Death Penalty

Huffington Post: Another Journey: Day One 2008-05-16

Over a hundred people are there to say hello and hear me, including people from Code Pink, the Coalition of Arizonans Against the Death Penalty (CAADP)

Washington Post: Man Pleads Guilty In Taylor Slaying 2008-05-16

Prosecutors recently waived their attempts to pursue the death penalty in the case, citing restrictions regarding the age of the accused.

Charleston Post Courier: Wilson touts record in her first TV ad for solicitor's race 2008-05-16

KEY IMAGES: Wilson touts her record of more than 65 cases tried, including murder, rape and a death-penalty case, with 24 convicted criminals currently ...

KWMU: Missouri House passes death penalty for child rapists 2008-05-16

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (2008-05-15) The Missouri House has passed legislation that would allow the death penalty for those convicted of rape or forcible sodomy ...

Informify: Five 9/11 Terrorists to Stand Trial 2008-05-16

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty . by Laura Major The ruling starts a legal clock that requires arraigning the five men within 30 days and starting ...

New Zealand Herald: Boxing: Cameron rates next opponent as his toughest 2008-05-16

Cameron, who retains ambitions of a world title shot, will fight American-based Andre Purlette in Wellington in a promotion dubbed Capital Punishment .

TheDenverChannel.com: Next Phase Begins Monday In Death Penalty Case 2008-05-16

"If he gets the death sentence, he won't be executed tomorrow," said Richard Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center ...

Jackson Clarion Ledger: Appeals court to weigh execution 2008-05-16

... after the Mississippi Supreme Court rejected arguments that Berry is mentally disabled and that the state's lethal injection method is unconstitutional.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mo. Legislature lurches toward the session's end 2008-05-16

The House also gave up its effort in that same bill to revive Blunt's call for the death penalty for child rapists. "There just wasn't any time left," ...

Deseret News: Vegas pushes Utah Grizzlies to edge of elimination 2008-05-16

... player and was called for a fairly unusual-in-an-overtime-situation interference penalty that turned out to be the death penalty in this game for Utah.

Houston Chronicle: Jurors take weekend off in Quintero case 2008-05-16

By BRIAN ROGERS Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments Monday morning in the punishment phase of Juan Leonardo Quintero's death penalty trial ...

Khaleej Times: Nine found guilty in highway murder case 2008-05-16

The accused could face death penalty or life term. The punishment will be pronounced on May 17. The court acquitted three accused Daniel, Ambika and Sujith ...

Beaumont Enterprise: Man indicted on capital murder 2008-05-16

... charge in late June, according to the Hardin County District Attorney's Office. A capital murder conviction carries a possible death penalty in Texas.

Asheville Citizen-Times: Gunshot killed John Bryant 2008-05-16

Authorities there are seeking the death penalty . Hilton is fighting extradition to face the Florida charges, but a judge earlier this month ruled that all ...

TVNZ: Cameron's next opponent revealed 2008-05-16

The fight will be held in Wellington on June 28th and is being dubbed " Capital Punishment ". Cameron says Purlette is the high calibre opponent he need ...

Connecticut Post: Peeler back in cell after hospital stay 2008-05-16

BRIDGEPORT ë Russell Peeler Jr., the drug kingpin facing the death penalty for ordering the murder of an 8-year-old witness and his mother ...

ClickonSA.com: Families Worry After Executions Resume 2008-05-16

Last year, executions were suspended in Texas and across the nation, as the Supreme Court considered a Kentucky case challenging lethal injection .

KSPR: Death for Child Rapists, one step closer in Missouri 2008-05-16

By KSPR News Missouri is one step closer to allowing the death penalty for child rapists, even as the US Supreme Court continues to debate the issue.

phillyBurbs.com: Cash plans to fight extradition to Pennsylvania 2008-05-16

In Bucks County, at least, District Attorney Michelle Henry said she might seek the death penalty against Cash. íThis defendant is a cold-blooded killer,ì ...

Awareness Times: íDeath Penalty Must Remain,ì- Dr. Nahim of Sierrra Leone 2008-05-16

By Vidal Boltman Sierra Leone"s only psychiatrist, Dr. Edward Nahim has disclosed that a premature abolition of the death penalty in the country could ...

