[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---OHIO, USA, ARIZ., MD., CALIF., ALA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 27 OHIO: Inmate wants judge off appeals A federal judge has been asked to remove herself from reconsidering a British-born Ohio death row inmate's fate because she previously reviewed his conviction while serving on the Ohio Supreme Court. Kenny Richey's lawyers said U.S. Circuit

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 28 JAPAN: Gangster gets death sentence for killing 4 in Maebashi bar shooting The Maebashi District Court handed down the death sentence Monday against a gangster for killing 4 in a shooting at a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in 2003. According to the ruling, Masato Kohinata,

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 28 TEXAS: Testimony scheduled to start in Irving man's murder trial In Denton, a man accused of killing his pregnant wife and mother-in-law 2 years ago goes on trial for his life today. Christopher Jay Swift of Irving says he was insane when he killed Amy Sabeh-Swift, 27, and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---USA---EMPTY CHAIR death penalty documentary

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Hi, I'm writing to let you know of a new documentary film that might be a valuable resource in TCADP's outreach and educational work around the death penalty. THE EMPTY CHAIR is a 42 minute film that reveals a rarely seen view of murder's aftermath: families left behind, their lives torn apart

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----COLO., N.Y., IOWA, PENN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 28 COLORADO: Court overturns Harlan death penalty A convicted murderer was spared execution today when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled a jury's death penalty recommendation was tainted because jurors consulted a Bible during deliberations. The court ordered Robert Harlan to serve

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, MO., DEL., OHIO, USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 28 TEXAS: Texas tops U.S. states in executing foreigners The issue of international law and foreign opposition to the death penalty long has dogged capital punishment in the nation's most active death penalty state. 6 foreign nationals have been executed in Texas, more than any

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----CALIF., CONN., TENN., CONN., N.Y.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 28 CALIFORNIA: High court to hear California appeal of death sentence reversal The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear California's appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned the death sentence for a Kern County man convicted of killing a woman 23 years ago. Ronald

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 SOUTH KOREA: South Korean justice minister opposes abolishing death penalty? South Korea's justice minister said Tuesday he opposed moves by lawmakers to abolish the death penalty. If one deprives others of their lives, one should pay for it with his life, Kim Seung-kyu told

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----USA, ALA., COLO., FLA., OHIO, CONN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 USA: Justices Consider Rights of Foreigners The Supreme Court seemed divided over how best to handle a dispute over the role of international law in U.S. death penalty cases yesterday, as the justices heard oral arguments in the case of a Mexican who says Texas violated his

[Deathpenalty] (death penalty-related) request from Tom Davis, reporter of The Bergen (N.J.) Record

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Friends-- please contact Tom directly if you can be of any help. *** -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:32:46 -0500 From: Davis, Thomas dav...@northjersey.com To: Rick Halperin Subject: from Tom

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----TEXAS

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 TEXAS: Legal fees for Cobb, David exceed $34,000 To date, the cost to Lamar County for the legal defense of capital murder defendants Christopher Cobb and Michael Dewayne Davis is more than $34,000, according to records at the district clerks office. Attorney Steven Miears of

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----FLA., USA., VA., MO.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 FLORIDA: And justice for allThe flaw in lawmakers' calls to constrict death row appeals was underscored last week when the state Supreme Court granted James Floyd a new trial. Everyone's liberty dies by inches whenever someone is denied a fair trial. So it was a victory for

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----PENN., IOWA, NEV., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 PENNSYLVANIA: Rights Row Over Septuagenarian Facing Death Penalty A 70-year-old woman from Pennsylvania known for her delicious cookies faces execution by lethal injection for allegedly bludgeoning her 84-year-old neighbour to death with a hammer. The case has provoked outrage

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----ALA., CONN., MISS., OHIO

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 ALABAMA: Prosecutors allege Rudolph, activist link Federal prosecutors preparing to try Eric Rudolph in a fatal abortion clinic blast want to show jurors that the serial bombing suspect had ties to a Tennessee church led by an anti-abortion activist. Rudolph could face the death

