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Oct. 7
TEXAS:
FAMILY OF WILLIAMS TESTIFIES IN CAPITAL MURDER CASE
Family members of Clifton Lamar Williams testified Friday about the
convicted killer's childhood.
Williams, 23, faces life in prison or the death penalty after
Oct. 7
OKLAHOMA:
BOOK REVIEWGrisham skillfully lays down law in true story of injustice
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small TownBy John Grisham,
Doubleday, 368 pp., $28.95
In his 1st foray into nonfiction, novelist John Grisham (``The Firm, The
Broker) has crafted a
Oct. 7
OHIO:
Petro requests 5th reprieve for Spirko
Attorney General Jim Petro on Friday asked Gov. Bob Taft for a 5th
reprieve for a condemned killer to allow more time for DNA testing in the
24-year-old murder of an Ohio postmistress.
If Taft agrees to the delay for death row inmate
Oct. 7
CALIFORNIA:
9th Circuit Judge Protests Proposal for New Breakaway CircuitPlan for
12th Circuit with no Hispanic judges draws fire
The long-simmering debate over splitting the nation's largest federal
appellate court heated up last month when one 9th Circuit judge complained
Oct. 7
CHINA:
China's Execution Buses
Sky News has obtained chilling new evidence of mobile execution buses
being used by the Chinese government.
It comes less than 2 years before China hosts the next Olympics - an event
it was given after promising to improve its human rights record.
Oct. 8
TEXAS:
Hidalgo County plagued by lawyer shortage
After more than 2 years in jail, Roberto Rodriguez Cantu's capital murder
trial is finally scheduled to begin in November.
That is if he can manage to keep his 2 court-appointed attorneys.
While not Cantu's fault, at least 2
Oct. 8
ALABAMA:
NAACP sets sights on death penalty
Alabama needs to get rid of the death penalty and restore voting rights to
convicted felons who have done their time, the head of the state's NAACP
said Saturday.
Edward Vaughn of Dothan highlighted the 2 criminal justice issues in an