9NEWS.com: Could you sentence a killer to death? 2008-05-16

He says that's the question all jurors working in a death penalty phase of a trial have to ask themselves. "Can you as an upstanding citizen look this guy ...

MTV.com: R. Kelly Jury: Meet The 12 People Who Hold The Singer's Fate ... 2008-05-16

He's against the death penalty and wore an "Impeach Bush" button to jury duty. He reads Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Economist and The Nation.

Peninsula On-line: Uranium under the sand, anger above 2008-05-16

A Radio France International reporter accused of collaborating with the rebels has been imprisoned for seven months and faces the death penalty .

ReliefWeb (press release): Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur ... 2008-05-15

My statement calls for a moratorium on the death penalty . The reason is simple: the judicial process is not of a sufficient standard to ensure that any ...

IPS: RIGHTS-INDIA: Top Activist's Detention Blot on Democracy 2008-05-15

Under these laws, Sen can be awarded the death penalty or life imprisonment. Among the charges he faces are being a member of a terrorist gang ...

Yahoo! News: Fallon for Congress 2008-05-15

... helped lead the debate against anti-minority "Official English" legislation, led the fight in helping defeat the death penalty on two occasi ...

Dakota Voice: Face the Truth in Rapid City 2008-05-15

But, he said, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was graphic and ugly, and the cross (as an instrument of capital punishment ) was ugly.

Media Newswire (press release): Scholars Examine Atlantic Political Order and its Future 2008-05-15

... and cultural differences between America and Europe over energy consumption, global warming, the death penalty , transnational justice and religion.

Reuters: More must be done to avoid Afghan deaths-report 2008-05-15

Corruption was also rife in the judicial process, Alston said, calling for a moratorium on the death penalty : "The judicial process is not of a sufficient ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: READERS WRITE 2008-05-15

With capital punishment on hiatus for seven months, few complained except victims' families. However, as the brother of a murder victim, I too underst ...

Bloomberg: Obama May Be Targeted by Charges He's Soft on Crime (Update1) 2008-05-15

They are highlighting some of his votes during his eight years in the Illinois state legislature, from opposing extending the death penalty for gang member ...

Bloomberg: Obama May Be Targeted by Republican Charges He's Soft on Crime 2008-05-15

They are highlighting some of his positions during his eight years in the Illinois state legislature, from opposing extending the death penalty for gang ...

Washington Post: A Guilty Plea In The Sean Taylor Case 2008-05-15

Prosecutors recently waived their attempts to pursue the death penalty in this case citing restrictions regarding the age of the accused.

Washington Post: Obama A Muslim? Setting The Record Straight 2008-05-15

As a result, these scholars either reject capital punishment for apostates or restrict its application to very specific circumstances.

Washington Post: Federal Appeals Court Weighs State's Lethal Injection Methods 2008-05-15

"The death penalty is constitutional. It's constitutional to use lethal injection . That's been established," said Richard Dieter, executive director of ...

Washington Post: Fifth Person Is Charged In Taylor Case 2008-05-15

Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty , Griffith said. Rivera, the alleged gunman in the case, was 17 at the time of Taylor's death.

Los Angeles Times: Do we vote or strike over Prop. 98? 2008-05-15

The vox-pop ballot plebiscites that ask us up-or-down questions about medical marijuana or the death penalty are swell. But when 15 million voters are asked ...

World Socialist Web Site: Judge cites conflict of interest in removing official ... 2008-05-15

All five may be subject to the death penalty if convicted. They include Mohammed; Ramzi Binalshibh, alleged to be a top intermediary between the hijacker ...

National Journal: Campaign News 2008-05-15

"They are highlighting some of his positions during his eight years in the Illinois state legislature, from opposing extending the death penalty for gang ...

FayObserver.com: Stitt gets life in prison 2008-05-15

Unanimous agreement would have been required to impose the death penalty . Anything else would have sent Stitt to prison for life.

Penn State Live: 'Innocence' argument dramatically changed death penalty public support 2008-05-15

The recent execution of a convicted murderer in Georgia and a Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of a form of lethal injection ...