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA: AUSTRALIANS PAY BRIBE TO VISIT CORBY IN BALI PRISON The Corby drug trial has become Bali's latest tourist attraction. Australians are taking time off to lend moral support to Schapelle Corby. As Corby arrived at Denpasar District Court yesterday, for the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., USA, OHIO

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 TEXAS: State: Victim had defense woundsWitness is better suspect, defense says Prosecutors in the capital murder trial of Bevy Wilson outlined their evidence Tuesday, saying they intend to show Wilson savagely beat a 10-year-old boy and his father then went to a nearby bar

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----MO., CONN., GA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 MISSOURI: Death penalty to be sought in trooper's slaying A prosecutor said Wednesday he will seek the death penalty for a southeast Missouri man accused a day earlier of slaying a state trooper with a shotgun and a rifle in an ambush outside the officer's home. Carter County

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----N.C., CONN., TENN., MO.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 NORTH CAROLINA: Relatives of murder victims lobby for N.C. execution moratorium Patricia Parker doesn't know if she wants her brother's killer punished by death. It's not a black or white issue for me, she said Wednesday after joining at the Legislature with other supporters of

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----FLA., OHIO, CALIF., VA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 FLORIDA: New sentencing for only woman on Florida's death row Citing a flawed defense, a judge has granted a new sentencing hearing for the only woman on Florida's death row. Virginia Larzelere, 52, of Edgewater was sentenced to die for scheming to get at her husband's insurance

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----S. DAK., MD.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 SOUTH DAKOTA: Supreme Court sides with death row inmate, says filing deadline may sometimes be suspended The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a South Dakota death row inmate, saying it may be possible for him to return to federal court once state courts finish reviewing

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 30 LIBYA/BULGARIA: Libyan Prosecutors Urge Revision of Bulgarian Nurses Death Sentences Prosecutors have asked Libyas Supreme Court to revoke death sentences of 5 Bulgarian nurses convicted of causing an AIDS outbreak and return the case for reconsideration to a lower court that

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: Palestinian Authority: Executions Loom Despite Unfair Trials Amid grave concern that prisoners facing execution by the Palestinian Authority did not receive fair trials, Human Rights Watch urged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to place an

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----USA----April Execution Alert

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Scheduled Executions: April 5: Glen Ocha (FL): http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5 24 April 15: Richard Longworth (SC) http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5 25 April 20: Milton Mathis (TX):

[Deathpenalty]FW: NCAA: Boo to Illinois!

2005-08-16 Thread Boyle, Francis
Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fbo...@law.uiuc.edu mailto:fbo...@law.uiuc.edu (personal comments only) -Original Message- From: owner-aalsmi...@ube.ubalt.edu

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----FLA., PENN., MO., GA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 FLORIDA: Judge orders new penalty phase for convicted killer If jurors were told about Virginia Larzelere's abusive childhood, they may have recommended a life sentence instead of the death penalty for killing her dentist husband, according to the judge who threw out her

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----P.RICO, CONN., MD., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 PUERTO RICO: Boricuas say no to the death penalty The subject of the death penalty has heated up in Puerto Rico, where capital punishment is prohibited by the Constitution of 1952. In theory, because it`s never been tested, residents of Puerto Rico who commit a federal crime

[Deathpenalty]FW: Terri Schiavo: RIP

2005-08-16 Thread Boyle, Francis
Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fbo...@law.uiuc.edu mailto:fbo...@law.uiuc.edu (personal comments only) -Original Message- From: Boyle, Francis Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:26 AM To:

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 IRAQ: Iraq judge: Saddam to get death sentence An Iraqi judge on the court that will try Saddam Hussein said the former Iraqi dictator committed many crimes and likely will be sentenced to death. The judge, who requested anonymity, was quoted Thursday in the Saudi daily

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International AI Index: MDE 21/003/2005 30 March 2005 Palestinian Authority (PA): Amnesty International calls on the PA not to resume executions and to end impunity Amnesty International is

