July 2
TEXAS:
10th Court chief justice must control anger
Lady Justice is usually portrayed as blindfolded, a sword in one hand and
a perfectly balanced scale in the other. The idea is that justice is meted
out swiftly, fairly and without favor or prejudice.
For our system of laws and ju
July 2
PENNSYLVANIA:
Easy living on death row
Ken Hairston is confident he won't die in prison.
Which says a lot, considering Hairston, 56, sits on death row at the state
prison in Franklin Township, Greene County, convicted of bludgeoning to
death his wife and 14-year-old son in June 200
July 2
SAUDI ARABIA:
Unprecedented trial against feared religious police opens in Saudi Arabia
4 men, including 3 members of Saudi Arabia's religious police, went on
trial Sunday for their alleged involvement in the death of a man in
detention - an unprecedented case against a powerful f
July 2
OHIO:
Family sues over delayed execution
The mother of a condemned inmate whose execution took an hour longer than
is typical sued the head of Ohio's prisons on Monday.
It took almost 90 minutes to carry out the execution of Joseph Clark in
May 2006. The lawsuit, filed in a Cincinn