CBS 4: Sean Taylor Murder Suspect Cops A Plea 2008-05-15

Florida law prohibits the death penalty in cases where the shooter is a juvenile even if co-defendants are not minors. In April, Miami Circuit Judge Denn ...

The Santa Barbara Independent: Fictional Works Didn"t Create Conflict of Interest 2008-05-15

With that statement in mind, the California Supreme Court ruled on May 12 that the death penalty murder trial of Jesse James Hollywood can proceed ...

Citizens Voice: Competency hearing scheduled for Banks 2008-05-15

Banks, who was 40 at the time of the killings, was sentenced to death and was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Dec. 2, 2004.

Allentown Morning Call: Jurors hear conflicting testimony in Bethlehem murder trial 2008-05-15

... at the 409 Wyandotte St. rooming house where he lived, is charged with homicide and will face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder.

Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort: India: a "lethal lottery" 2008-05-15

A study of the rulings by New Delhi's Supreme Court (photo) for more than 50 years concluded that "the administration of the death penalty in India ...

Duke Chronicle: Atwater pleads guilty to probation violations 2008-05-15

Atwater, 21, will face a hearing the week of July 7 to determine whether he is eligible for the death penalty . A Wake County judge revoked Atwater' ...

WZTV: Mobile jury recommends death sentence for McElroy 2008-05-15

(AP) -- A grand jury in Mobile has recommended the death penalty for Gary McElroy in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in July 2006.

INDYchannel.com: Parents Decry Delay In Teen Killer's Execution 2008-05-15

"Regardless of what anybody's feelings are on capital punishment , walk 10 years in our shoes," Dale Sutton said. Eckart's family is weary and ready ...

Eurweb.com: NO DEATH ROW FOR SEAN TAYLOR MURDER SUSPECTS: Prosecutors will ... 2008-05-15

*Prosecutors said Monday they will not seek the death penalty against four people charged with murdering Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor because ...

The Coloradoan: Owens guilty in murder of CSU grads 2008-05-15

Owens could face the death penalty . The jury will begin deliberating his punishment on Monday. Owens was convicted in the 2005 deaths of Javad ...

eGov monitor: Declaration by the EU Presidency on behalf of the EU concerning ... 2008-05-15

The United States Supreme Court ruling of 16 April 2008 in Mr. Baze's case, allowed for the continued use of lethal injection as practiced by the State ...

Buffalo News: Horne firing sends a scary message 2008-05-15

So instead of reason prevailing, Horne was given the professional death penalty last week for her scuffle with Officer Greg Kwiatkowski as he and other cop ...

Clarksville Leaf Chronicle: Testimony centers on Reid's delusions 2008-05-15

... post-conviction appeal and decided not to fight the death sentence in one of his cases ë a decision that could accelerate his route to lethal injection .

Fort Worth Star Telegram: Boy faces murder charge as adult 2008-05-15

Prosecutors cannot pursue the death penalty in cases transferred from the juvenile system, Smith said. At the end of the nearly four-hour hearing ...

Southtown Star: Weekend features events from WCPW and PCW 2008-05-15

Pro Championship Wrestling also will be in action this weekend with " Lethal Injection " in Midlothian. " ' Lethal Injection ' is one of the most exciting ...

Asianjournal.com: Kuwaiti court orders beheading of OFW--DFA 2008-05-15

... found guilty by the Kuwait Criminal Circuit Court of premeditated murder of another OFW, Jhias Gumapac, 30 and was meted the death penalty on May 11.

Radio Australia: Vietnamese police seize 'largest drug haul' 2008-05-15

Despite Vietnam's strict drug-trafficking laws, which include the death penalty for some offences, it continues to be used as a transit point for hero ...

Thousand Oaks Acorn: Man indicted in child's slaying 2008-05-15

Though the charges allow it, prosecutors haven't decided whether they're going to seek the death penalty in this case, Frawley said.

Orlando Sentinel: Search OrlandoSentinel.com Web enhanced by 2008-05-15

Dane Abdool is sentenced to die by lethal injection for killing his girlfriend, whom he set on fire. Dane Abdool looks at defense attorney Kelly Sims as he ...

TIME: Why the Gitmo Cases Are in Disarray 2008-05-15

... faced the death penalty for alleged participation in the 9/11 plot, has just had charges against him dropped by the top legal authority at the base.

