July 13
NORTH KOREA:
Death Row Christian in N. Korea Incites Demand for Release, Pleas for Life
The brother of the North Korean Christian man awaiting public execution
for simply being a Christian pleaded with the world Thursday to press
North Korea to release his elder brother while p
July 13
CALIFORNIA:
State must defend execution protocol
5 weeks ago, we learned federal District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel had
delayed the execution of convicted killer-rapist Michael Morales of
Stockton at least until October after he scheduled even more hearings on
challenges to the le
July 13
NEW YORK:
Gallows May Await if Police Officer Dies
Should the wounds Officer Russel Timoshenko suffered on Monday prove
fatal, his death could set off a jurisdictional dance between state and
federal prosecutors over whether his shooter faces the death penalty.
New York State has
July 13
USA:
Reports, polls, court ruling point to thorny death penalty questions
2 high-profile executions scheduled for July and one capital sentence
blocked by the Supreme Court in June provide examples of the range of
issues surrounding the death penalty in the United States.
Combined
July 13
TEXAS:
Anthony Graves' defense suffers setbackJudge will let prosecutors use
1994 testimony of a witness who later recanted
The recorded testimony of a witness who recanted moments before his
execution will be admitted in the capital murder retrial of Anthony
Graves, a Burleso