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., MD., CALIF.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 TEXAS: State drops death penalty for Joe LaRue In a case that has already had enough twists and turns to require a road map, the capital murder trial of Joe LaRue changed course once again Wednesday when the jury was dismissed and the state removed its request to seek the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----FLA., CONN., MD., MISS.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 31 FLORIDA: Killer of Miami-Dade anti-drug crusader loses death row appeal In Tallahassee, a death row inmate condemned for gunning down a Miami-Dade County grocer who waged a war against drugs in his neighborhood lost appeals Thursday in the state Supreme Court. Ronnie Johnson

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----N. MEX., N.Y., OHIO, USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
March 1 NEW MEXICO: State To Seek Death in Slaying of Young Single Mom The Santa Fe District Attorney's Office announced Monday that it will seek the death penalty against a 59-year-old woman accused of killing a 19-year-old single mother last year. Karen Smallwood whose last known

[Deathpenalty] FW: [florida_support] FW: + (a) Bishop Lynch statement; (b) repor t on his Earthquake ex perience

2005-08-16 Thread Boyle, Francis
Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fbo...@law.uiuc.edu (personal comments only) -Original Message- From: Boyle, Francis [mailto:fbo...@law.uiuc.edu] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:49 AM To:

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----MD., N.C., FLA., KAN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 1 MARYLAND: Death Row Inmate Granted Stay Of Execution The state's highest court has granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Vernon Evans. He was scheduled to put to be death by lethal injection in the 5-day period that begins April 18th. But the Court of Appeals granted

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----IOWA, GA., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 1 IOWA: Deadlocked Senate headed toward death penalty showdown The deadlocked Iowa Senate appears headed for a showdown over one of the most emotional issues lawmakers have faced this session - the question of reinstating the death penalty. Republican leaders insist they'll push

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., ILL., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 1 TEXAS: Photos move jurors to tearsCrime scene photos show murder scene Jurors gasped and became teary-eyed Thursday after prosecutors showed crime scene photos in the capital murder trial of a man accused of beating a man and his 10-year-old son to death with a claw hammer.

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----DEL., ARK., MD.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 1 DELAWARE---new execution date (not serious) Date set for Capano's executionAppeals make it unlikely he'll die that day A Superior Court judge Thursday set June 7 as the date convicted killer Thomas J. Capano will be executed for the 1996 murder of Anne Marie Fahey. The

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----ALA., MICH., N.C.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 2 ALABAMA: Death penalty debateMore in state join execution opposition Right or wrong? Just or cruel? Biblical? Death penalty opponents and supporters are finding much in recent weeks to spar about. For instance: Gov. Bob Riley met this week with three Alabamians whose agenda

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 2 NORTH KOREA: Executions designed to deter defectors In a brutal new crackdown on defections and smuggling to China, the North Korean regime has conducted public executions of at least 3 people and possibly dozens more, according to human rights advocates here who have examined a

[Deathpenalty]FW: Terri Schiavo-- Read the FAQ

2005-08-16 Thread Boyle, Francis
Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fbo...@law.uiuc.edu (personal comments only) -Original Message- From: Boyle, Francis Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:26 AM To: Boyle, Francis; 'Florida_Support';

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, MISS., USA, N.Y.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 3 TEXAS: New Trial Centers on Questions of Death Penalty So Far Ricky Joseph Langley wanted a new trial after being convicted of murder, and he got it. But now his lawyers are arguing about just how new they want the trial to be. The lawyers for Langley are opposing the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 AUSTRALIA: PM would oppose Corby's execution The Federal Government will go into overdrive to stop accused Gold Coast drug smuggler Schapelle Corby being executed should an Indonesian court find her guilty and impose the death penalty. Justice Minister Chris Ellison yesterday said

[Deathpenalty]Fw: Why You Should Boo Illinois

2005-08-16 Thread Francis Boyle
Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, Ill. 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) (personal comments only) - Original Message - From: Jeff Blankfort To: undisclosed-recipients Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 1:46 AM Subject: Why You Should Boo

