June 16
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Shaken ScienceAppeal rests on new research into Shaken Baby
Syndrome
To have his federal habeas attorneys tell it, Robert Roberson is "dim-witted"
and "mentally ill." The 49-year-old, sentenced to death in 2003 for the 2002
death
June 16
LOUISIANA:
'Dangerously hot': Death row inmates still face health problems from heat years
after order to cool it down
The state has done "little if anything" to keep the sweltering heat on
Louisiana's death row below 88 degrees, a Baton Rouge federal judge said
Wednesday wh
June 16
PHILIPPINES:
'Alcatraz' for drug lords pushed
Of the country's 7,107 islands, 1 can have a special purpose.
Sen. Vicente Sotto III said he would start his stint in the 17th Congress by
reviving his proposal to have an "Alcatraz-style" prison island for convicted
drug traffic
June 16
JAPAN:
Death penalty to stand for man over 2010 murder as minor
A death sentence given to a man convicted of murdering 2 women and seriously
injuring another man in 2010 when he was 18 is set to be finalized after the
Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court rulings.
The
June 16
FLORIDA:
State seeking death penalty for man accused of killing child
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing his
girlfriend's 10-month-old son in May.
On June 10, Assistant State Attorney Jack Campbell filed notice that his office
is seeking