El Paso Times: Renteria gets death 2008-05-15

In accordance with the law and the jury verdict, I hereby impose the death penalty and sentence you to death by lethal injection .

Daily Express: Discrepancies in record save man from jail, whipping 2008-05-15

The same judge had, on May 5 this year, also discharged and acquitted Chong of a charge of trafficking the drugs, which carries the mandatory death penalty ...

The Times and Democrat: Execution date set for man who killed 3 social workers 2008-05-15

David Mark Hill would be the first person put to death in South Carolina since the nation"s highest court affirmed the constitutionality of lethal injecti ...

Abilene Reporter-News: Second defendant pleads guilty 2008-05-15

... in Texas is death or life without parole and because the state did not seek the death penalty , the sentence was automatically life without parole.

Houston Chronicle: Phone call tapes stun Quintero's attorneys 2008-05-15

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the 34-year-old illegal immigrant. The audiotapes in question include a jailhouse conversation in ...

New York Times: To End the Death Penalty 2008-05-15

I spend 20 hours a week working as a volunteer to end the death penalty . I write letters to the editor and op-ed articles, and I am the chairwoman of ...

Chronicle-Telegram: Choose one client, prosecutors tell attorney 2008-05-15

íDan Wightman knows exactly what he"s doing on death penalty cases, and any time the prosecution can get him off a case they get an advantage,ì he said.

The Post Online: Republican author and radio personality to speak 2008-05-15

Bruce is a self-described íopenly-gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro- death penalty , voted-for-Bush authentic feminist,ì according to her Web site.

Asheville Citizen-Times: Low expectations for the short session 2008-05-15

The recent court ruling on the death penalty should spark debate about whether to continue the moratorium on executions. There isn"ta lot of money to spend ...

Florida Times-Union: Perdue adds a fifth judge for region's circuit 2008-05-15

... Kelley said about 3500 criminal cases are pending on any given day in the circuit, including about 2800 felonies, of which nine are death penalty cases.

Tampa Tribune: Article 'Ignored' Nothing; It's All There In Black And White 2008-05-15

Squeamish of the death penalty ? Again, you've assumed incorrectly. I openly support the death penalty . And for "the cheers of Iraqis" after Saddam's demise.

Zap2it.com: 'Boston Legal': Vote Denny in 2008! 2008-05-15

... his going to the Supreme Court to fight against the death penalty , and his predilection for prostitutes ê but they wanted to speak to him anyway ...

KFOXtv.com: Renteria's Attorney Fights For Mistrial 2008-05-15

In accordance with the law in the jury verdict, I hereby impose the death penalty and sentence you to death by lethal injection ," said Judge Mary Ann ...

TheDenverChannel.com: Owens Case Could Test Colorado"s Death Penalty 2008-05-15

"By seeking the death penalty , even if they don't get it, it demonstrates the seriousness of the crime," said Silverman. Six years ago, the US Supreme Court ...

KVUE: Testimony continues in accused serial killer pre-trial hearing 2008-05-15

The judge heard several jail recordings of Paul Devoe in conversations he had with friends in which he says he'll probably get the death penalty .

Connecticut Post: Child killer stabbed while on death row 2008-05-15

Peeler was convicted of two counts of capital felony, but the jury in 2000 deadlocked on whether he should get the death penalty .

cw2.com: Sir Mario Owens found guilty in witness slaying 2008-05-15

by Eli Stokols, News2 ARAPAHOE COUNTY (KWGN) ë Sir Mario Owens could face the death penalty after a jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree ...

WAVY-TV: News Minute: Here is the latest Virginia news from The Associated ... 2008-05-15

... Lawyers for a Virginia death row inmate and the state say they might be open to settling a lawsuit by agreeing to a revised method of lethal injection .

Medill Reports: Activists say 'Torture victims remain in prison' 2008-05-15

Martin rallied on Wednesday at the James R. Thompson Center downtown with activists from the Campaign to End the Death Penalty , lawyers and religiou ...

ClickPress (press release): 650 historical lots cross the block at Cohasco auction 2008-05-15

A signed letter by Clarence Darrow, one of the finest legal minds of the 20th Century, in which he ruminates on capital punishment , written on his personal ...