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, USA, CONN., NEV., FLA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 TEXAS: Inmates selling art in spite of state's 'murderabilia' law Vague part of the statute may mean criminals are using notoriety for profit The sketch traces the shapely backside of a nude female as she glances over one shoulder. It appeared on a Web site peddling art from the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news---worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 PHILIPPINES: Death sentence on killers of TV cameraman upheld The Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a decision issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, which sentenced to death 8 men, including a fireman, who killed a PTV-4 cameraman 6 years ago. Sentenced to death after

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----FLA., N.Y., USA, IOWA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 FLORIDAimpending execution Woman's killer scheduled for execution Tuesday; wants no appeals Glen Ocha is scheduled to be executed by injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke, ending his quest to die after being arrested for the 1999 strangulation of a woman who

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 SAUDI ARABIAexecutions 6 Somalis beheaded in Saudi Arabia for armed robbery 6 Somalis were beheaded the Mecca region on Monday after being convicted of a spate of armed robberies against taxi drivers, the Saudi interior ministry said. The 6 were convicted of forming a gang

[Deathpenalty] RIP:Terri Schiavo: [CUADPUpdate] Starvin' for Justice '05 - 12t h Annual FV General Announcement

2005-08-16 Thread Boyle, Francis
yeah, just like Terri Schiavo--starved and thirsted to death. fab. Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. Champaign, IL 61820 USA 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fbo...@law.uiuc.edu (personal comments only) -Original Message- From:

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 GLOBAL: Death penalty 'at record levels' Nearly 4,000 people were executed worldwide in 2004 - the most in nearly a decade, Amnesty International says. China carried out more executions than all other countries combined - at least 3,400 - the human rights group says. The global

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 5, 2005 GLOBAL: Death penalty figures: Your reaction Nearly 4,000 people were executed worldwide in 2004 - the highest number in nearly ten years, say Amnesty International. The human rights group found that China carried out more executions than all other

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA: Death penalty bad news for Corby: AI Indonesia has recently resumed its use of the death penalty in a move that does not bode well for accused Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby, Amnesty International(AI) has warned. The human rights organisation's

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----FLORIDA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 FLORIDA: MEDIA ADVISORYMonday, April 4, 2005Contact: D. Michael McCarron, Executive Director(850) 222-3803mccar...@flacathconf.org Florida Bishops Urge Commutation of Death Sentence for Glen Ocha The Catholic Bishops of Florida appeal to Governor Bush to commute

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
URGENT ACTION APPEAL -- 5 April 2005 UA 79/05Fear of imminent execution YEMEN: Hafez Ibrahim (m), aged 17 Seventeen-year-old Hafez Ibrahim is reportedly scheduled to be executed on 6 April, for a murder which allegedly committed when he was 16. The

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., LA., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 TEXAS: LACI PETERSON'S MOTHER TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE The annual Northeast Texas Crime Victims' Conference in Tyler next week will present speakers involved in two national murder cases, one in which a man has been sentenced to death for murdering his pregnant wife and another who

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., CALIF., U.S. MILIT., OHIO

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 PENNSYLVANIA: Other recusal reasons cited in Downs' letter to AG Among the reasons cited by Bradford County District Attorney Stephen Downs to recuse himself from the Dustin Briggs case were a lack of resources available to his office and the possibility he might be called as a

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 BAHAMAS: Death Row inmates end hunger strikeInmates claim their 'civil and constitutional right' were being breached Death Row inmates at Her Majesty's Fox Hill Prison ended their 3-day hunger strike to engage in talks with prison officials on Sunday. According to reports

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLA., N.C., PENN., ARK., LA., CALIF.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 5 FLORIDAexecution//volunteer Florida inmate who dropped appeals executed for 1999 slaying An inmate who pleaded guilty to strangling a woman who gave him a ride home from a bar was executed Tuesday, after firing his attorneys and dropping his legal appeals. Glen Ocha's

