Nov. 10
INDIANA:
Ind. Death Row Inmate Found Dead in Cell
A death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a state trooper during a
traffic stop was found dead in his cell on Saturday, 10 months after being
spared execution.
An Indiana State Prison guard found Norman Timberlake, 60, of N
Nov. 10
CANADA:
Ex-justice assails death-row policy
Louise Arbour, the former Supreme Court of Canada judge who now serves as
the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has denounced as "very
troubling" the Conservative government's new hands-off policy on death-row
prisoners in the U.S.,
Nov. 10
NEW JERSEY:
DEATH ROW HAS 8 MEN-Nun: Abolish death penalty; "Dead Man Walking"
author says she's seen its damage
A renowned capital punishment opponent a nun who walks death-row inmates
to their ends urged New Jersey lawmakers Friday to abandon executions,
vowing the state wou
Nov. 10
TEXAS:
Widow drops death penalty lawsuitHad sued judge after she blocked
husband Michael Richard's appeal
The lawsuit filed with great fanfare this week by an executed killer's
widow against a judge for blocking the inmate's last-minute appeal has
been dropped at least for no
