Civil Rights | Death Penalty

2010-07-31: Headlines

Arizona Daily Star: Killer of retired UA prof gets life plus 88 years 2010-07-31
Marco Chavez seems to pay little attention as he is given the maximum sentence in Pima County Superior Court. He was convicted in the 2006 shooting death of retired University of Arizona professor Mac Hadley. | of his life in prison Friday, plus an additional 88 years. | which he was convicted and ran them consecutively. | the aggravated sentences. | home, confronted Chavez and was fatally shot in the face.
Silver City Sun News: Michael Hays: Strangers in the land of Egypt 2010-07-31
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. | I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" | Among the first immigrants were a few men and women of noble, or at least gentle, birth; and, among later immigrants, a few men and women of breeding, but not most. Only so long as we think of Puritans elders in the north, Royalist plantation owners in the south, and their descendants, our Founding Fathers (and their wives)"
The Republic: Commission selects 3 finalists for appointment to Indiana Supreme Court 2010-07-31
A state panel chose three finalists Friday for an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court and gave Gov. Mitch Daniels the opportunity to appoint the first woman to the state's highest court since 1999. | The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission selected Marion Superior Court Judge Robyn Moberly, Boone Circuit Judge Steven David and Indianapolis attorney Karl Mulvaney after interviewing nine finalists
THISDAY: Chinese Suspects for Trial over N4bn Cocaine 2010-07-31
The Chairman/Chief Exe-cutive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Ahmadu Giade, has said that all suspects arrested in connection with the unlawful importation of 450.400kg of cocaine will be prosecuted in the country.
Oakland Tribune: Couple accused of Hayward double murder have history of violence 2010-07-31
A week after being released from Santa Rita Jail on May 2, Isaiah Nolan Washington was back in custody and so was Tiara Channelle Arnold, his 17-year-old girlfriend and partner in crime. | The pair had been in trouble before. Washington's stint was the result of a November 2008 robbery committed with a handgun that had been stolen from the personal car of an Oakland police officer. | But this time it was much more serious.
Arizona Daily Star: 3 Dems running for AG all oppose immigration law 2010-07-31
Keywords: representing state departments and the public. | 2007 and 2008, and a state Democratic Party vice chairman in 2009. | Rabago handled criminal death penalty cases. | criminal prosecution of "white-collar financial fraud." | licenses became mandatory July 1. | about various campaign issues so far in the race. | vote for SB 1070, Arizona's new immigration enforcement law. | a year and a half, and he said he had things to take care of.
The Temasek Review: Singaporean lodged complaint of TOCs funding to MHA and MICA 2010-07-31
I am writing to seek clarifications on the activities of The Online Citizen, a political blog in Singapore. | It has published numerous articles critical of government leaders, some of which are potentially defamatory and has led several campaigns against the Singapore government. | One, is it legal for The Online Citizen (TOC) to solicit for donations on its website from the public?
SunHerald.com: 15-year-old guilty of capital murder 2010-07-31
A Jackson County jury convicted Tevin Benjamin, 15, of capital murder in the October 2008 shooting death of a Hattiesburg man who had stopped in Moss Point to ask directions to his grandson's football game. | Benjamin was 14 at the time of the shooting. | The district attorney's office sought a capital murder conviction because Benjamin and two other teens were trying to rob Michael David Porter, 44, when Porter was shot.
Tri-Valley Herald: Readers Forum: Better way to evaluate a Supreme Court nominee 2010-07-31
With Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearings behind us, the tempest of political rhetoric decrying her failure (and previous nominees' failure) to provide definite answers regarding her substantive legal views will soon subside.

