Jan. 31
VIETNAM:
Son La court hands death sentences to 8 drug dealers
8 heroin producers and distributors were handed death sentences while 13
others were given life imprisonment, by the People's Court in Son La
northern mountain province, yesterday.
Masterminds Trinh Nguyen Thuy, Le Van T
Jan. 31
BANGLADESH:
Bangladeshi Militants Sentenced To Death Seek Leniency
6 Islamic militants condemned to death in Bangladesh for killing 2 judges
said their actions were not criminal as they were guided by religious
beliefs on setting up an Islamic state in the Muslim majority country,
Jan. 31
ALABAMA:
Alabama death row inmate offering macabre drawings for auction
The family of 21-year-old Stephanie Gach, who was abducted and murdered in
1992, thought they had stopped her killer from continuing to hurt the
family when they filed a lawsuit in 2004 over essays about the cr
Jan. 31
NORTH CAROLINA:
Governor holds clemency hearing
Those who want to see James Adolph Campbell executed and those who want to
see his life spared made their cases Tuesday to Gov. Mike Easley.
The clemency hearing took place even though a Wake County judge last week
delayed Campbell'
Jan. 31
TEXAS:
Texas executes man for killing 2
A man was executed Tuesday for killing his pregnant wife and mother-in-law
4 years ago.
Christopher Swift, who spurned appeals that could stop or delay his
execution, made no final statement.
"Receiving the death penalty is what he's wanted
Jan. 31
GLOBAL:
"The Second Death of the Death Penalty"
The 2nd death of the death penalty is programmed in the near future, when
the parliament meeting at Versailles writes its abolition into the stone
of the Constitution, a gesture with high symbolic value wished for by
Jacques Chirac
Jan. 30
MOROCCO:
Activists hope Morocco will abolish death penalty
Rabat will host the third congress for the World Coalition Against the
Death Penalty in February. Organizers say many of the country's political
parties support the abolishment of the death penalty.
The World Coalition Aga
Jan. 30
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Death penalty bills before panel FridayRepeal unlikely, lawmakers say
A bill to repeal South Dakota's death penalty and two bills changing the
way it is administered are grouped for a public hearing on Friday by a
state House committee.
A spirited debate about th
Jan. 30
CALIFORNIA:
Potential jurors quizzed on death penalty views
Jury selection in the Vincent Brothers case hit some bumps Monday because
many jurors were confused about questions on the death penalty.
Kern County Superior Court Judge Michael Bush quizzed about 30 potential
jurors wi
Jan. 30
GEORGIA:
Bill to end requirement for unanimous death penalty juries
It takes 12 jurors to decide whether to sentence a defendant to death in
Georgia, but that would change under a bill introduced in the General
Assembly. House Majority Whip Barry Fleming of Harlem and other
legisl
Jan. 30
MARYLAND:
Cleared death row inmate embodies debate
In a court of law, people are supposed to be considered innocent until
proven guilty, but Kirk Bloodsworth was viewed as guilty by the jury,
public, police and media until proven innocent years later through DNA
testing.
The Cam
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