Feb. 23
PHILIPPINES:
Time to kill death penalty -- senators
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday urged leaders of
both chambers of Congress to put the bill repealing the death penalty in
the list of priority legislative measures following President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo
Feb. 23
NEW YORK:
Researchers archive death row mercy pleas
When the last court says no and the clock ticks down toward an execution,
a prisoner's only chance is a plea for mercy.
Such pleas arrive each year before governors, pardons boards and the
president, many with tales of woe told th
Feb. 23
GEORGIA:
Senator to seek moratorium on executions
Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, will submit legislation today calling for a
moratorium on the death penalty in Georgia and the appointment of a
commission to study purported problems with how the state sends defendants
to death row.
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
Barbee Guilty Of Murder; Could Get Death Sentence
In Fort Worth, a Tarrant County jury has found Stephen Barbee guilty of
capital murder.
Barbee was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Lisa Underwood and her
7-year-old son Jayden.
Underwood was pregnant when she was kil
Feb. 23
IRAN:
21 hangings, death sentences in 3 days -- Dissidents arrested in Southern
uprisings receive death sentences
The clerical regime in Iran has intensified the wave of executions and
suppression in an attempt to stem the tide of popular uprisings. In the
past 3 days, the state-ru
Feb. 23
IOWA:
Committee takes up death penalty billBut the Senate Democratic leader
won't allow debate on the issue, which means it may not be discussed on
the House floor.
An Iowa House committee will consider legislation today to revive the
death penalty in cases in which a child is
Feb. 23
VIRGINIA:
Moussaoui Jury Pool Nears Completion
With more than 3/4 of the potential jurors already picked, lawyers in the
death-penalty trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui are still
arguing over who is too close to the Sept. 11 case or its victims to
serve.
In 5 days,
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
Man told wife he killed ex-girlfriendFW: Confession played at trial in
slayings of pregnant woman, boy
A sobbing Stephen Barbee, clutching his wife's shirt and begging for
forgiveness, admitted to his new bride that he killed his pregnant
ex-girlfriend, a video recording s