2010-07-30: Headlines

Brownsville Herald: Rubio sentenced to death 2010-07-30
Tears streamed down the face of convicted child killer John Allen Rubio as the presiding judge read out loud the decision of the jury as to the sentence for his crimes. | The jurors had been asked to answer three questions about each murder count he was convicted of –
Houston Chronicle: TV-RADIO NOTEBOOK New projects excite Sabol 2010-07-30
You can read about the Roy Oswalt trade in merciless detail elsewhere, so we begin with our annual chat with NFL Films president Steve Sabol, who is in his 48th season as TV's primary spinner of football lore and mythology. | Sabol, who at 67 has the energy and imagination of at least three 30-year-olds, is bullish on several NFL Films projects, beginning with the Aug. 11 return to HBO of Hard Knocks, which focuses on the Jets, and the Sept.
Scoop.co.nz: INDIA: Khairlanji Is Not Just Another Murder Story 2010-07-30
Keywords: discrimination at least within the judicial system. | being the worst victims. | the case as one of mere revenge killing. | also raping women and mutilating their bodies. | anything to provoke or to tick them off. The only 'crime' | to the dominant castes. | systematic and institutionalised nature of casteism. | shows how deeply ingrained the ideology of caste is. | socialist and democratic republic.
Times of Malta: Press digest 2010-07-30
Most of the newspapers feature pictures of the Joseph Calleja concert on their front page.
Scoop.co.nz: Legal Charges Threat To Freedom Of Expression 2010-07-30
Human Rights Watch said. | two-year sentence and fines. | views run contrary to its own." | had been placed on a heart monitor. | adequate to protect the reputation of others. | protects against contempt of court. | October 7, 1994 op-ed article to "intolerant regimes" | Singapore. In the 2009 case of Attorney-General v. | bias, impropriety, or other judicial wrongdoing. | bookstores" Robertson said. | bookstores not to stock it.
TriValley Central: Trial date set for dad accused of killing daughter 2010-07-30
Faleh Almaleki allegedly used his Jeep Cherokee to run 20-year-old Noor Almaleki down along with another woman in a Peoria parking lot on Oct. 20, 2009. His daughter died from her injuries the following month, but the other woman survived.The 49-year-old Almaleki reportedly was upset with his daughter for being "too Westernized," claiming she had disgraced the family by not following traditional Iraqi or Muslim values.

2010-07-29: Headlines

ENC Today: Race matters in NC death penalty 2010-07-29
A Singapore foreign ministry spokesman "confirmed that the ministry has received a letter of appeal for clemency for Yong Vui Kong from Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman".
Channel News Asia: Malaysia seeks clemency for death row inmate in Singapore 2010-07-29
A Singapore foreign ministry spokesman "confirmed that the ministry has received a letter of appeal for clemency for Yong Vui Kong from Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman".
Trinidad Tobago Express: What about the victims? 2010-07-29
What about the victims? | I want to ask Verna St Rose Greaves, Michael Williams and the rest of the pro-life, anti-capital punishment protagonists one fundamental question which all of them seem to conveniently ignore. | That is€”what about the rights of the victim and their family? They constantly badger us about the murderers' rights and about how tough their life was growing up. What about the victims and their families?
The Namibian: SMS Of The Day 2010-07-29
Keywords: n WE women of this country are tired of men who rape and kill our children and tomorrow they are on the street. Please let the Government do something about this issue. | Food for Thoughtn WHAT is the need for taxi windows to be tinted? The relevant authorities should look into that one.The AttackHand him over to usn GOD watch over Magdalena. I felt sad and torn apart by the horror slaying that took place in Windhoek.
The Epoch Times: Omid Ghoreishi: Japan Hangs Two Convicts 2010-07-29
Japan executed two convicted prisoners on Wednesday.
KSPR: Convicted Felon Enters Not Guilty Plea, Friends of Slain Couple Want Justice 2010-07-29
A Singapore foreign ministry spokesman "confirmed that the ministry has received a letter of appeal for clemency for Yong Vui Kong from Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman".

2010-07-28: Headlines

FOX11AZ.com: Trial date set for dad accused of killing daughter 2010-07-28
Keywords: in Arizona say an Iraqi immigrant accused of fatally running down his daughter last year in what has been described as an "honor killing" will stand trial Nov. 29.
Coastweek: support for Mombasa piracy trials 2010-07-28
Coastweek top news Web site from Mombasa Kenya.
The Associated Press: Japan hangs 2 on death row; 1st executions in year 2010-07-28
Japan hanged two convicted killers Wednesday, including a man who burned six women to death, in the country's first executions in a year, and the justice minister said she wants renewed debate on whether to continue the punishment. | The justice ministry said Kazuo Shinozawa, 59, was hanged at the Tokyo Detention Center. Shinozawa set fire on a jewelry shop in 2000, burning six women to death.
Charlotte Observer: Animal shelter concerns growing 2010-07-28
Cabarrus County is responding to growing concern about the county's animal shelter and mounting pressure to address high euthanasia rates.
ABC Online: First hangings under new Japanese government 2010-07-28
Japan has hanged two convicted criminals in the first executions since the election of the centre-left government.
Monitor: Prison officials paint unsympathetic picture of convicted killer Rubio during sentencing proceedings 2010-07-28
Now: Prison officials paint unsympathetic picture of convicted killer Rubio during sentencing proceedings | unsympathetic, picture, convicted, prison, edinburg, proceedings, killer, rubio, officials, sentencin...
Charlotte Observer: MS-13 gang member sentenced to death 2010-07-28
Local and breaking news coverage of Charlotte, N.C., and the Charlotte region, weather updates, traffic, crime...