Nov. 1
JAPAN:
JAPAN SUSPENDS DEATH PENALTY
Japan's new justice minister says he will suspend the death penalty, a
move that would leave the United States as the only major industrialised
country to practice capital punishment.
Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura, who was appointed Monday in a
Oct. 31
IDAHO:
U.S. Supreme Court declines to consider 2 Idaho death penalty cases
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied appeals in 2 Idaho death penalty
cases, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. The Court entered orders
declining to hear the appeals of Gerald Ross Pizzuto and Timothy
Oct. 31
JAPAN:
Print-friendly version Ex-gang boss on death row for 3 murders
receives 20 million yen for 3 other slayings
A former gang boss appealing the death sentence handed down on him for 3
murders has told acquaintances that he received nearly 20 million yen for
his role in 3
Oct. 31
SOUTH CAROLINAimpending execution//volunteer
Man who killed 4 set to dieWise is scheduled for lethal injection for
1997 murders of coworkers
Hastings Wise had scores to settle back in 1997 at the Aiken lawnmower
ignition plant where he had been fired several weeks earlier
Oct. 31
DELAWAREimpending execution
Murderer longed to kill, attorney saysBrian Steckel scheduled to die
by injection on Friday
Police and prosecutors say Brian "Red" Steckel was a serial killer who
just never got the chance to kill again.
Steckel apparently saw himself the same w
Oct. 30
TEXAS:
Suspect's portrayal: sensitive, disturbedFriends, affidavit differ on
Rockwall teen held in parents' deaths
Those who knew him recall many sides of Brandon Dale Woodruff.
Wild and funny Brandon played pranks on friends, wore girls' cheerleader
outfits and orange hair