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., ARIZ., CONN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 TEXAS: SENATE REJECTS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE OPTION East Texas lawmakers were split over the issue of giving jurors the power to sentence capital murderers to life in prison without parole. On Tuesday, the state Senate rejected a bill that would have done that. Texas juries have

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----N.Y., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 NEW YORK: Assembly must vote on death penalty As predicted, the Assembly's Democrats are headed toward killing New York's death penalty by bottling it up in committee rather than allowing the full house to vote on the most important criminal justice issue on the agenda. Speaker

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 IRAN: Iran, a Christian convert to face death penalty for apostasy Hamid Pourmand, a lay leader in a church and a convert from Islam, will appear before an Islamic court next week to face charges of apostasy, Christians in Iran have learned. If found guilty Pourmand is likely

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 7, 2005 YEMEN: Amnesty pleads for Yemeni youth Amnesty International pleaded with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh Wednesday to commute the death sentence handed down to a juvenile. The group said in a statement published Wednesday on its Web site Hafez Ibrahim,

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- PENN., USA/VIRG., ALA., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 7, 2005 PENNSYLVANIA: Death penalty possible for Haymes The man accused of the rape, murder and dismemberment of 15-year-old Deanna Wright-McIntosh faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. Deputy District Attorney John F. X. Reilly cited two

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- USA

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 7, 2005 USA: The death penalty necessary justice for criminals found guilty It may be the most ominous walk in the world. A mere 20 yards from a stark death row cell to the death chamber - arguably the loneliest and most despairing juncture in a human life. Now,

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- S.C., N.C.

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 7, 2005 SOUTH CAROLINA: Killer of officer from Rhode Island gets death penalty A man has been sentenced to death in South Carolina for killing a police officer who was a native of Warwick. Luzenski Allen Cottrell killed Myrtle Beach police Officer Joe McGarry on

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- IOWA, CONN.

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 8, 2005 IOWA: Senate Considers Adding Limited Death Penalty To Sex Offender Measure - Members Propose Penalties Against Repeat Offenders Senators considering sex offender legislation that was passed by the House said they want to consider adding a limited death

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- FLORIDA

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 8, 2005 FLORIDA: Raven Raven dies in muted public notice We've come a long way in how we kill. They injected him with drugs Tuesday, and convicted killer Raven Raven, once known as Glenn Ocha, quietly died many miles from the scene of his crime -- the 1999 murder

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- N.Y., USA

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 8, 2005 NEW YORK: Putting death penalty on Death Row Talk about a mercy killing: Albany is finally on the verge of putting the death penalty out of its misery. It was last summer that the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, pulled the plug on capital

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 9, 2005 GLOBAL: U.N. Urges Countries to Shed Light on Death Penalty A U.N. human rights investigator Friday urged countries to remove the cloak of secrecy surrounding the death penalty and disclose the number of executions and people on death row. Philip Alston,

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- GEORGIA, IOWA

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 8, 2005 GEORGIA: 'Aggravated circumstances' led to death penalty decision - DA seeks capital punishment in slaying of Pendergrass officer Killing a working policeman is such a heinous crime that Piedmont District Attorney Tim Madison decided last week to seek the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- USA; FLORIDA

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 8, 2005 USA: Congress Should Not Expand the Death Penalty Joint Letter Opposing Capital Sentencing Provisions in H.R. 1279 April 4, 2005 The Honorable Howard Coble Chair, Judiciary Committee Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee House of Representatives

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 7 JAPAN: Death penalty upheld for top Japanese cult member The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a death sentence for Kazuaki Okazaki, a former senior member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, for murdering lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, his family and another member of the cult. Presiding

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----VA., S.C., ARIZ.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 7 VIRGINIA: Death sentence upheld in Arlington pool hall slaying A federal appeals court upheld the death sentence of an Arlington man who had his appeal argued by former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr. The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected Starr's

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 8 AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA: Nun's call to avert Schapelle Corby death penalty Sydney Josephite Sr Susan Connelly has called on the Australian Government to act to ensure that - innocent or guilty - Australian Schapelle Corby is returned home, rather than remain in Indonesia, where