KVIA: Renteria faces victim's family 2008-05-15

In accordance with the law and the jury verdict, I hereby impose the death penalty and sentence you to death by lethal injection ," Judge Mary Anne Bramblett ...

OregonLive.com: Dealer is guilty in deaths of 2 men - The Oregonian 2008-05-14

Next week the jury reconvenes to decide whether Sanchez-Jacobo should get the death penalty or life in prison. Whatever Sanchez-Jacobo's dispute was ...

San Diego CityBEAT: Our endorsements 2008-05-14

Sure, we"d love a candidate who"s openly opposed to the death penalty and has opined publicly that there are better options than prison for low-level drug ...

Dubbo Daily Liberal: WHERE IS THE JUSTICE? 2008-05-14

Instead of facing the death penalty he could be jailed for as little as 10 years on the lesser charge of intentionally killing during a crime.

Austin American-Statesman: People of faith are crossing lines to help others, Christi ... 2008-05-14

Recently, a group of conservative Catholics joined forces with liberal Protestants to take a stand against the death penalty , he told about 100 people ...

USA Today: O'Connor goes public with private ordeal 2008-05-14

... she was the key vote on the scope of abortion rights, on affirmative action and on ensuring competent counsel in death penalty cases.

Business Gazette: O"Malley OKs delayed phosphate ban for detergents 2008-05-14

O"Malley also signed a bill creating a commission to study the death penalty after efforts to repeal Maryland"s capital punishment statute failed for ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Brian Nichols wants another judge 2008-05-14

Nichols is facing a death-penalty trial after being charged with the March 11, 2005 Fulton courthouse shooting in which a judge, court reporter ...

Examiner.com: Resolution could be near in lethal injection challenge 2008-05-14

(Map, News) - A federal judge in Wilmington wants to hear from attorneys in a lawsuit claiming that Delaware's use of lethal injection is unconstitutional ...

Sify: Pak Interior Ministry against commuting Sarabjit's sentence 2008-05-14

Islamabad: In a setback to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan's Interior Ministry has recommended that his capital punishment should not ...

Milford Daily News: Reidy: Politics, common sense and the Golden Rule 2008-05-14

... aborting, etc.; there are other moral matters about which people of good will can reasonably disagree - like war, capital punishment , immigrati ...

New York Times: Italian"s Detention Illustrates Dangers Foreign Visitors Face 2008-05-14

íHe asked me if Virginia has the death penalty .ì Luis Paoli, a lawyer hired by the Coopers, said there was no limit on detention while waiting for an asylum ...

Winston-Salem Journal: Fire / Police Briefs 2008-05-14

Prosecutors gave notice in Forsyth Superior Court yesterday that they intend to ask for the death penalty in two murder cases. Randy Acker, 24, and Courtney ...

FayObserver.com: Killer was immersed in video game 2008-05-14

Unless they agree unanimously to the death penalty , he will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Artigues, who met with Stitt in December ...

Tampa Tribune: Onstott Comments Ruled Inadmissible 2008-05-14

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty but have no known physical evidence linking Onstott to the death of Sarah Michelle Lunde. On April 9, 2005 ...

Zee News: Manjunath murder case: Allahabad HC to hear appeal 2008-05-14

The court began hearing the appeal on May 8 against the punishment handed out to eight persons, including death penalty for a petrol pump owner ...

LocalNews8.com: Judge Delays Joseph Duncan's Murder Trial Even Further 2008-05-14

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The federal death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III will be delayed again while Duncan undergoes additional mental ...

West County Journal: Local lawyers being honored for their pro bono work 2008-05-14

Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States," will be the featured speaker at Legal ...

Flathead Beacon: Schweitzer: No Deal to Commute Ronald Smitth"s Death Sentence 2008-05-14

Canada doesn't impose the death penalty . But its Conservative government announced in October it would no longer seek clemency for Smith or any other ...

San Jose Mercury News: Mother prepares for second trial of son's accused killers 2008-05-14

Though eligible for capital punishment , the district attorney's office decided not to pursue the death penalty against the defendants.

Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck: Duncan's death penalty hearing delayed again | KXNet.com North ... 2008-05-14

AP BOISE, Idaho (AP) An Idaho federal judge has decided to delay the death penalty hearing for Joseph Duncan III again while Duncan undergoes more mental ...

