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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Scheduled Executions:
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April 20: Milton Mathis (TX):
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
yeah, just like Terri Schiavo--starved and thirsted to death. fab.
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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.
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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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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