Nov. 8
TEXAS:
Death row inmates protest with hunger strikesPrisoners call conditions
at Polunsky Unit abusive.
Likening themselves to prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantnamo Bay, a dozen
inmates on death row in Texas have staged a series of hunger strikes over
the past month to protest
Nov. 7
BARBADOS:
CCJ to hand down judgement in death penalty case from Barbados
The Caribbean Court of Justice is expected to rule tomorrow on its 1st
death penalty case.
It is the case relating to Jeffrey Joseph and Lennox Boyce whose death
sentences were commuted to life imprisonment b
Nov. 7
IDAHO:
Idaho death row inmate wins retrial
A man sentenced to death for the slayings of a young Texas couple camped
in the Idaho wilderness must be released or retried because of his
attorney's actions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Mark Henry Lankford has been on Idaho's
Nov. 7
KENYA:
5 Death-Row Inmates Among the 666,000 KCPE Candidates
5 death-row convicts are among 666,434 candidates who begin their Kenya
Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination this morning.
They are among 12 inmates expected to take the exam at a centre at the
Lang'ata women
Nov. 7
TEXAS:
His life: In trouble since 16, most of his life behind barsWillie
Shannon is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Texas death row inmate No. 999086 was born on June 12, 1973, as Willie
Marcel Shannon.
Shannon grew up in Columbus, Texas, with his mother, sisters,
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Nov. 6
TEXASimpending execution
US inmate condemned for slaying set for execution Wednesday
A U.S. inmate was set to die Wednesday evening for killing a 38-year-old
man who, unbeknownst to him, was in the federal Witness Protection
Program.
Willie Shannon, 33, was set for execution i
