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2009-07-04: Headlines
Indianapolis Star: Rights make judicial system unique 2009-07-04
Such rights have helped set America's justice system apart -- and nowhere are those muscles exercised so strongly as in death penalty cases, where Foster ...
New Zealand Herald: US nuns on the run from Vatican inquiry 2009-07-04
Probably more famous than any American nun (aside from Whoopi Goldberg on screen) is Sister Helen Prejean, whose campaign against the death penalty w ...
UK Express: STAFF AT OUR EMBASSY IN IRAN FACING EXECUTION 2009-07-04
TWO workers at the British Embassy in Iran were facing the death penalty last night after they were branded traitors by a key figure in ...
Melbourne Herald Sun: Two convicted murderers hanged in Iran 2009-07-04
Human rights group Amnesty International has calculated that Iran applied the death penalty to 346 people last year, carrying out more executions than any ...
Los Angeles Times: Charges dismissed in case of man convicted 14 years ago of murder ... 2009-07-04
Because Cole could have faced the death penalty for the prison slaying, his case came to the attention of the California Innocence Project ...
Times: What is justice for mad dogs among us? 2009-07-04
We now are confronted with that question as prosecutors in Lake County put their heads together and decide whether to seek the death penalty against the two ...
Joplin Globe: Jury selection begins in murder case 2009-07-04
Prosecutors in Texas are seeking the death penalty against Levi King, 26, who already is serving a life sentence for killing two people in mcdonald County ...
Nepalnews.com: Police reveal more details on Khyati murder 2009-07-04
Most people are demanding a death penalty to the main accused. There is no provision of death penalty in the interim constitution. nepalnews.com Jul 04 09.
E Kantipur: Users want death sentence for Khyati murder accused 2009-07-04
The gruesome crime has raised new debates within the country over the practice of capital punishment, which Nepal does not practice. Apart from the dem ...
New York Times: Weekend Opinionator: Did Madoff Get More Than He Deserved? 2009-07-04
But given the statistics on, say, whether the death penalty actually deters homicide, do we really think Judge Chin was fair and balanced this time around?
Times of Swaziland: Hangman is solution to killings - Jim Gama 2009-07-04
Gama, in an interview yesterday, said the kingdom would continue to experience serial murderers in the absence of the death penalty. He said it would not ...
Blogcritics.org: Interview with Ellen Feldman, Author of Scottsboro, Shortlisted ... 2009-07-04
Capital punishment still falls far more heavily on racial minorities. Moreover, the relevance extends beyond America's borders. In a world riven by ethnic ...
Manila Bulletin: UK hails RP for strong stance on Myanmar 2009-07-04
The tough statements from the Philippine Government on Aung San Suu Kyi and the position [it has] taken on the death penalty are an example to other state ...
Arab Times: Pardoned Filipina 'appeals' to save others on death row 2009-07-04
Even if she is jubilant over her unexpected homecoming, Vecina still thinks about the welfare of other Filipinos facing the death penalty in Kuwait like ...
Belmont Citizen-Herald: Arabian: Sacrifices for Independence 2009-07-04
They signed the Declaration of Independence knowing that they faced the death penalty. The British captured five signers as traitors and tortured them ...
The Metropolitain: Human dignity, religious rights, and Obama 2009-07-03
... respect for this freedom includes respecting the freedom of belief of Falun Gong practitioners; -- publish death penalty statistics.
CounterPunch: Left's Grip on Mexico City Slips 2009-07-03
In alliance with the Televisa-backed Mexican Green Environmental Party which is campaigning for the restoration of the death penalty (sic), the PRI could ...
guardian.co.uk: Mexico parties vie for toughest on crime ahead vote 2009-07-03
Escobar said it opted to pursue the death penalty campaign after focus groups showed up to 85 percent of Mexicans were willing to back capital punishment.
Huffington Post: Suspected Sologirl Murderer Back in USA on $3 Million Bond 2009-07-03
Although Mireles has indicated a preference for hiring his own attorney, the Death Penalty Defense Unit is currently said to be handling his case.
Manila Times: UN's Ban on tough mission to Burma 2009-07-03
“The tough statements Suu Kyi and the position [it has] taken on the death penalty are an example to other states in the region.” Lewis recently met ...
Reuters India: Ethiopian man shackles girl with dogs for 18 years 2009-07-03
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of women have rallied to demand the death penalty for a man who shackled a girl with dogs for 18 year ...
USA Today: Obama on pope, bishops, prayers on his Blackberry 2009-07-03
... he was concerned with how children were treated, he was concerned about the death penalty, he was concerned about foreign policy.
CafeSentido.com: Guardian Council Chief Says Iran Will Try UK Embassy Staff 2009-07-03
... effort to threaten opposition figures with possible capital punishment, in hopes of causing them to give up their push for a new round of elections.
