June 16
JAPAN:
The Sayama Incident: Kazuo Ishikawa's half-century struggle against a wrongful
murder conviction and Japan's backward legal system
In 1963, Kazuo Ishikawa was convicted of the murder of a high school girl in
Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture. A member of the Buraku, Japa
June 16
OKLAHOMA:
Testimony centers on past violence of Martinez
From the day Mica Martinez was charged with the 1st count of 1st-degree murder
and assault with a deadly weapon in the Oct. 12, 2009, attack on Carl and
Martha Faye Miller as well as their son Shawn Monk, the State has pl
June 15
TEXAS:
Senate OKs Life With Parole for 17-Year-Old Murderers
The Senate on Friday approved a measure that would require judges and juries to
sentence 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder to life in prison with the
chance of parole after 40 years.
Gov. Rick Perry expanded
