Nov. 19
SOUTH AFRICA:
Death penalty has no place in democratic SA
A QUESTION was asked in The Times yesterday: Is it strange that there have
been no calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty in the Skierlik
murder case?
As a democrat at heart, I respect the constitution of this coun
Nov. 19
FLORIDA:
Prosecutor Prepares For 6 Death Penalty Cases
Death penalty cases, by their very nature, are significantly different
court proceedings than, say, a drug trafficking case.
For one, defense attorneys have to meet a certain set of qualifications,
according to Assistant Stat
Nov. 18
IDAHO:
Duncan appeals death sentence - U.S. attorney says move is common in
capital cases
Joseph Duncan is appealing his death sentence to the 9th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Duncan stood silent when the sentence was handed down in August, after he
pleaded guilty to all cha
Nov. 18
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Dec. 5 execution date for SC man in racial killing
13 years ago, a South Carolina jury decided that Joseph Gardner should be
executed for helping to rape, torture and kill a white woman in what
prosecutors described as his revenge for centuries of oppression agai
Nov. 18
CHINA:
Restaurant worker may face death penalty for model murderLawyer for
Chinese migrant worker confirms that his client may face the death penalty
for murdering a Canadian model in July
By confessing to fatally stabbing 22-year-old Canadian model Diana O'Brien
during his tri
Nov. 18
NORTH CAROLINA:
N.C. court to rule on executions
The state's highest court will hear legal arguments today that could break
the 2-year stalemate on executions in North Carolina -- or extend the de
facto moratorium.
The N.C. Medical Board has effectively shut down the executions, w
Nov. 18
TEXASnew execution date
Virgil Martinez has been given an execution date of January 28, 2008; it
should be considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
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