The Market Oracle: The Keynesian System, the Economics of Illusion 2009-07-03
... a totalitarian state in which free communication with foreign countries was forbidden and sending capital abroad was subject to the death penalty.
Telegraph.co.uk: Do Tony and Cherie have a mission to change the Catholic Church? 2009-07-03
... definitely HAVE NOT STATED Catholic Doctrine - you've stated what you wish it to be ; as you have in the past over capital punishment, monopolism etc.
Irish Times: A different approach 2009-07-03
... forgotten “that in every church you're looking at a condemned criminal who got the death penalty for defending human rights and the rights of children… ...
Newsroom America: GOP Says Sotomayor May Have Ties to Extreme Group 2009-07-03
"During her time there, the organization took extreme positions on legal issues ranging from the death penalty to abortion to racial quotas," Sessions ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Cheers and Jeers/July 4 2009-07-03
Cheers: To columnist Bob Ray Sanders for his update about capital punishment. Rick Perry has allowed 200 executions during his tenure as governor.
Baltimore Sun: O'Malley issues 6 pardons to former convicts 2009-07-03
The governor opposes the death penalty, which has been on de facto moratorium in the state since December 2006, but has said he's unlikely to use h ...
Belgrade News: Accused killer of Three Forks woman pleads innocent 2009-07-03
State prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty for Jay Myran. Lambert said after the elder Myran's hearing that the circumstances of the case ...
St. Louis American: New evidence will be heard in Clemons case, MO Supreme Court ... 2009-07-03
... is that a juror from the 1993 trial has since said she would not have voted for the death penalty had more complete evidence been presented in trial.
Cookeville Herald Citizen: Crossville man gets two life sentences 2009-07-03
Prosecutors had previously said they would seek the death penalty in the case, but after plea negotiations, agreed to the two life sentences, which me ...
IdahoStatesman.com: Woman won't face death sentence in stabbing case 2009-07-03
Canyon County Prosecutor John Bujak said the facts of the case support the premeditated murder charge, but he will not seek the death penalty.
TMCnet: Additional charges sought against man accused of killing 2-year ... 2009-07-03
With the additional charge, prosecutors are also seeking to amend their notice that they will be seeking the death penalty for Darisabel's alleged killer ...
Flathead Beacon: Bigfork Man Faces Life in Prison for Sex Crimes 2009-07-03
... before starting his 110-year term in a federal penitentiary. Isn't this why we have the death penalty in MT? There is no reason this man should be alive.
LifeNews.com: White House, Senator Debate Papers Linking Sotomayor to Pro ... 2009-07-03
... responded, "During her time there, the organization took extreme positions on legal issues ranging from the death penalty to abortion to racial quotas.
2009-07-03: Headlines
WSBtv.com: Hit Man Gets Death Penalty After Courtroom Tirade 2009-07-03
ATLANTA -- Convicted killer Cleveland Clark was sentenced to death Thursday, hours after he unleashed a tirade at the Fulton County Courthouse.
WOWT: Accused Child Killer Fights Death Penalty 2009-07-03
In a motion filed this week, Kelly Breen argued Dakota County prosecutors' attempts to seek De Jesus Melisio-Camacho's execution by lethal injection ...
Munster Times: What is justice for mad dogs among us? 2009-07-03
We now are confronted with that question as prosecutors in Lake County put their heads together and decide whether to seek the death penalty against the two ...
WTHR: US judge vacates verdict in Indiana triple slayings 2009-07-03
Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard, in a one-page concurring opinion, chided what he called the "rhetoric" of death-penalty appeals alleging ineffective ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Killer dragged from court after outburst 2009-07-03
For the second time Thursday — the fifth time during the death penalty trial — Cleveland Clark, convicted of murdering Sparkle Rai, spewed obscenities ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Tears, relief as Sparkle Rai's killer gets death sentence 2009-07-03
Asked after the hearing to compare Cleveland's death penalty to the life without parole outcome of convicted multiple killer Brian Nichols, Fulton County ...
Los Angeles Times: Mexico: High stakes and rampant voter apathy in upcoming elections 2009-07-03
The Green Party, with its death penalty stance and toucan logo; the PRD and its unofficial face, Mariana; and the PAN, with its focus on the drug war ...
Los Angeles Times: Aspiring state attorney general Kamala Harris finds friends in LA 2009-07-03
... she first was elected district attorney of San Francisco by winning 56% of the vote in a runoff, despite her promise never to seek the death penalty ...
New York Times: Tales of Republicans, Bonobos and Adultery 2009-07-03
They disapprove of it so much that they rank philandering as less morally acceptable than the death penalty, cloning humans or suicide.
