Dec. 8
VIRGINIA:
Court Appoints Mental Health Expert in Matthew Capital Murder Case
The man accused of killing a University of Virginia student may use mental
health as a defense in his capital murder case.
Jesse Matthew is accused of abducting 18-year-old Hannah Graham from
Dec. 8
MISSOURI:
Gas chamber raised by Missouri inmates as possible execution method
Russell Bucklew and Ernest L. Johnson are rare survivors on Missouri's rapidly
shrinking death row.
Though 18 other Missouri inmates have been executed over the past 24 months,
Bucklew and Johnson
Dec. 8
IRANexecutions
3 Men and 1 Woman Hanged in 1 Day
On Sunday December 6, 3 men with alleged murder charges were reportedly hanged
to death at Zahedan Central Prison and also 1 woman was reportedly hanged in
Ghazvin Central Prison for allegedly murdering her husband.
Dec. 8
NORTH CAROLINA:
DNA tests show match to Columbus County man on death row
Lawyers for death row inmate Norfolk "Fuzzy" Best were optimistic in 2012 when
they found 6 boxes of evidence in the attic of the Whiteville City Hall,
evidence not shared during Best's 1993 trial for the
Dec. 8
GUYANA:
Why does the EU want us to get rid of capital punishment so badly?
Dear Editor,
There are few things that rattle my feathers, shock me or make me mad. But when
I read the Chronicle of December 3 that the "EU pledges cash if Guyana
abolishes death penalty," I was
