April 27
TEXAS:
Jury selection continues in Risner capital murder trial
The long process of jury selection continued Tuesday in the capital murder
trial of a former police officer accused of fatally shooting Little
River-Academy Police Chief Lee Dixon.
David Gene Risner, 59, of Lit
April 27
OKLAHOMA:
Thackers' jail letters construed 2 ways Defendant wrote 2 'were together'
Jailhouse correspondence between an Arkansas man on trial for murder and his
brother contained admissions that bolster the state of Oklahoma's theory that
the brothers acted together in a
April 27
INDONESIA:
Bali 9 member Michael Czugaj moved to remote jail after found with traces of
drugWe speak to 2 prisoners inside Bali's Kerobokan jail about the legacy
of executed Australian Myuran Sukumaran.
Bali 9 member Michael Czugaj is among 66 prisoners who have been tra
April 27
GEORGIAexecution
Georgia executes Daniel Anthony Lucas for 1998 triple murders
Daniel Anthony Lucas, who confessed to the 1998 murders of a Middle Georgia man
and his 2 children, has been executed by lethal injection.
Time of death tonight was 9:54 p.m., not long after the
April 27
PERU:
Peruvian bishops: death penalty 'unacceptable'
The Catholic bishops of Peru have released a statement in opposition to the
death penalty, urging all Christians to work for its abolition.
"Today the death penalty is unacceptable," the bishops argue. They go on to
state t