Marin Independent-Journal: Can we talk? Longtime Marin conservative radio host Melanie Morg ... 2009-07-03
A: I can distinctly remember having conversations with both my mother and father about the death penalty. My father was a prosecuting attorney and alway ...
Detroit Free Press: Hit man sentenced to life in slaying of Troy couple 2009-07-03
In a deal to avoid a possible federal death penalty, Miguel Servando, 41, pleaded guilty and cooperated with state and federal authorities to solve ...
Memphis Daily News: First Horizon Schedules Q2 Results Announcement 2009-07-03
A federal appeals court has vacated a lower court's ruling that Tennessee's lethal injection process is unconstitutional. In 2007, the US District Court ...
Evansville Courier & Press: Guilty murder verdict tossed 2009-07-03
... in death penalty case ..." Springmann's ruling came in the fourth appeal since Stephenson was condemned to death by lethal injection in June 1997.
The Herald-Sun: NAACP complains about news coverage 2009-07-03
The Racial Just Act is a bill in the state legislature that would allow those facing the death penalty to challenge their convictions on the basis of race.
Malay Mail: Foreigners held for drug offences in Ampang 2009-07-03
If convicted, the duo will face the death penalty. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. 3. If you do not follow these ...
3AW: Hinch on the GP shortage 2009-07-03
Lenny on Should we kill the death penalty? Roger, your comment 'at the moment our courts make too many mistakes in the sentencing of perpetrators of crime ...
Jamaica Gleaner: EDITORIAL - Move beyond crime analysis to action 2009-07-03
So, as we insisted during last year's parliamentary debate and conscience vote on capital punishment, the fundamental issue was not whether Jamaic ...
News Enterprise: St. Clair retrial on hold 2009-07-03
St. Clair attorney Vince Yustas said if the Supreme Court upholds Bullitt County jurors' 2005 death penalty for Brady's murder, there likely won't ...
The Tennessean: 6th Circuit backs up lethal injections 2009-07-03
"The controversy over Tennessee's lethal injection protocol represents merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems with the death penalty ...
Terre Haute Tribune Star: Katron Walker set to be sentenced in August 2009-07-03
Katron Walker avoided a death penalty trial when he pleaded guilty last month to the murder of one child and the attempted murder of his other son.
SRU The Online Rocket: Former Rock basketball player wanted in drive-by shooting 2009-07-03
James Earl Richardson, 32, who played basketball at SRU from 1998-2000, is on the run from police and may face the death penalty once captured.
Baltimore Sun: O'Malley issues 6 more pardons 2009-07-03
The governor opposes the death penalty, which has been on de facto moratorium in the state since December 2006, but has said he's unlikely to use h ...
Independent Online: 'You're lucky there is no more death penalty' 2009-07-03
A man who raped a little girl two days after her fourth birthday has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Pretoria North Regional Magistrate Ben v ...
San Jose Mercury News: LA judge dismisses man's murder conviction 2009-07-03
He was also charged with the special circumstance allegation that he had a prior murder conviction, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
Richmond Daily News: Judge grants change of venue 2009-07-03
Thompson has chosen not to seek the death penalty for Wrisinger, if found guilty. He said the focus he needs in these kinds of cases has been developed ...
Greenville News: Inmate pleads not guilty in second slaying 2009-07-03
... for strangling an Anderson County mother and facing a death penalty trial in the death of a second mother pleaded not guilty in an arraignment Thursday.
Albany Times Union: Looking Back 2009-07-03
... York's only death row inmate, was spared the electric chair when the state's highest court struck down the mandatory death penalty law as unconstitutional.
SGGP: Death penalty deleted on 8 crimes 2009-07-03
Vietnam has dropped the death penalty on eight crimes but still keeps it for drugs trafficking, and this took effect on July 2. The State President office ...
Paso Robles Press: Strong joins race for Assembly seat 2009-07-03
... fight for a permanent, impenetrable border fence, preserve a clean and healthy environment, supports the death penalty, is in favor of the three strike ...
WTVW: Stephenson Triple-Murder Death Penalty Case Overturned 2009-07-03
Every death penalty case gets a series of automatic appeals. And, the result of this decision from the US District Court of Northern Indiana doesn't ...
The Virginian-Pilot: Pair in murder-for-hire of sailor deny involvement 2009-07-03
The government did not pursue the death penalty against Draven. Cory Voss, a 30-year-old officer aboard the frigate Elrod, was shot five times ...
New York Times: Tennessee Wins Ruling on Execution 2009-07-03
A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a lower court's finding that Tennessee's lethal injection procedure is unconstitutional.
Californian: ESCONDIDO: Jury signals split over execution for killer - North County Times 2009-07-03
If prosecutors choose not to pursue the death penalty; Castaneda would receive a sentence of life in prison without parole.