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----FLA., USA., CONN., MO.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 9 FLORIDA: Woman seeking father meets death-row inmateA DNA test will tell whether the convicted killer is a New Jersey woman's father. Tonya Cartagena is finally getting to know the man who very well may be her father -- convicted death row inmate Sonny Ray Jeffries. The

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----TEXAS, IDAHO, OHIO, N.Y., N.C.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
APRIL 9 TEXAS: Texas warden who presided over nearly 100 executions writes about career Jim Willett figured he could make more money and better accommodate his class schedule at Sam Houston State University by quitting his job pumping gas and taking a job as a prison guard. I had no

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----CALIF., USA, IOWA, FLA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 10 CALIFORNIA: Drawing ConclusionsDespite verdict, investigator remains on Peterson case Even though a 12-member jury recently convicted Scott Peterson of murdering his wife and unborn child, private detective Carl Jensen of Roseville is still working on the case. The reason?

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----ALA., MISS., OHIO, VER.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 10 ALABAMA: Lawyer opposing death row helps save bomber's lifeAdvocate had role in other plea pacts The lawyer who brokered the agreement to spare the life of Eric Rudolph, the convicted serial bomber, has helped to keep other high-profile defendants off death row -- including

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., CONN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 10 TEXAS: Sterling appeal has AG working: Death row inmate seeks stay from Supreme Court The Texas Attorney General's Office is working on its response to a U.S. Supreme Court appeal filed by the attorneys representing death row inmate Gary Lynn Sterling. Sterling is scheduled

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worlwdide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 11 IRAQ: New Iraqi president opposed to Saddam death sentence Iraq's new president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, hinted in an interview published Sunday that he opposed the idea of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death. I am among the lawyers who signed an

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
URGENT ACTION APPEAL UPDATE Note: Please write on behalf of this person even though you may not have received the original UA when issued on January 13, 2003. Thanks! 8 April 2005 Further Information on EXTRA 05/03 issued 15 January 2003 and re-issued 18 March 2005; 29 April 2004; 24 June

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 11 SUDAN: Two Zaghawa Tribe Members Severely Tortured, now Face Death Penalty Monday April 11th, 2005 16:10. Sudan Organisation Against Torture SOAT Press Release: April 11 2005 On 22 February 2005 at 11.30am, Sudanese armed forces arrested two men from the Zaghawa tribe in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----P. RICO, OHIO, N.Y., N.H., CONN., IOWA

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 11 PUERTO RICO: Murder case unites Puerto Ricans against death penaltyCapital punishment prohibited on island, but Washington says federal crimes an exception. The possible execution of two men convicted of murdering a security guard is arousing broad opposition in this U.S.

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----TEXAS

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 12 TEXAS: Keel-Hauling Death Row Defendants Should Austin Republican Rep. Terry Keel's HB 268 pass through the Lege as currently written, Texas may become the first state in the nation to fast-track federal appeals for indigent death row defendants - clearing the way for the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 12, 2005 SINGAPORE: Sons bid to free father on death row Two 14-year-old Singapore brothers have begun a rare campaign in the city state to free their jailed father fromdeath row, where he faces execution for trafficking about 1 kg of marijuana. Twins Gopalan and

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 12, 2005 CHINA: Chinese police take heat for coerced confessions An unusual surge of heated public debate has engulfed China over the wrongful convictions of two men for murder, one of whom was executed. The two cases have cast a spotlight on police using torture

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- GA; NJ; USA / MIL.

