Recent Death Penalty Articles page 3

Guardian Unlimited - One of the two, Youssef al-Haj Deeb, was sentenced in absentia to life in prison -- a reduction from an earlier death penalty. He is being held in Germany, where he faces a separate trial that began on Tuesday. - - - - ...

Guardian Unlimited - Although liberal on such issues, he has been a consistent conservative: pro-death penalty, opposed to abortion, hostile to European-style national health services and promising to be tough on federal spending. He has struggled this year because of his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Seattle Times - King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg is considering filing aggravated- murder charges, which could result in the death penalty, office spokesman Dan Donohoe said. According to the probable-cause report, Anderson and McEnroe told investigators that ...

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 ...

PR Inside - In China, it is common for people charged with serious economic crimes like corruption to get the death penalty. The court found that over a 15-year period in various jobs, He took bribes totaling 8.41 million yuan (US$1.1 million; ¤760,000 ...

Xinhua News Agency - BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A local court of east China's Shandong Province has handed down a death penalty with a two-year reprieve to He Minxu, former vice- governor of eastern Anhui Province, for taking huge bribes. The Intermediate People's ...

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 ...

Seattle Times - Ridgway was arrested Nov. 30, 2001, and charged with the murders of four women. The prosecution, led by the late King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng, agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for a complete accounting of the murders and a ...