San Jose Mercury News: Jury adjourns in Hollywood murder deliberations 2009-07-03
... his death and going on the run for years. The string of events inspired the 2007 movie "Alpha Dog." Hollywood could face the death penalty if convicted.
Stockton Record: "I-5 Strangler" suspect Kibbe offered plea deal 2009-07-03
... accused of being the so-called I-5 Strangler, to plead guilty to six murders and serve life in prison rather than face the death penalty at trial.
Asheville Citizen-Times: Killer of Weaverville toddler dies in prison 2009-07-03
To avoid the death penalty, Barnes pleaded guilty to one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault in 2007 in exchange for life without parole.
Thanh Nien Daily: Vietnam scraps death penalty for crimes including bribery, rape 2009-07-03
Vietnam removed the death penalty for eight crimes including bribery, drug use and rape as part of a revision of the nation's criminal code, the government ...
The Detroit News: Hit man gets life in murder of Troy couple 2009-07-03
Chief US District Judge Gerald E. Rosen told Miguel Servando that he deserved the death penalty for murdering a Troy couple in 2008, and might have received ...
2009-07-02: Headlines
Los Angeles Times: Jesse James Hollywood case goes to the jury 2009-07-02
Hollywood could receive the death penalty if convicted. "The movie is about an animal," said attorney James Blatt, referring to the metaphorical use of ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Georgia Supreme Court upholds 1987 murder conviction 2009-07-02
Prosecutors sought the death penalty for Patterson, but jurors rejected it. Timothy Owen Morgan, implicated by prosecutors in the slaying, pleaded guilty ...
Californian: VISTA: Jury learns of convicted killer's childhood - North County Times 2009-07-02
Convicted of murder and torture, Castaneda faces a possible death penalty. (Photo by Nick Morris - For the North County Times) ESCONDIDO ---- Like the four ...
KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM: John Allen Rubio's Fight For Life Continues 2009-07-02
Blaylock says in his last trial Rubio asked for the death penalty and obviously has now decided to fight for his life, a fight that is costing taxpayers big ...
Richmond Times Dispatch: Condemned man opts for electric chair 2009-07-02
Kaine, who personally opposes capital punishment, nevertheless believes lethal injection is constitutional. However, Kaine expressed concern about ...
Washington Examiner: THE BLOTTER 2009-07-02
Since 1995, when Virginia began offering the choice between lethal injection and electrocution, only four of the 79 inmates executed have chosen ...
Crosswalk.com: Iran Scraps Mandatory Death Penalty for 'Apostates' 2009-07-02
... that the country's Parliamentary Committee has stricken the mandatory death penalty for those who leave Islam from proposals for an amended penal code.
Arizona Republic: Execution method of lethal injection approved 2009-07-02
2, 2009 12:00 AM A federal judge Wednesday removed a major obstacle to executions in Arizona, ruling that the state's lethal-injection procedure is similar ...
Youngstown Vindicator: Clemency hearing set in '95 Hubbard slaying 2009-07-02
... filings that an execution date should not be set, because he has an appeal pending at the federal level challenging Ohio's lethal injection procedures.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Murder suspect pleads not guilty 2009-07-02
State prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty for Jay Myran. Lambert said after the elder Myran's hearing that the circumstances of the case ...
The Associated Press: Calif. jury gets 'Alpha Dog' kidnap-murder case 2009-07-02
Hollywood could face the death penalty if convicted. (This version CORRECTS that quotes from closing arguments were said Tuesday, not Wednesday.)
Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Lesotho 2009-07-02
... because they restored corporal and capital punishment and denied recourse to the courts in cases of compulsory purchase of land by the government.
Examiner.com: Prosecutors may seek death penalty in Jada Justice murder 2009-07-02
The death penalty is being reviewed by Lake County prosecutors for the two defendants accused of murdering 2-year-old Jada Justice.
Star Community Newspapers: Judge Greg Brewer resigns 2009-07-02
... and District Judge Vera Sue Holland, both of whom proceeded over his 1990 capital murder trial that sentenced him to death by lethal injection.
Nassau Guardian: Death sentence for Keith Carey's murderer 2009-07-02
A judge yesterday imposed the death penalty on the man found guilty of shooting and killing ...
New York Times: Secret CIA Jails an Issue in Terror Case 2009-07-02
Such a presentation would also seem likely to be used in arguments to the government against seeking capital punishment in the first place.
Ventura County Star: Jury recommends death for man who killed OC couple 2009-07-02
A jury has recommended the death penalty for a man who fatally slashed an elderly Orange County couple with steak knives and left his DNA on a sod ...
