| The Legacy http://www.boston.com/news/... Death Penalty Articles Boston Globe - Given my background, it's not surprising I would be anti-death penalty," she says. "When the state executes anyone, it's simply perpetrating another crime. It doesn't create any justice. I think what happened to my grandparents is criminal." Meeropol ... |
| Woman accused of killing pregnant woman for baby faces death http://www.news.com.au/dail... Death Penalty Articles News.com.au - A Kansas woman who strangled a pregnant acquaintance to death and cut her unborn child from her womb in order to claim the girl as her own faces a possible death penalty after jurors rejected her insanity plea today. Lisa Montgomery, who had faked a ... |
| 11:52 a.m.: DA's Office files murder charges in death of officer http://www.dailybulletin.co... Death Penalty Articles Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - He could get 50 years to life in prison, and the District Attorney's Office is considering asking for the death penalty, said DA Mike Ramos during a morning news conference in Rialto. "Any time a peace officer goes down in the line of duty, it's a ... |
| Prosecutors plan to seek death penalty http://newsok.com/article/3... Death Penalty Articles Daily Oklahoman - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman whose attorneys had argued that she was suffering from delusions when she killed an expectant mother, cut the baby from her womb and took the infant home was convicted Monday. Jurors convicted Lisa Montgomery , 39, of ... |
| Death penalty foes to try again for U.N. resolution http://in.reuters.com/artic... Death Penalty Articles Reuters India - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - European Union and other countries opposed to the death penalty are to launch a fresh bid in coming weeks to have the U.N. General Assembly pass a resolution urging an end to it, diplomats said on Monday. Two previous ... |
| Guilty Verdict in Pregnant Woman's Death http://www.forbes.com/feeds... Death Penalty Articles Forbes - Prosecutors said they plan to seek the death penalty. After the verdict was read, Montgomery dried her eyes and one of her attorneys patted her back. Her husband, Kevin, and Stinnett's husband, Zeb, showed no emotion. Defense attorneys claimed ... |
| Sister of Dru Sjodin's killer says he needs mental health help, not a ... http://www.startribune.com/... Death Penalty Articles Minneapolis Star Tribune - ... says her brother needs mental health treatment, not death by lethal injection. Ileanna Noyes spoke Sunday at North Dakota State University in a panel discussion sponsored by the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition, which opposes the death penalty. ... |
| UN to vote on abolishing death penalty http://www.ft.com/cms/s/05b... Death Penalty Articles Financial Times - Three hours after the body of Kim Ancona, a cocktail waitress, was found naked and bloodstained in a Phoenix, Arizona, bar, the police knocked on Ray Krone’s door. It was the start of a legal nightmare that landed Mr Krone in maximum security ... |
| Opposition wins Polish election http://edition.cnn.com/2007... Death Penalty Articles CNN - He is also at odds with the EU over environmental protection, government backing for Polish firms, and the death penalty, which Poland does not have but Kaczynski supports. The country's deployment of 900 soldiers to Iraq has been extended through the ... |
| FBI to help build cases http://www.miamiherald.com/... Death Penalty Articles Miami Herald - And none of the three alleged al Qaeda foot soldiers now facing lower-profile proceedings after years in the prison camps face the death penalty. But any trial of Mohammed, known in intelligence circles by his initials, KSM, could test the Pentagon's ... |