| Iraqi Sunnis Press to Delay Hangings http://www.forbes.com/feeds... Death Penalty Articles Forbes - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who opposes the death penalty, said he would not sign off on the execution as technically required by Iraq's constitution. As a Kurd, Talabani's refusal carried special clout because of strong Kurdish desire to settle ... |
| Supreme Court intervenes in Virginia death sentence http://news.monstersandcrit... Death Penalty Articles Monsters and Critics - Washington - A series of cases this week have prompted speculation about a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty amid increasing doubts in the US about lethal injections and the amount of pain suffered by condemned prisoners. Nevada this week ... |
| Death penalty ironies http://www.newsobserver.com... Death Penalty Articles Raleigh News & Observer - Regarding Ellen Goodman's Oct. 14 column "Death and decency," my belief is that American ambivalence on the death penalty issue could be minimized if each individual would answer a few questions honestly. First, do I accept that it is the state's ... |
| Australians Reject Death Penalty for Murder Cases http://www.angus-reid.com/p... Death Penalty Articles Angus Reid Consultants - (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Two-thirds of people in Australia believe people convicted of murder should not face the death penalty, according to a poll by Roy Morgan International. 67 per cent of respondents think the punishment for this crime ... |
| Weird News — Murder not 'aggravated' enough http://www.mankatofreepress... Death Penalty Articles Mankato Free Press - Louisiana prosecutors want the death penalty in the first trial for accused serial killer Sean Gillis, but to get that for an individual murder, state law requires an “aggravating circumstance” beyond the murder, such as kidnapping or robbery. At ... |
| Trio hope film brings sharp focus to death penalty http://www.bnd.com/homepage... Death Penalty Articles News-Democrat - Belleville resident Damon Davis hopes his documentary about one of St. Louis' most prominent murder cases will help free a death row inmate. "I just want to tell the other side of the story," Davis said. "Hopefully, I can open some eyes." Davis is ... |
| Conviction makes all the difference http://www.news-leader.com/... Death Penalty Articles News-Leader.com - A recent poll asked readers, "Do you support Gov. Matt Blunt's proposal to make the death penalty the appropriate punishment for people accused of forcibly raping a child?" 80.4 percent voted, Yes. Really? Just for the accusation? Whether it is true ... |
| 8 heroin traffickers sentenced to death in Vietnam http://www.news.com.au/stor... Death Penalty Articles News.com.au - VIETNAM has sentenced eight heroin traffickers to death, a court official said, raising to more than 40 the number of drug smugglers to receive the death penalty over the past month. Heroin, most of it from the Golden Triangle countries of Burma and ... |
| Cleveland man indicted for death of 2-year-old boy http://www.morningjournal.c... Death Penalty Articles Morning Journal - Kevin Kimbrough, 24, of Lorain, also faces the possibility of the death penalty in the alleged killing of his girlfriend's son, 8-month-old Jayden Davidson. Miller has also ruled the death of 2-year-old Zyairre Pasenow, of Sheffield Township, a ... |
| Trial For 'Madison Street Murders' Getaway Driver Begins http://www.tylerpaper.com/a... Death Penalty Articles Tyler Morning Telegraph - Korrenthin Dwayne Baker, 29, the alleged gunman, has also been charged with capital murder and faces the death penalty, if convicted. |