| On Native Ground http://www.american-reporte... Death Penalty Articles American Reporter - With Tuesday's 58-42 Senate vote, Associate Justice Samuel Alito joined the Supreme Court (and promptly and unexpectedly voted against the neo-cons on a death penalty case, to his credit). While my U.S. Senators, Patrick Leahy and James Jeffords ... |
| Doctors appeal ruling on executions http://www.latimes.com/news... Death Penalty Articles Los Angeles Times - Condemned inmates' lawyers have argued that lethal injection has "medicalized" the death penalty, since such executions utilize drugs, intravenous lines, and sometimes electrocardiogram machines and brain monitors North Carolina, which has 185 people ... |
| Hussein officer finds unlikely defenders http://www.latimes.com/news... Death Penalty Articles Los Angeles Times - There are some sides in the government like Tariq Hashimi and . . . also me that asked to lift the death penalty against Sultan Hashim, as he was following orders and would have faced death if he hadn't done what he was ordered to do," she said. Iraq ... |
| Woman convicted in Fla. couple's slaying http://www.chron.com/disp/s... Death Penalty Articles Houston Chronicle - Weatherby said the same jury will recommend life in prison or the death penalty at sentencing in November. Cole's boyfriend, Michael Jackson, also was charged with the crime. He was found guilty and has been sentenced to death. Alan Lyndell Wade and ... |
| Barack Obama: A pragmatist who learned to adapt to different worlds http://www.iht.com/articles... Death Penalty Articles International Herald Tribune - CHICAGO : It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he would head to a meeting of "The Committee." Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would ... |
| US Marines on trial for Iraq atrocity http://article.wn.com/link/... Death Penalty Articles The Independent - Despite initial speculation that some marines might face the death penalty, charges have been progressively whittled down because of what military prosecutors say is lack of evidence. Of four marines initially accused in the case, charges have been ... |
| Accused tells jury his side in killing http://www.sptimes.com/2007... Death Penalty Articles St. Petersburg Times - Now the 40-year-old faces the death penalty in the murder of Pannell, a 39-year-old American Airlines employee based at Tampa International Airport. On Oct. 10, 2003, Pannell was stabbed and cut 16 times in the kitchen of her villa on Montego Court. ... |
| Fairfax County Seen as Key to Senate Power http://www.washingtonpost.c... Death Penalty Articles Washington Post - Republicans seeking to retain control of the Senate deny that charge, saying that a Democratic takeover would tilt the state too far left, leading to anti-business legislation, higher taxes and a death penalty moratorium. "If the Republicans come ... |
| Expanded Gitmo war court taking shape http://article.wn.com/link/... Death Penalty Articles Miami Herald - None of the three captives who currently face trial has been been designated for death-penalty cases. Canadian captive Omar Khadr, 21, faces a Nov. 8 arraignment, his third after charges were twice dismissed through procedural challenges, for ... |
| Delays in executions could boost state-by-state movement to get rid of ... http://www.iht.com/articles... Death Penalty Articles International Herald Tribune - The Supreme Court-inspired slowdown in executions offers the first nationwide opportunity in 20-plus years to test whether the absence of regularly scheduled executions will lead some states to abandon the death penalty and change public attitudes ... |