March 28
USA:
Fired attorneys all reluctant to seek death penalty in federal cases
Margaret Chiara, a former U.S. Attorney in Grand Rapids, Mich., appealed
several times to the Justice Department against having to seek the federal
death penalty. In hindsight, for her it was a risky
Francis A. Boyle
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March 28
NEBRASKA:
Senators to consider death penalty again
Less than 2 weeks after debating the death penalty, lawmakers are
scheduled to take up the issue again.
An amendment was filed Tuesday in the Legislature that could make it
tougher to sentence people to death, with a public
March 28
TEXASimpending executions
Convicted killer of carjacked Air Force officer to die Wednesday
After a carjacking left a San Antonio man dead, the gunman needed to
change out of his blood-spattered clothes.
The shooter, Vincent Gutierrez, threw his clothing in a trash bin and
March 28
ENGLAND/BULGARIA:
George Michael plays benefit gig for death sentence nurses
George Michael, the former Wham singer turned solo artist, will play a gig
in Sofia in May to help raise awareness of the 5 Bulgarian nurses jailed
in Libya, pinknews (www.pinknews.co.uk) reports.
The
March 28
TEXAS:
Opposite portraits emerge of S.A. killer set for execution tonight
The young, tattooed convict scheduled to die tonight after spending almost
his entire adult life on death row has vacillated between 2 very different
ways of making his exit.
Vincent Flaco Gutierrez told
March 28
CHINA:
CHINA PREPARES FOR OLYMPICSDrop in Executions Leads to Organ Shortage
With the Olympics in Beijing just 500 days away, China has begun cleaning
up organ trafficking practices. Not only have exports been banned, but
with fewer prisoner executions, a major source of
March 28
TEXAS:
Texas is Set to Execute a Mentally Retarded Man On April 11, 2007.
U.S. Supreme Court Atkins Decision be Damned.
On February 26, 2007 the Supreme Court of the United States denied James
Clark's Petition for Writ of Certiorari on a Mental Retardation Claim. On
February 28,
March 28
TEXAS--execution
Killer of Air Force officer executed
A San Antonio man convicted of killing an Air Force officer during a
carjacking 10 years ago was executed Wednesday by lethal injection.
Vincent Gutierrez, 28, did not look at relatives or a friend of the victim
as they
