| It's U.S. versus Texas in death penalty case http://www.chicagotribune.c... Death Penalty Articles Chicago Tribune - WASHINGTON - By his own admission, the crime was savage. Jose Medellin and five other gang members were drinking, brawling, swaggering, talking smack and hanging out by the railroad tracks near a Houston apartment complex on a warm night in June 1993 ... |
| S.J. police find man accused of 1983 rape-murder of Campbell teen http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Death Penalty Articles San Francisco Gate - Holland was charged Tuesday with murder and the special circumstance that the killing happened during a rape, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Prosecutors have not determined if they will seek the death penalty. E-mail John ... |
| North Carolina Medical Board heads back to court on executions http://www.chron.com/disp/s... Death Penalty Articles Houston Chronicle - The board's policy effectively triggered a moratorium on the state's death penalty. North Carolina has not executed a condemned inmate since August 2006. The ruling issued last month by Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens said executions are not ... |
| Watch this http://media.guardian.co.uk... Death Penalty Articles Media Guardian - As the extent of China's disregard for human rights - chief among them its cavalier use of the death penalty and disregard for things like democracy - is hardly unreported, this strand should be renamed Indifferent World since, in common with many of ... |
| St. Louis prosecutor to seek the death penalty against Gregory Bowman http://www.bnd.com/breaking... Death Penalty Articles News-Democrat - St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch will seek the death penalty for Gregory Bowman, who was once convicted of killing two young Belleville women, if he is convicted of killing a teenager in Missouri. "The motion was filed today. We intend to ... |
| Suspect in Nursing Student's Slaying Will Face Death Penalty http://www.wral.com/news/ne... Death Penalty Articles WRAL - Raleigh — Wake County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Raleigh man accused in the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Mwanza Rama Bennett, 25, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Lorrielle Watkins, 25. She was found ... |
| 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 ... |
| U.S. Appeals Court reviewing murderer's case http://www.detnews.com/apps... Death Penalty Articles Detroit News - As a Grand Rapids jury weighed the death penalty for convicted murderer Marvin Gabrion, Gabrion sucker-punched his lawyer in front of the men and women who would decide his fate, knocking him to the floor. The bizarre incident sheds light on Gabrion ... |
| Unabomber’s brother to speak http://www.pressconnects.co... Death Penalty Articles Sun and Press - David Kaczynski, brother of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, will speak at a talk on “The Death Penalty in Black and White” at 5 p.m. Oct. 31 in University Union room 133 at Binghamton University. David Kaczynski, who is the director of New Yorkers ... |
| Sentencing postponed for killer of teenage girl http://www.baltimoresun.com... Death Penalty Articles Baltimore Sun - The family had consented to an agreement that would have allowed Miller to avoid the death penalty. Yesterday, Coffin said prosecutors could eventually decide to seek the death penalty again. Shen, an honor student, tennis champion and prom queen, was ... |