district court judge ruled
Thursday.
Judge Bobby Flores dismissed Marcial Mata Bocanegra's request for
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Jan. 5
ITALY:
Rome to light Colosseum in death penalty protest
Rome will light up the Colosseum on Saturday to support Italy's campaign
for a United Nations moratorium on the death penalty, launched in the wake
of Saddam Hussein's hanging, the city's mayor said on Friday.
The Colosseum,