Law.com: NY Federal Judge's Ruling Rejects Attempt to Use Recent High Court ... 2009-07-02
If convicted in the present case, Basciano faces the death penalty. In May 2006, he asked the judge to disqualify himself after a fellow inmate revealed ...
Sioux City Journal: Attorney argues against death penalty in girl's slaying 2009-07-02
1, replaces electrocution with lethal injection as the Nebraska's sole form of executing death row inmates. Camacho-De Jesus, 29, also known as Gregorio ...
SINDH TODAY: Tamil newspaper staff get death threats 2009-07-02
The group, calling itself the “Tamil Alliance to Protect the Country”, told the newspaper staff to resign or “face the capital punishment”, said the report.
411mania.com: Ten Deep 07.02.09: Directorial Debuts 2009-07-02
With the potential of capital punishment on the line, only one lone voice stands against the rest to genuinely question the facts.
Washington Times: Sotomayor advised critics of Bork 2009-07-02
Now called LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the group also has supported legalized abortion and called the death penalty racist in previously released documents.
Honolulu Advertiser: 'I wasn't the guy,' Griffin says before being sentenced to two ... 2009-07-02
Morimoto told Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario he "fully endorsed" a sentence of life without parole but only because the death penalty is not available ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph: Court Upholds Death Sentence For Murder Of Tyler Man 2009-07-02
... 2005 that Russeau receive a new punishment trial to decide whether he would die by lethal injection or receive a life sentence for the capital murder.
Telegraph.co.uk: Video: The human face of the death penalty 2009-07-02
Murderers, innocents, lawyers, senators, warders; a veritable courtroom drama has been brought together in one gallery for a look behind the bars ...
Tampabay.com: Mother of baby thrown onto interstate was a child herself ... 2009-07-02
If convicted, he could get the death penalty. But Bedwell and her attorney say others should answer as well. She's a child herself, in the care and custody ...
3AW: Remembering Karl Malden – 1912 to 2009 2009-07-02
How did this get through their indepth detailed analysis?? more Lenny on Should we kill the death penalty? Roger, your comment 'at the moment our court ...
Weekend Post: Death penalty a blow to crime 2009-07-02
THE deaths of the Venter pair is very sad (“Four in custody after murder, assault”, The Herald, June 5). Whatever caused these people to commit such ...
Seattle Medium: Supreme Court Expected to Take Up Davis Case 2009-07-02
However, that delay may also work in the favor of Davis' defense team, Laura Moye of Amnesty International USA's Death Penalty Abolition Campaign told ...
San Jose Mercury News: Report: Santa Clara County DA's Office may have wrongly sent ... 2009-07-02
Now, it's up to the justices to decide if the death penalty should be reconsidered or the case should be retried. Bacigalupo, 47, is on death row in ...
KIONrightnow.com: Closing arguments end in Hollywood murder case 2009-07-02
The 29-year-old Hollywood could face the death penalty if convicted of the killing, which inspired the 2007 movie "Alpha Dog."
KXMD: Man pleads not guilty to killing woman 2009-07-02
Gallatin County Attorney Marty Lambert says the state will not seek the death penalty. Myran remains jailed on $1 million bail. Myran's 14-year-old ...
ABC Online: 'Israeli spy' arrests grip Lebanon 2009-07-02
Lebanon considers itself to be at war with Israel, yet many of its citizens are coerced into spying - a crime that can earn the death penalty.
The Associated Press: Guantanamo detainee seeks `black sites' access 2009-07-02
If convicted, he could face the death penalty, though the government has not said whether it will seek it. Ghailani, a Tanzanian, became the first ...
Moultrie Observer: A thorn in his side 2009-07-02
They have challenged capital punishment, the right to bear firearms, and the most basic principles of our criminal code; they have attacked one of the most ...
Asheville Citizen-Times: Judge upholds Jackson death sentence in 1994 Buncombe murder 2009-07-02
Just before a new death penalty trial was to begin in 2000, Jackson pleaded guilty to a state charge of second-degree murder and was sentenced to at least ...
Faceoff.com: Calgary Flames sign all-star Jay Bouwmeester 2009-07-02
As Tuesday dragged on, and the lethal injection of Sutter Silence permeated the air like a gas leak, the reasonable assumption was that Bouwmeester and h ...
California Chronicle: Committee Strikes Down Fair Sentencing for Youth Act 2009-07-02
The ruling prohibited the death penalty for children due to concerns about brain development. While there are more than 250 youth who were under the age ...
News 8 Austin: Death row inmate Rodney Reed denied another appeal 2009-07-02
Reed was given the death penalty for the murder of Bastrop County resident, Stacy Stites. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected arguments by Reed' ...
Inspire Magazine: China rejects UN recommendations on human rights 2009-07-02
... rights of ethnic minorities, reduction of the death penalty, prohibition of torture, media freedom and effective remedies for discrimination.