KOLO: Double Murder Suspect Appears in Court 2008-05-14

Because this is a double murder, Carrillo does face the possibility of the death penalty , according to the Plumas County District Attorney's office.

Pickens Sentinel: Man wanted for pawnshop slaying to be extradited to Pickens County 2008-05-14

"The Canadian government would grant release of Roger Eugene Shephard only if we guaranteed that Shepherd would not face the death penalty ," Thirteenth ...

The Northwest Florida Daily News: Kirk Williams sentenced to death 2008-05-14

After the trial, the jury voted 11-1 to recommend the death penalty . Williams beat Dykes to death Oct. 3, 2006, with an aluminum T-ball bat in her mobile ...

Colorado Springs Gazette: Former DA asks about process of running against Newsome 2008-05-14

May said he has been in trial on a death penalty case in Hugo from Jan. 30 through late last month and that he was not the source for KOAA's investigation.

Daily Mirror: Six sentenced to death for daylight killing 2008-05-14

By Susitha R. Fernando The Colombo High Court, yesterday, imposed the death penalty on six persons who were found guilty of killing a man in broad daylight ...

Paly Voice: Death Penalty, justified for horrible criminals 2008-05-13

Capital punishment is a tool that helps ensure a more righteous and secure world. The death penalty is the only appropriate retribution for a crime ...

San Francisco Chronicle: The Prospect 2008-05-13

He's not on the Cardinal's baseball team, so, lacking any baseball stats, here's his classroom load: Main courses: 1) Exploring the Death Penalty ;

MiamiHerald.com: 5 Gitmo detainees to face 9/11 death penalty case 2008-05-13

A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer: NFL Notebook: Spygate figure in for meetings 2008-05-13

Prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty against four people charged with murdering Redskins star Sean Taylor because the person accused ...

Washington Post: Court Stays Execution Of Va. Man, Takes Case 2008-05-13

In death penalty trials, mitigation evidence produced by the defense is often seen as the most important part of the trial by defense lawyer ...

Catholic News Agency: Donahue and Obama advisors scuffle over Catholic identity, abortion 2008-05-13

... the use of the death penalty , resorting to unjust war, the use of torture, war crimes, the failure to respond to those who are suffering from hunger ...

KSBY: Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney allowed to stay ... 2008-05-13

A Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney is allowed to stay on a death penalty case after helping Hollywood directors create a movie about it.

Tampa Tribune: Opening Testimony Sets Stage For Murder Trial 2008-05-13

Magrino isn't seeking the death penalty . Booth had the option of pleading to a lesser charge of manslaughter with a firearm. That would have given him up ...

Jamaica Gleaner: NOTE-WORTHY: Farming contract 2008-05-13

In a few weeks the issue of capital punishment will take centrestage in the judiciary system, everyone must make their voice heard.

Austin American-Statesman: Accused mass killer's statements subject of hearing 2008-05-13

Cobb said Devoe, who is facing the death penalty in Travis County, talked about the charges against him to police; his mother and sister in Suffolk County ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Winfield mother won't face death penalty 2008-05-13

By Chuck Biedka Butler County prosecutors now won't seek the death penalty for a woman accused of killing her newborn daughter last year.

Indy Wrestling (press release): Professional Championship Wrestling results from 5/10 in Arlington, TX 2008-05-13

Stephen announced that, at Capital Punishment , Mace & Johnson will face Action Jackson & Wally Darkmon. The Busseys then ordered D'Angelo to defend his TV ...

Rocky Mountain News: No lack of manure in NBA's 'farm system' 2008-05-13

Already, there are high-pitched calls for it to impose its death penalty on Southern Cal athletics, which faced similar allegations about Reggie Bush ...

KTEN: US Supreme Court turns down Texas death row inmate 2008-05-13

The court's refusal moves 45-year-old Ricardo Ortiz one step closer to his own lethal injection . Ortiz was in the El Paso county jail on a parole revocati ...

Daily NK: North Has Introduced Amendments to Its Criminal Codes to Save ... 2008-05-13

Individuals found to be possessing more than 300 grams of drug are to be sentenced to death penalty ," Choi said, "In addition, North Korea which did ...

