| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| Barack Obama: Making his mark http://www.dailysouthtown.c... Death Penalty Articles Daily Southtown - It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee." Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would put politics ... |
| 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 ... |
| Trying to Decipher the State of the Death Penalty http://www.nytimes.com/2007... Death Penalty Articles New York Times - The Supreme Court has granted two stays of execution and refused to vacate a third in the three weeks since it agreed to hear a challenge to Kentucky’s use of lethal injection. On Thursday, the Georgia Supreme Court became the latest state court to ... |
| 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 ... |