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• The Case of Bobby Woods

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 532
  The Texas Observer has streaming video of Bobby Woods to complement Renee Feltz report, " Possibly Retarded Prisoner Faces Execution ." When Texas reopens its execution chamber after a Thanksgiving break, the first man set to die may be mentally retarded. A 2002 Supreme Court ruling bans the execution of mentally ...
  2 days ago

• Crime and Punsihment: 1 Dies, 1 Lives

  
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  That the title of an Austin American-Statesman editorial.  It appeared in the Saturday edition.  LINK Two criminals, both with guns fired at the scene. Two shooting victims. One dies, one does not. Two trials, both for capital murder because of a state law thatmakes all participants in a crime that includes ...
  4 days ago

• Four Mujib killers to seek president’s pardon

  
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  Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Four of the five former army officers who were sentenced to death for killing Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will seek the presidential pardon, jail officials announced Sunday.Lt. Col. Syed Farooq Rahman, Maj. Bazlul Huda, Maj. A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed and Lt. Col. Mohiuddin ...
  5 days ago

• Texas Execution

  
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  Following Rick Perrys rejection of clemency for Robert Thompson, recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas conducted its 23nd execution of 2009, last night inHuntsville.  It was the 446th Texas execution since 1982.  Texashas far and away the most active death chamber inAmerica, accounting for more than ...
  1 week ago

• Perry Rejects Commutation - UPDATED

  
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  Governor Rick Perryhas rejected a recommendation to commute the death sentence of Robert Thompson.  Thompson is scheduledto be executed shortly after 6:00 pm, tonight.  The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted yesterday, 5-2, to recommend a commutation to the governor. Governor Perrys statement is here. ...
  1 week ago

• Still Waiting on Word From Governor Perry

  
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  Robert Thompsons execution date is just over an hour away.  Thompson, his attorneys, and reporters are waiting on Governor Rick Perry to accept or reject the Board of Pardons and Paroles that Thompsons death sentence be commuted to life in prison. Earlier today, AP writer Michael Graczyk filed, " Texas governor to ...
  1 week ago

• Board of Pardons & Paroles Recommends Commutation in Law of Parties Case

  
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  Allan Turner writes, " Board: Commute death sentence in Houston case ," for the Houston Chronicle. The state pardonsboard today recommended that Houston killer Robert Thompsons scheduledThursday execution be commuted to life in prison after his lawyersuccessfully argued that he was not the triggerman in a December ...
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• Making Up For My Mistakes And Getting My Ex Back

  
  Loving-Relationships.ca | Renewing Love Relationships Is Possible at Loving-Relationships.ca! — Authority: 130
  Getting back with your ex means you will have to to take a step back and understand from some of the issues you made and face the facts about your relationship. Before you go about making up you first need to understand and be familiar with what they are related to any other crisis you may have faced in the past ...
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• The Current ABA Criminal Justice Magazine

  
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  Published by the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association, the Fall 2009 issue focuses on Postconviction Practices .  Heres the table of contents of featured articles: Priming Postconviction Representation By Andrew E. Taslitz Issue editor for the symposium on postconviction practices, ...
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• Texas Governor’s Office Should Release the Willingham Clemency Report

  
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  Thats the title of an editorial in todays Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  LINK The Texas Public Information Act contains straightforward procedures. Whena member of the public requests public information from a publicagency, the documents must be provided "promptly." If officials believethat the information is ...
  2 weeks ago

• THE BELTWAY SNIPER = DEAD MAN WALKING

  
  Jacky Jasper's Diary of a Hollywood Street King — Authority: 148
  Tweet This Story! The mastermind behind Washington, D.C.’s sniper attacks, is set to be executed this evening. John Allen Muhammad, 48, was denied his clemency request by the Supreme Court, Monday. “I find no compelling reason to set aside the sentence that was recommended by the jury and then imposed and ...
  2 weeks ago

• D.C Sniper John Allen Muhammad Faces His Last Hours Before Execution

  
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  By Ranjan BhaduriVirginia, Nov. 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) John Allen Muhammad, aged 48, whose only hope was in the form of a clemency petition before the Virginia Governor, Timothy M. Kaine, failed him when the U.S Supreme Court refused to stop his execution . The court did not issue any comment as to why the [...]
  2 weeks ago

• News Blast: John Allen Muhammad Scheduled to Die Today, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Cancer

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 157
  Filed under: News John Allen Muhammad Scheduled to Die Today Unless convicted murderer John Allen Muhammad is granted clemency by Va. Governor Tim Kaine , Muhammad is scheduled to be executed by the state of Virginia today. [ Black Voices ] Maya, Serena, Rhianna and Michelle Honored At Glamour magazines ...
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• The Utah Parole Board

  
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  " Utah parole board wields power judiciously ," is the title of Stephen Hunts report in todays Salt Lake Tribune. Members of the UtahBoard of Pardons and Parole would love to gaze into an inmates futurebefore releasing him back onto the streets. "I wish we had a crystal ball, but all we have is good ...
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• Israeli Interior Minister: Illegal Immigration Threatens Israel’s Jewish Identity

  
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  The Israeli immigration minister Eli Yishai has announced his firm intention to deport all illegal aliens because their presence “damages the state’s Jewish identity, constitute a demographic threat and increase the danger of assimilation.” The demand of Israel to be a Jewish state underpins the existence of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Todays Willingham Commentaries

  
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  There is fresh commentary today.  Lets begin with Eugenia Willinghams, " So many questions that refuse to go away ,"  in todays Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  She is Todd Willinghams stepmother. Nearly 18 years ago, a long nightmare began for my family. Everytime we think the truth is finally coming to light, a new ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Do You Rectify the Ultimate Mistake?

  
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  Thats the title of Gerry Gamels signed editorial in the Mason County News.  LINK Lets be clear at the outset - I am an advocate of the deathpenalty. I believe that some crimes are so heinous, so evil, that theonly punishment that is appropriate is the ending of that life. Let me also clarify that, though Ive ...
  4 weeks ago

• Chronicle Sues Governor

  
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  " Chronicle sues Perry over clemency report ," is the title of R.G. Ratcliffes report in todays Houston Chronicle. TheHouston Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers LLC are suing Gov. Rick Perryin an effort to force the release of a clemency report Perry receivedbefore denying a stay of execution to Cameron Todd ...
  4 weeks ago

• D.C. sniper scheduled to die next month

  
  Entertainment News, Sports News, Celebrity News, African American Culture & Community News and Events - Bilal Ali Productions — Authority: 155
  Convicted Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection November 10, a Virginia corrections official said Tuesday. “Inmate John Muhammad was offered a choice in method of execution, and he declined,” Larry Traylor said. “Under the code, if the inmate declines to choose, it ...
  4 weeks ago

• Now Showing: «Erap: The Presidential», Take Two?

  
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  Drawn from an analysis of sixty-seven cases of former heads of state or government prosecuted for serious human rights or financial crimes since 1990, a book edited by Ellen L. Lutz & Caitlin Reiger, Prosecuting Heads of State examines the emergence of regional trends in Europe and Latin America; contains eight ...
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