Criminal Law

Punished beyond the penalty | SocialistWorker.org

Posted on January 15, 2013
Punished beyond the penalty | SocialistWorker.org

LEGISLATION: Maryland Governor Makes Death Penalty Repeal a Priority | Death Penalty Information Center

Posted on January 15, 2013
LEGISLATION: Maryland Governor Makes Death Penalty Repeal a Priority | Death Penalty Information Center

Ny kamp for Nathan | ba.no

Posted on January 03, 2013
Ny kamp for Nathan | ba.no

America?s Retreat From the Death Penalty - NYTimes.com

Posted on January 03, 2013
America?s Retreat From the Death Penalty - NYTimes.com

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Condemned Pa. killer to return to home prison - NewsTimes

Posted on November 09, 2012
Condemned Pa. killer to return to home prison - NewsTimes

Stinn brakke for Yalda | nordlys.no

Posted on September 30, 2012
Stinn brakke for Yalda | nordlys.no

Iran ut mot USA etter terrorliste-beslutning - VG Nett om Iran

Posted on September 30, 2012
Iran ut mot USA etter terrorliste-beslutning - VG Nett om Iran

Alene i retten med staten som motpart - Varingen

Posted on September 30, 2012
Alene i retten med staten som motpart - Varingen

Thien hentet av politiet - Varingen

Posted on September 30, 2012
Thien hentet av politiet - Varingen

Two US death row inmates win crucial victories - FRANCE 24

Posted on September 30, 2012
Two US death row inmates win crucial victories - FRANCE 24

Ohio's Execution Drug Supply Expires In 1 year | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio

Posted on September 18, 2012
Ohio's Execution Drug Supply Expires In 1 year | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio

WPEC CBS Channel 12 News :: News - International News

Posted on August 25, 2012
WPEC CBS Channel 12 News :: News - International News

IACHR Calls on a Moratorium in the Application of the Death Penalty

Posted on August 03, 2012
IACHR Calls on a Moratorium in the Application of the Death Penalty

Georgia?s Executions Halted Until At Least November ? Peach Pundit

Posted on July 27, 2012
Georgia?s Executions Halted Until At Least November ? Peach Pundit

Reprieve?German drug company Fresenius Kabi faces involvement in US executions

Posted on June 09, 2012
Reprieve?German drug company Fresenius Kabi faces involvement in US executions

The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt by Satish Sekar | WATERSIDE PRESS

Posted on May 19, 2012
The Cardiff Five: Innocent Beyond Any Doubt by Satish Sekar | WATERSIDE PRESS

Californians may vote on death penalty in November - Elections - The Sacramento Bee

Posted on March 03, 2012
Californians may vote on death penalty in November - Elections - The Sacramento Bee

Lawyers pleading for George Ryan's freedom

Posted on September 10, 2010
WIFE 'TERMINALLY ILL' | Supreme Court ruling also cited in bid for ex-gov's release Picture:Lura Lynn Ryan speaks to reporters at the Dirksen Federal Building while attorney Dan Webb, who represents her husband, former Gov. George Ryan, listens...

A Contributor Perspective: Welcome to Illinois Where Corruption is in Abundance!

Posted on September 10, 2010
Former Governor George Ryan filed a motion in court late Tuesday to have part of his conviction dismissed. He is citing the Supreme Court ruling regarding Enron's Jeffrey Skilling's case.According to Ryan's attorneys, under the new ruling, Ryan's conviction is unlawful...

Attorneys: Ex-Gov. Ryan's wife terminally ill

Posted on September 10, 2010
Attorneys for George Ryan say the imprisoned former governor's wife of 54 years is terminally ill. A frail Lura Lynn Ryan attended a federal court hearing Thursday carrying an oxygen canister in a tote bag and with tubes running from it to her nose...

State's new execution plan is challenged in court

Posted on August 18, 2010
Death row inmate's lawsuit alleges that California corrections officials rushed through the reform process, and that the procedure they sent forward is likely to cause pain.By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times3:32 PM PDT, August 2, 2010A death row inmate convicted of the 1985 torture and murder of a pizza deliveryman in Glendale asked a court Monday to strike down the state's newly revised execution procedures as illegal and likely to inflict excruciating pain if used on any of California's 700-plus condemned prisoners...

Va. woman who persuaded men to kill husband, stepson to be 1st US execution of woman since '05

Posted on July 31, 2010
DENA POTTERAssociated Press Writer1:30 PM EDT, July 29, 2010An undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Teresa Lewis, 40. On Thursday, July 29, 2010, a Pittsylvania County, Va., Circuit judge set a Sept. 23 execution for Lewis...

Executioner Unaware

Posted on July 02, 2010
Adam ? June 10, 2010 @ 3:17 PM ? Comments (0)In light of the pending execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner, set for June 18 by firing squad in the state of Utah, CNN posted an article this morning recounting an interview with a former member of a Utah firing squad...

Melbert Ray Ford executed

Posted on July 02, 2010
No apology offered to the victims' familiesMelbert Ray Ford Jr. took his last breath on June 9 at 7:27 p.m., more than 24 years after the last breaths of those he murdered. He ate most of his last meal and declined a sedative as well as a prayer request from the prison chaplin at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson...

Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries

Posted on July 02, 2010
By SHAILA DEWANIn late April in a courthouse in Madison County, Ala., a prosecutor was asked to explain why he had struck 11 of 14 black potential jurors in a capital murder case.The district attorney, Robert Broussard, said one had seemed ?arrogant? and ?pretty vocal...

Bill to allow drug flexibility for executions sent to Henry Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?su

Posted on July 02, 2010
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Published: 6/2/2010 2:21 AM Last Modified: 6/2/2010 4:28 AMOKLAHOMA CITY ? A bill sent to Gov. Brad Henry's desk would give the Oklahoma Department of Corrections more flexibility in carrying out executions. House Bill 2266 also would put restrictions on whom the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System could represent...

GA. MURDER CASE SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON NATIONS INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEMS

Posted on July 01, 2010
Murder suspect lost his lawyers after state ran out of money to pay themMarcia CoyleThe National Law JournalMay 24, 2010Jamie Weis, accused in 2006 of killing an elderly neighbor, had two state-appointed lawyers defending him from capital murder charges for more than a year...

Death Chambers: No Anesthesiologists Allowed

Posted on July 01, 2010
by Turi McNameeMay 23, 2010It?s a somewhat unusual experience when a regulatory body feels the need to make a public statement saying that doctors should not kill people.But that?s exactly what the American Board of Anesthesiology has done, stating that anesthesiologists are not to participate in capital punishment if they wish to be certified...

TN may execute 4 death row inmates in the next year

Posted on July 01, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Tennessee could execute four death row inmates in the next year.If that happens, it would mark the first time the state has executed that many inmates in a single 12-month period in more than 50 years.The state attorney general's office asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to set execution dates for Gaile Owens, Stephen Michael West and Billy Ray Irick...

A New Standard of Decency

Posted on July 01, 2010
May 17, 2010Monday?s welcome Supreme Court decision, banning sentences of life without parole for juvenile criminals who do not commit murder, recognizes that children mature and should not be irrevocably punished for a childhood act short of killing...

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