[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., LA., PENN.

2013-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 TEXAS: Kerry Max Cook's Exoneration Fight Gets Personal Kerry Max Cook, who spent 2 decades on death row for a 1977 murder, says Smith County prosecutors are fighting dirty in their mission to stymie his efforts to prove his innocence. In a motion filed Wednesday in Smith

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----CALIF., MD., N.C., ARIZ., OHIO

2013-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 CALIFORNIA: 1-time death row inmate suspect in Vallejo slaying A Vallejo man who gladly accepted a death sentence after killing 2 Pinole teenagers more than 45 years ago, has been arrested at his home for killing his mother. Vallejo Police said that Dennis Stanworth, 70,

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2013-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 SRI LANKA/SAUDI ARABIA: UN human rights offices voices 'deep dismay' over execution of Sri Lankan woman in Saudi Arabia; Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) The United Nations human rights office today voiced its deep dismay

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLORIDA----SignOn.org - The Death Penalty in Florida

2013-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
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[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ILL., FLA.

2013-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 ILLINOIS: Friday is decade since Gov. Ryan emptied Illinois death row. It was 10 years ago that former Gov. George Ryan commuted the sentences of 167 Illinois death row inmates. Friday's anniversary marks one decade since Ryan said he had to act because Illinois' capital