August 16
FLORIDA:
Rejecting arguments about a new lethal-injection procedure, the Florida Supreme
Court on Monday refused to block the scheduled Aug. 24 execution of death row
inmate Mark James Asay.
The court's majority said Asay had not shown that the introduction of the drug
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August 16
MONTANA:
Libby man convicted of deliberate homicide
Trevor Mercier, the Libby man charged October 2016 in the death of Sheena
Devine, was convicted Thursday, Aug. 10 of deliberate homicide and tampering
with evidence. The jury took little over an hour to return the verdict.
Aug. 16
JAMAICA:
Reactivate death penalty
THE EDITOR, Sir:
In light of the string of shootings and wanton murders across Jamaica, I again
appeal to the better senses of our legislators. The death penalty is vital to
the survival of law if we must survive and have law and order prev