SF Weekly: SF Gay Grifters No Longer Face Death Penalty in Palm Springs Case ... 2009-07-02
Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco had filed charges that, in the event of a guilty verdict, could have led to the death penalty for Kaushal ...
Tri Parish Times: Deputy's murder trial set for June 2010 2009-07-01
Of those, Bigelow offered two motions to quash the death penalty on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. Defense attorneys also argued the "short form" ...
ABC News: Wanted for Murder: 6-foot-7-inch Hoops Player 2009-07-01
It's up to the district attorney's office, of course, but we got the death penalty in North Carolina.” Greenville, also referred to as “G-Vegas” because ...
ReliefWeb (press release): Twice captive of the LRA 2009-07-01
Kony and his top commanders are wanted by the ICC in The Hague, which does not have the death penalty, for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Montana's News Station: Man pleads not guilty in grisly death of Three Forks woman 2009-07-01
County Attorney Marty Lambert said the state will not seek the death penalty, and therefore, if convicted, Myran faces the possibility of life in prison.
Infoshop News: Northeast APOC Conference Flyers & Revolutionary Principles of Unity 2009-07-01
We call for an immediate moratorium of the death penalty and the dismantling of the prison industrial complex. 10. We demand an immediate end to all ...
WPEC: Human smuggler pleads not quilty 2009-07-01
Nine people and an unborn child died after the boat capsized off Boynton Beach. If convicted, the men could face the death penalty.
Tampa Tribune: Deputies: Bedwell resisted officer after being reported missing 2009-07-01
... kidnapping, felony battery and burglary with battery. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
WESH.com: Interrogation Video Released In Orlando Murder Trial 2009-07-01
Davin Smith, 20, is also accused in the crime and, if convicted, will face the death penalty when he goes on trial in July. At first, Terry admitted nothing ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Philadelphia Daily News: Letters: Castor, Sotomayor & the death penalty 2009-07-01
I agree that Sotomayor's position on the death penalty and other politically charged issues must be vetted properly by the Senate. But the case cited ...
Munster Times: Prosecutor eyes death penalty in Jada case 2009-07-01
CROWN POINT | Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said Tuesday his office is undertaking a death penalty review against ...
Danville News: Pastor steps down to devote more time to abolishing death penalty 2009-07-01
“I always opposed the death penalty,” Everett said. “But it never impacted my life as greatly as it did after my son was shot and killed.
Los Angeles Times: California death row's dicey math 2009-07-01
It's that division that sets California apart from most other capital punishment states. The death penalty was first incorporated into California's penal ...
Chicago Daily Herald: Death penalty is costly, ineffective 2009-07-01
The death penalty and the controversy surrounding it have been around for centuries. It is time to eliminate it on a national level.
3AW: Should we kill the death penalty? 2009-07-01
And I raise it again today because the gederal government is making moves to ban capital punishment in this country forever. Technically, the death penalty ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Town Hall on BART and June 30th Day of Action to End the Death ... 2009-06-30
A day-long public hearing will be held in Sacramento to receive comments about proposed regulations concerning use of lethal injection in California on June ...
Kansas City Star: Missouri death penalty case gets special master 2009-06-30
AP ST. LOUIS | The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a special master to investigate claims that condemned prisoner Reginald Clemons was wrongly convicted ...
Dallas Morning News: Defense rests, state calls rebuttal witnesses in death penalty case 2009-06-30
Defense attorneys trying to convince jurors that Mark Robertson should get a life sentence instead of the death penalty have rested their case.
Napa Valley Register: The real cost of the death penalty 2009-06-30
The death penalty needs to be abolished but it is important to recognize that the death penalty is the manifestation of a deeply flawed system that needs ...
The News Journal: Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for killer Norman 2009-06-30
State prosecutors said Monday they will not seek the death penalty for a man convicted in a two-state ...
Chicago Daily Herald: Howard attorneys want death penalty option dropped 2009-06-30
The litigation fund helps pays for DNA testing, expert witnesses, mitigation specialists and other expenses associated with death penalty cases.
My Fox 8: NC death penalty opponents end 300-mile pilgrimage to coast ... 2009-06-30
They've talked about capital punishment, as well as about remembering family members of murder victims and of their perpetrators.
The Age: Canberra to act on death penalty ban 2009-06-30
THE Federal Government has written to the states, telling them of its plans to introduce laws banning them from ever reintroducing the death penalty ...
The Catholic Spirit: Maryland executions may resume if lethal injection protocols approved 2009-06-30
Martin J. O'Malley, a Catholic opponent of the death penalty, had sought a ban on capital punishment in the last two legislative sessions but could not w ...