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 12, 2005 GEORGIA: State lawyer goes to bat for death penalty defendants Attorney Chris Adams grew frustrated as he stood in the lobby of police headquarters trying to see Atlanta's most infamous man. Adams claimed to be Brian Nichols' lawyer on March 12 even though

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- NEW YORK

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 12, 2005 NEW YORK: Assembly Committee Kills Death Penalty Bill The Democratic-controlled state Assembly's powerful Codes Committee voted 11-7 Tuesday not to send legislation aimed at reinstating New York's death penalty to the full house for a vote, a move that may

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----N.Y., TEXAS, IOWA, COLO., GA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 12 NEW YORK: New York State Legislative Committee Defeats Death Penalty; Vote Comes as Skepticism of the Death Penalty Increases Nationwide Contact: Shari Silberstein of Quixote Center, 301-699-0042, ext. 119 (office); or sha...@quixote.org The New York State Assembly Codes

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news------OHIO, KAN., VA., LA., TENN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 12 OHIO: In rare move, justices wrote victims' family to explain ruling In a rare move, 2 Ohio Supreme Court justices wrote to family members outraged by a court decision that overturned a man's murder conviction and death sentence in the killing of 2 college students because they

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- NEW YORK

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 12, 2005 NEW YORK: Albany Panel Closes Door on Death Penalty Measure Democrats in the State Assembly closed the door today on reviving the death penalty in New York State this year, handing a significant victory to groups that are trying to build national momentum

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----USA, N.C., CALIF., OHIO, VA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 12 USA: How Important is Roper v. Simmons?by David R. Dow 3 of my clients will not be executed, and none of the credit is mine. They have been saved by the Supreme Court's decision in Roper v. Simmons, which held that the states cannot execute murderers who were younger than the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----MO., NEV., IOWA, LA., N.Y., FLA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 12 MISSOURI: Prosecutor to seek death penalty in cocaine-injection slaying A prosecutor said Tuesday that he will seek the death penalty for 2 people accused of injecting a former Macon County prosecutor with a lethal dose of cocaine. The notice of intent was filed by Christian

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----NEW YORK

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 13 NEW YORK: New York Assembly Democrats Close Off Death Penalty for 2005 Democrats in the State Assembly closed the door Tuesday on reviving the death penalty in New York State this year, handing a significant victory to opponents of capital punishment who are trying to build

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----N.Y., LA., VA., UTAH, ALA.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 13 NEW YORK: N.Y. DEATH PENALTY IS D.O.A. Assembly Democrats yesterday put what could be the final nail in the coffin of the state's death penalty - leaving Gov. Pataki fuming. The Assembly Codes Committee voted down legislation aimed at fixing a major sentencing provision of the

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----MO., GA., KAN., CONN.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 13 MISSOURI: Missouri opens new chamber for executions The next time Missouri carries out an execution, the condemned person will see only family and friends. Other witnesses will watch unseen through one-way glass. The installation of reflective windows for two of the three

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 13 INDIA: 3 of family get death sentence A Local Court has awarded death sentence to 3 members of a family (father and 2 sons) in a triple murder case. The accused who were sentenced to death included Balbir Singh and his 2 sons Krishan and Ranjit of Anwali village. They had been

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news-----CALIF., ILL., S.C.

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 13 CALIFORNIA: Jury recommends death penalty in LA murder case A jury recommended the death penalty Wednesday for an Orange County man convicted of murdering a business rival and three members of her family. Pravin Peter Govin, 35, of Cypress, was due back in Superior Court on

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
April 14 AUSTRALIA/INDONESIA: Judgment day for Corby Accused drug trafficker Schapelle Corby will today learn if she will face the death penalty if a Bali court finds her guilty of the charge. Prosecutors will today tell the Denpasar District Court what punishment the 27-year-old

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- USA; CONN.

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 14, 2005 USA: Lethal injection execution 'cruel' - U.S. researchers American researchers have called for an halt to lethal injection, the most common method of capital punishment in the United States, because it is not always a humane and painless way to die. Some

[Deathpenalty]death penalty news --- N.Y.

2005-08-16 Thread Joerg Sommer
death penalty news April 14, 2005 NEW YORK: New York's Death Penalty Dies The Assembly Codes Committee killed the state's death penalty Tuesday, April 12, voting 11-7 against legislation that would have addressed a sentencing provision of the death penalty law which caused the Court of

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