[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2008-08-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 25 NIGERIA: Nigerian faces death for 86 wives Mr Bello Abubakar challenged Muslim scholars 2 weeks ago Nigeria's Islamic authority has told the man who has 86 wives to choose only four and repent within 3 days or else he will be sentenced to death. The Jamatu Nasril Islam (JNI

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----VA., N.C., IDAHO

2008-08-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 25 VIRGINIA: Prosecutor: Death penalty an option in McGowan killing A man charged with capital murder in the death of a young Charlottesville woman last year could face the death penalty if convicted, a prosecutor said today. Claude V. Worrell II, the city's deputy commonwealth's at

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----CALIF., TENN., ARIZ., OHIO, ILL.

2008-08-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 25 CALIFORNIA: Serial killer's penalty phase likely to carry emotional toll Having already found him guilty of serial murders, a jury deciding the fate of William Jennings Choyce now may get a glimpse into the defendant's childhood and psychological makeup in the second part of his t

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----TEXAS

2008-08-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 25 TEXAS: Coble murder retrial begins Testimony continued Monday afternoon in the capital murder retrial of convicted murderer Billie Wayne Coble, 59. The case is being heard in Judge Matt Johnsons courtroom in 54th State District Court. Coble spent more than 17 years on death row be