August 18
USA:
On the Trail of Former Death Row Inmates
Joan Cheever, author of Back from the Dead, followed former death row
inmates who were released when the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty
unconstitutional in 1972.
see: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5662491
August 18
CHINA:
Woman accused of heroin in panties
A Chinese woman has appeared in court accused of transporting panties and
long johns soaked in heroin, state media said on Friday.
Wang Zhiqin, 42, from Wuhan, capital of China's central province of Hubei,
was charged with transporting 1
August 18
ALABAMA:
Jury deadlocked in case of 2003 murder-for-hire
Who is more believable?
An admitted killer and former strip club bouncer or a state inmate and
former police informant?
A person who worked in cell analysis before becoming a firearms
identification expert with the state'
August 18
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:
Rebel chief faces death penalty
The prosecutor in a Central African Republic case against a rebel leader
accused of plotting to assassinate President Francois Bozize requested a
death penalty on Friday.
Jean-Jacques Larmassoum, known as "lieutenant Larm
August 18
CALIFORNIA:
Prisoner Gets 2nd Life Sentence For More Murders
A member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who was already serving a life
term in prison for murder received another life sentence Thursday for 2
more killings.
Javier "Gangster" Marquez, 33, was convicted of 1st-degree
August 18
TEXAS:
Good DA wrong for Cantu probe
A lawyer has asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stop Bexar
County District Attorney Susan Reed's investigation into whether a San
Antonio man was wrongfully executed in 1993.
The lawyer, Keith Hampton, says Reed has a conflict of in
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August 18
NORTH CAROLINAexecution
N.C. executes Flippen for 2-year-old's slaying
North Carolina executed death row inmate Samuel Flippen early Friday for
the beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter 12 years ago. Flippen was
pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m., state Corrections Departmen
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