Greenville Daily Reflector: Tuesday at the North Carolina General Assembly 2009-06-30
Democrats on a House judiciary committee voted 7-6 to recommend the Racial Justice Act, which would allow a judge to rule out capital punishment before ...
Kashmir Observer: Rapist Awarded Death Penalty 2009-06-30
Srinagar, June 30: A local court in Indore today pronounced capital punishment on a 55-year-old man accused in rape and murder of a minor girl.
Los Angeles Times: Morning Scoop: Michael Jackson's rock, lethal injection, high ... 2009-06-30
Now, as a public hearing begins into proposed changes to lethal-injection procedures, death row foes are making the pitch that stopping the death penalty ...
News10.net: State to Take Public Comment on Lethal Injection 2009-06-30
The Department of Corrections warns, though, that Tuesday's public hearing is only about the lethal injection procedure and not about the death penalty ...
WRAL.com: NC House takes up anti-bias death penalty bill 2009-06-30
The defendant could use data or other evidence to try to prove race was a significant factor in a prosecutor's decision to seek the death penalty or ...
Ravenna Record Courier: Ohio Supreme Court affirms death penalty for James Trimble 2009-06-30
The Ohio Supreme Court unanmiously agreed Tuesday to uphold the death penalty against James Trimble, who shot and killed three people in Brimfield more th ...
AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Collapsed Building - Builders Want Death Penalty ... 2009-06-30
Abuja — Death sentence has been canvassed by the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CARBON) for engineers and other professional builders involved ...
2009-06-30: Headlines
Los Angeles Times: Death row foes now fight the cost of executions 2009-06-30
A death penalty advocate through his long prosecutorial career, Van de Kamp led a review last year of the state's capital punishment apparatus by ...
WMDT: No Death Penalty For Norman 2009-06-30
Now, State prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty again. Norman was convicted in 2007 for a two-state shooting spree where two people ...
Kansas City Star: Moratorium on Missouri executions makes sense 2009-06-29
The 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals put his execution on hold after his attorneys challenged Missouri's lethal injection procedure.
KCAU: Death Penalty Question Puts Toddler Murder Case On Hold 2009-06-29
Monday morning his lawyers filed a motion asking that the death penalty not be used in Camacho's case. Here's their reasoning. Lethal injection, Nebraska' ...
Montgomery Advertiser: Dad's killer returns to court today 2009-06-29
The jury will recommend a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. The judge can either accept or overturn ...
Legalbrief (subscription): Parliament abolishes the death penalty 2009-06-29
Togo's Parliament has voted unanimously to abolish the death penalty. According to a BBC News report, the vote was witnessed by Spanish Prime Minister Jose ...
Kantipur Online: Yami: Consider death penalty 2009-06-29
She was speaking at a discussion on whether to propose capital punishment in the new constitution or not, which was held in the capital on Sunday.
OhMyGov!: Death penalty for Sudanese killers of USAID workers 2009-06-29
A Sudanese judge has handed down verdicts for five men charged with crimes related to the murder of two USAID workers in Khartoum. The decision: guilty.
Newsradio 620: Tell Me Again Why Wisconsin Doesn't Have the Death Penalty? 2009-06-29
Some people think the death penalty may deter monsters like Joevone Jordan from killing in the first place. I don't know whether that's true or not?
The Virginian-Pilot: Death sought for alleged triggerman at federal trial 2009-06-29
In the first, the government must prove a number of aggravating factors, such as the above, that make Runyon eligible for the death penalty.
The Associated Press: AP Enterprise: '91 death verdict splits Ga. jurors 2009-06-29
He also said he thought the jury had been charged only with deciding whether Davis was guilty and not whether he deserved the death penalty.
The Associated Press: High court puts Georgia death penalty case on hold 2009-06-29
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The US Supreme Court has recessed for the summer without taking action on the appeal of a Georgia death row inmate whose case has drawn ...
WNEP-TV: DA to Seek Death Penalty in Baby Death Case 2009-06-29
Prosecutors filed the papers needed to go after the death penalty against Darak Williams. He is accused of beating a young child to death, then taking off ...
ThisDay: Tanzanian man arrested in Yemen for drug trafficking: Could face ... 2009-06-28
A TANZANIAN national has been arrested in Yemen after authorities discovered a huge stash of narcotic drugs hidden in two fishing boats.
Silver City Sun News: NM death penalty expires Wednesday 2009-06-28
After a decade of effort, capital punishment opponents managed to persuade the Legislature in March to replace lethal injection with a sentence of life ...
Times of India: Surtis demand death penalty for gangrape accused 2009-06-28
SURAT: Citizens are still boiling with anger for the three youths who gangraped the 17-year-old class XII student on June 12. Shahid Saiyad, Tariq Saiyad ...
