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NIGERIA:
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
AI index: AFR 44/028/2008
12 December 2008
UN Resolution on moratorium on the use of the death penalty: CALL ON
NIGERIA TO ABSTAIN
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Nigerian Bar Association
and Nigerian NGOs have called on Nigeria t
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TEXAS:
Death penalty system fatally flawed[Sam Millsap is a former Bexar
County district attorney.]
According to a report released last week by the Texas Coalition to Abolish
the Death Penalty Texas Death Penalty Developments in 2008: The Year in
Review this year Texas jurie
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JAMAICA:
Death penalty could choke foreign aid to Jamaica - junior minister
JUNIOR MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Ronald
Robinson, says Jamaica could be denied developmental support from some
countries opposed to the death penalty because of its move to
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FLORIDA:
2 Fla. death row inmates win appeals
One death row inmate convicted of killing and robbing an elderly man will
be retried. Another, who raped a pregnant woman and killed her husband,
will get a new sentencing hearing.
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the new
Dec. 12
OHIO:
Ohio man pleads not guilty in neighbor beheading
A northeast Ohio man has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed and
beheaded his neighbor in a mobile home park.
William Perry of North Canton entered his plea Thursday in Stark County
Common Pleas Court, telling the judge i
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TEXASnew death sentence
Verdict in Sparks case a relief to family, friends of victims
Family and friends of murder victims Chare Agnew and her 2 sons had been
warned throughout the killer's trial that any emotional outbursts would
lead to their banishment from the courtroom.
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