Tampabay.com: Onstott confession out, appeals court affirms 2008-05-13

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Onstott but have no physical or forensic evidence tying him to the crime. Details of what Onstott ...

Central Florida News 13|: Abdool Sentenced For Burning Girlfriend To Death 2008-05-13

ORLANDO -- The man convicted of burning his teenage girlfriend to death was sentenced to the death penalty . A judge followed a jury's recommendations ...

Los Gatos Observer: Los Gatos Murder-For-Hire Suspect Denied Bail 2008-05-13

Because special circumstances are alleged--a murder for hire--Garcia may face the death penalty if convicted. The judge denied the bail request based on ...

KETK: Day 7: State & Defense Rest In Randall Wayne Mays' Capital Murder ... 2008-05-13

Overcome with emotion, she didn't know how to answer this, how would you feel if Randall was sentenced to the death penalty .

Slashdot: Canada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet Policy? 2008-05-13

In that case, lets institute a no-appeals death penalty for speeding, jay-walking, minor traffic violations, and late payment of income taxes.

JURIST: Supreme Court takes death row habeas claim 2008-05-13

His execution was delayed until the Supreme Court held [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIST report] in Baze v. Rees in April that the lethal injection method ...

KETK: Day 7: State & Defense Rest In Randall Wayne Mays' Capital Murder ... 2008-05-13

Overcome with emotion, she didn't know how to answer this, how would you feel if Randall was sentenced to the death penalty .

MiamiHerald.com: Pentagon preparing for 9/11 suspects' first appearance 2008-05-12

Defense lawyers are still assembling teams of investigators, civilian co-counsel through a Guantánamo death penalty assistance program set up by ...

WECT: Jury selection to begin in murder trial 2008-05-12

... in Louisiana and extradited to North Carolina. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty , but Delgado could receive life in prison if convicted.

Sun-Sentinel.com: Judicial candidates warned about breaking rules on campaign trail 2008-05-12

Judicial candidates are not allowed to make any implicit or implied promises, such as they will be tough on criminals or that they favor the death penalty ...

Conquest Chronicles: Mayo Fallout 2008-05-12

Gone are the days of íthe greatest team everì to now saying that SC deserves the death penalty over things that have yet to be proven only alleged.

CJBK: Prosecutor agrees to drop death penalty to get suspect back 2008-05-12

But Dieter said it's no more frequent for suspects to be granted amnesty from capital punishment in the US than it is for those to win amnesty here ...

TriCities.com: Justice Delayed 2008-05-11

The House case reads like a capital punishment cautionary tale. Courts have pointed to a number of significant errors. Inadequate science, shoddy evidence ...

Austin American-Statesman: Digest: Storms kill at least 5; Supreme Court justice says horse ... 2008-05-11

... to approve the most widely used method of lethal injection , while saying for the first time that he now thinks the death penalty is unconstitutional.

Jackson Clarion Ledger: Supreme intervention? The Roberts court and the death penalty 2008-05-11

Rees, upholding Kentucky's use of a three-chemical "cocktail" ( lethal injection ) is its first significant death penalty decision. The 7-2 opinion upholding ...

Jackson Clarion Ledger: Death penalty: Second stay unlikely 2008-05-11

Defense attorneys say Berry is mentally retarded and needs more appeal time to ask for clemency and a review of Mississippi's lethal-injection procedures.

Greenville News: Solicitor fears precedent set by extradition deal 2008-05-11

He was told time and again that he would get his man on one condition: He couldn't seek the death penalty . For two years, Shephard sat in a Canadian jail ...

News & Observer: E-mail, pesticides, immigrants, bullying ... 2008-05-11

The recent ruling by the US Supreme Court that said lethal injection is not cruel and unusual in executions might prompt legislation to end an impasse ...

Whittier Daily News: Voters often lack data on candidates for bench 2008-05-11

... said in his state that political action committees that focus on one issue, like the death penalty , have poured a lot of money into some judicial races.

Houston Chronicle: Ambitious Obama played many sides in Chicago 2008-05-11

A candidate questionnaire from one liberal group, for instance, detailed his views on hot-button issues like the death penalty (opposed) and a ban ...

