Oct. 20
JAPAN:
The Supreme Court's recent ruling showed once again that the hurdles are still
high for winning a retrial.
The top court rejected a special appeal filed by death row inmate Masaru
Okunishi in connection with his 7th plea for a retrial over a fatal wine
poisoning case i
Oct. 20
KANSAS:
Anit-death penalty advocate to visit PSU
The worst thing that can happen to a mother happened to Vicki Schieber.
One of her beloved children, daughter Shannon Schieber, 23, was raped and
murdered on May 7, 1998.
"When I got that call, I would have said what any norma
Oct. 20
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
"It could have happened to anyone, anywhere"
Kirk Bloodsworth was a 22-year-old honorably discharged Marine who'd never been
in trouble when he was convicted in 1985 of the rape and murder of a 9-year-old
girl in Maryland. He was sentenced to death row.
Bloodsw
