[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., FLA., OHIO, IND,

2013-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 TEXAS: Texas man guilty in burning death of store clerk A jury has found a North Texas man guilty of capital murder for setting a clerk on fire as he robbed her convenience store. The Dallas County jury turned to the penalty phase Wednesday after finding 38-year-old Matthew

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARK., KY., MO., S. DAK., N. MEX.

2013-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 ARKANSAS: Prosecution to seek death penalty in Foster capital murder case; Private counsel re-enters for Sierra Cook Prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the capital murder case of 27-year-old Lee Andrew Foster, the accused in the fatal Father's Day double-shooting at

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----COLO., NEV., USA

2013-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 COLORADO: Judge refuses to declare death penalty unconstitutional U.S. Senior District Judge John Kane on Wednesday denied a motion by lawyers of a Florence inmate who faces the death penalty to declare the federal death penalty law unconstitutional. Gary Watland's lawyers

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---worldwide

2013-10-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 30 BAHAMAS: Kofhe Goodman Sentenced To Death Kofhe Goodman has today been sentenced to hang for the murder of Marco Archer. Goodman sat in the prisoner's dock in the Supreme Court hearing crouched forward with his hands on his chin. He made no verbal reaction when the death