Grand Forks Herald: Convicted Zeeland, ND, murderer wants out of prison 2008-05-11

íBut this was one time when he said he would have called for the death penalty if he could have.ì Dockter would like to see Hovland turn down Feist"s appeal ...

Times Record News: A tragic night for Wichita Falls police 2008-05-11

Attorneys for the state vowed they would seek the death penalty . The trial was set for July 19, less than a month after the murder.

WXIA-TV: à Memorial Ride For Slain Dekalb Police Families 2008-05-11

This fundraiser comes after prosecutors announced this week they would seek the death penalty against William Woodward for Barker and Bryant's murders.

Palm Beach Post: Death Row: Big number, no meaning 2008-05-11

Crist signed a death warrant last year without waiting for the ruling on lethal injection . Since Florida is set on having capital punishment ...

Winston-Salem Journal: McCain showed city a rested side soon to vanish 2008-05-11

... government agencies to take property for private development and have barred capital punishment for murderers who were under 18 when they killed.

Dallas Morning News: Police: Convicted rapist charged in SMU co-ed's 1984 slaying ... 2008-05-11

Prosecutors will decide soon whether to pursue the death penalty . In announcing the charge last week, police released new details about what they believe ...

WOAI: Police Arrest Mother of Baby Found in Dryer 2008-05-11

After Carranza gets out of the hospital, she will be arrested on capital murder charges, which means she could face the death penalty .

KETK: Day 6: Punishment Phase Of Mays' Trial Begins 2008-05-11

Now, the jury must decide Mays' punishment-- life without parole or the death penalty . Athens Police Officer Troy Harrod says, "They were two well-liked ...

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Chattanooga: Stevens addresses lethal injections 2008-05-10

... but also about the justification for the death penalty itself.ì Justice Stevens talked about the lethal injection case and other recent Supreme Court ...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Wash U. law professors object to Schlafly honor 2008-05-10

When United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote an opinion declaring the death penalty unconstitutional as applied to minors, Ms. Schlafly ...

Panthic Weekly: Highlights from International Sikh Conference (UK) 2008-05-10

Justice Bains spoke of the immediate need to abolish the use of the death penalty which has been used disproportionately against minorities even where ...

Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck: Florence triple murder trial may be more than a year out ... 2008-05-10

... which they'll present to the Justice Department. That will help the attorney general determine whether Weber and Benavides will face the death penalty .

Irish Independent: Jury is unanimous on matter of 'reasonable doubt' 2008-05-10

It wasn't proof beyond a shadow of a doubt, the standard formerly required in many countries when the death penalty was available, but a reasonable doubt ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Killer's daughter: 'I would love it if he gets lethal injection' 2008-05-10

She believes her father is guilty and deserves the death penalty . "I feel in my heart he took that little girl's life," she said. "No child deserves that.

Noblesville Daily Times: Hamilton County to hear death penalty case 2008-05-10

Hamilton County will be the scene of a death penalty trial in September as Parke County officials sought a change of venue for a man charged in the 2005 ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Fayette man gets death penalty for girl's killing 2008-05-10

By Richard Robbins Jeffery Martin showed no emotion Friday as he was sentenced to die by lethal injection for killing a 12-year-old Greene County girl ...

Daily Sun: Second missionary journey 2008-05-10

The most painfully dangerous part is the death penalty they have had to pay. You see, as a man gets on in years, his libido goes on a steady downward slope.

New York Times: Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee 2008-05-10

... potentially delaying prosecutions, including the death-penalty prosecution of six detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for the Sept. 11 attacks.

Colorado Springs Gazette: DOW backtracks on advice for euthanizing frogs 2008-05-10

Lethal injection . But since only veterinarians are allowed to have the right chemicals, definitely don't try that at home.

TheDenverChannel.com: Jurors Get Owens Death Penalty Case 2008-05-10

If the jury finds Owens guilty of first- degree murder, they will decide if he should face execution by lethal injection . Two of Owens" friend ...

Pahrump Valley Times: Bill Clinton's angst 2008-05-10

But now Betsey is fighting the death penalty from the shores of Beaver Lake and Hillary also is otherwise busy. So he's out there as a political li ...