Stockton Record: Death penalty argument will focus on cost 2009-06-28
The public hearing is designed to focus specifically on the new lethal-injection procedure. Groups such as the ACLU might view this hearing as ...
The National: Death penalty debate rages as hundreds await gallows 2009-06-28
Mohammed Othman, 54, a taxi driver also favours capital punishment. “I'm pro the death penalty, and I think it should be conducted in public squ ...
Philadelphia Inquirer: PhillyDeals: Capital punishment: Seed dough dying out 2009-06-28
Harrisburg in July is not quite as muggy as Philadelphia. But it's nasty enough. The air conditioners hum like taxpayers screaming.
2009-06-29: Headlines
The Virginian-Pilot: Death sought for alleged triggerman at federal trial 2009-06-29
In the first, the government must prove a number of aggravating factors, such as the above, that make Runyon eligible for the death penalty.
Kantipur Online: Yami: Consider death penalty 2009-06-29
She was speaking at a discussion on whether to propose capital punishment in the new constitution or not, which was held in the capital on Sunday.
Kansas City Star: Moratorium on Missouri executions makes sense 2009-06-29
The 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals put his execution on hold after his attorneys challenged Missouri's lethal injection procedure.
Philadelphia Inquirer: PhillyDeals: Capital punishment: Seed dough dying out 2009-06-28
Harrisburg in July is not quite as muggy as Philadelphia. But it's nasty enough. The air conditioners hum like taxpayers screaming.
Stockton Record: Death penalty argument will focus on cost 2009-06-28
The public hearing is designed to focus specifically on the new lethal-injection procedure. Groups such as the ACLU might view this hearing as ...
ThisDay: Tanzanian man arrested in Yemen for drug trafficking: Could face ... 2009-06-28
A TANZANIAN national has been arrested in Yemen after authorities discovered a huge stash of narcotic drugs hidden in two fishing boats.
The National: Death penalty debate rages as hundreds await gallows 2009-06-28
Mohammed Othman, 54, a taxi driver also favours capital punishment. “I'm pro the death penalty, and I think it should be conducted in public squ ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Supreme Court may hear Troy Davis case 2009-06-28
Former President Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI have asked that the inmate be spared death by lethal injection. On Monday, Moye will be joined by ...
Silver City Sun News: NM death penalty expires Wednesday 2009-06-28
After a decade of effort, capital punishment opponents managed to persuade the Legislature in March to replace lethal injection with a sentence of life ...
Times of India: Surtis demand death penalty for gangrape accused 2009-06-28
SURAT: Citizens are still boiling with anger for the three youths who gangraped the 17-year-old class XII student on June 12. Shahid Saiyad, Tariq Saiyad ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Western Addition killer escapes death penalty 2009-06-27
(06-26) 17:56 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The jury in San Francisco's first federal death penalty trial in 61 years spared the life of Dennis Cyrus on Friday ...
2009-06-28: Headlines
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Supreme Court may hear Troy Davis case 2009-06-28
Former President Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI have asked that the inmate be spared death by lethal injection. On Monday, Moye will be joined by ...
Philadelphia Inquirer: PhillyDeals: Capital punishment: Seed dough dying out 2009-06-28
Harrisburg in July is not quite as muggy as Philadelphia. But it's nasty enough. The air conditioners hum like taxpayers screaming.
Times of India: Surtis demand death penalty for gangrape accused 2009-06-28
SURAT: Citizens are still boiling with anger for the three youths who gangraped the 17-year-old class XII student on June 12. Shahid Saiyad, Tariq Saiyad ...
ThisDay: Tanzanian man arrested in Yemen for drug trafficking: Could face ... 2009-06-28
A TANZANIAN national has been arrested in Yemen after authorities discovered a huge stash of narcotic drugs hidden in two fishing boats.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Off-duty Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail killed in 1989 2009-06-28
Former President Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI have asked that the inmate be spared death by lethal injection. On Monday, Moye will be joined by ...
The National: Death penalty debate rages as hundreds await gallows 2009-06-28
Mohammed Othman, 54, a taxi driver also favours capital punishment. “I'm pro the death penalty, and I think it should be conducted in public squ ...
Stockton Record: Death penalty argument will focus on cost 2009-06-28
The public hearing is designed to focus specifically on the new lethal-injection procedure. Groups such as the ACLU might view this hearing as ...
Silver City Sun News: NM death penalty expires Wednesday 2009-06-28
After a decade of effort, capital punishment opponents managed to persuade the Legislature in March to replace lethal injection with a sentence of life ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Western Addition killer escapes death penalty 2009-06-27
(06-26) 17:56 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The jury in San Francisco's first federal death penalty trial in 61 years spared the life of Dennis Cyrus on Friday ...
Momento 24: 4:00 pm - Iran: Ayatollah asks death penalty for the leaders ... 2009-06-27
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