URGENT ACTION APPEAL
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31 January 2008
Further Information on UA 299/06 (MDE 23/015/2007, 17 April
2007) and follow-ups (MDE 23/005/2006, 23 November
Jan. 31
LOUISIANA:
Louisiana judge sets execution date for killer in 1996 slayings
In Alexandria, a state district judge has set an execution date for a man
convicted of murdering 4 people in the Poland community in 1996.
Judge George Metoyer on Wednesday set July 15 as the execution
Jan. 31
OHIO:
Killer rapist receives death penalty -- Summit County judge sentences
Akron man for attack in cemetery
An Akron man was sentenced to death Wednesday for the April slaying of
Susan Marie Christian-Yates, 33, at Mount Peace Cemetery.
Phillip L. Jones, 37, was found guilty last
Jan. 31
VIRGINIA:
Death penalty reversal challengedThe prosecutor is asking the state's
high court to prohibit commutation of Daryl Atkins' sentence.
Prosecutors in Daryl Atkins' capital murder case are challenging a York
County judge's order that commuted Atkins' death sentence to
Jan. 31
CANADA:
Canadians support new stand on clemency, poll
The Conservative government appears to have won over a majority of the
country to its hands-off stance toward Canadians facing execution in
foreign countries, according a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted exclusively
for Canwest
Feb. 1
NIGERIA:
Controversy over executions
Amnesty International has revealed that secret executions have been taking
place in Nigeria's prisons, despite recent assurances from the government
that Nigeria has not executed in years. The UK-based organisation says
it has uncovered
Feb. 1
CARIBBEAN:
Caribbean ready to bring back death penalty
Winston Edwards is uncompromising about what should be done to convicted
murderers. They should be hanged, says the Jamaican taxi driver. And it
should be shown live on television so that anyone thinking of murder will
see what
Feb. 1
MISSOURI:
Death Penalty Decisions
Back in 1989, Michael Taylor kidnapped a Kansas City area girl from her
own front yard.
He later raped and murdered the girl.
Taylor's execution was scheduled to happen 2 years ago.
90 minutes before Taylor's scheduled execution, a Court of
