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Death Row Teen Released Today
The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday after serving a prison term that was shortened after the state Supreme Court...Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Prisons, Trials, Juvenile Delinquency
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North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restarting executions
ReutersBy Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 19 (Reuters) - North Carolina's governor, hoping to resume executions in his state, on Wednesday signed the repeal of a law that has allowed death row inmates to seek a reduced sentence if they could prove...Tags: National Government, Africa, Prisons, Executive Branch, American Civil Liberties Union
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Illinois finally kills the death penalty
Steve ChapmanThe importance of capital punishment as a tool for fighting crime and upholding justice has always been absurdly exaggerated. Gang bangers who risk their lives every day are not likely to be deterred by the hazy image of an execution...... -
L.A. jail killer testifies about remorse, avoids death penalty
In the end, it was Heriberto Eddie Rodriguez's own words that saved his life. The prosecutor seeking his execution said Rodriguez's violent attacks against at least half a dozen Los Angeles County jail inmates, including one assault in which he beat and...Tags: Interior Policy, Lawyers, Juvenile Delinquency, Gun Control, Witnesses
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Indiana woman condemned for killing Bible teacher at 15 is freed
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 for taking part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher was released from an Indiana prison Monday after growing to middle age behind bars. Paula Cooper,...
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Indiana woman on death row as teen begins life out of prison
ReutersBy Susan Guyett INDIANAPOLIS, June 17 (Reuters) - An Indiana woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible study teacher began a new life out of prison on Monday after nearly three decades behind bars, prison authorities said....Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court, Prisons, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kuwait hangs two Egyptian men for murder and rape
ReutersKUWAIT, June 18 (Reuters) - Kuwait hanged two Egyptian men on Tuesday, one for murder and the other for abduction and rape, state news agency KUNA reported, in the second set of executions in the Gulf Arab state this year. Ahmad al-Beili was sentenced to...Tags: Human Rights, Kuwait, Murder, Human Rights Watch, Politics
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ICRC says opening its Guantanamo files would set dangerous precedent
ReutersBy Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 18 (Reuters) - No court in the world has ever ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to open its confidential files on prisoner visits and the U.S. Guantanamo war crimes tribunal...Tags: Aircraft Hijacking, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Lawyers, War Crimes, International Court or Tribunal
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Defense in murdered Montana teacher case seeks to avoid death
BILLINGS, Mont. - Defense attorneys are seeking to avoid the death penalty for one of two men charged in the killing of a Montana high school teacher because they say the suspect is mentally disabled. Twenty-four-year-old Michael Spell of Colorado faces...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Lawyers, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at School
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China threatens death penalty for serious polluters
ReutersBEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at environmental desecration. An...Tags: Human Rights, Civil Rights, Environmental Pollution, Justice and Rights, Beijing (China)
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Art Callaham: No petition necessary to see death-penalty reality
Well, (that’s how Ronald Reagan opened a lot of his remarks) I’m no Ronald Reagan but I’m interested in what’s going on in our nation and in particular our state. First, let me clearly say I’m no fan of Del. Neil Parrott....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Roxbury, Emergency Incidents, Health and Medical Professionals, Ronald Reagan
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From Our Files for June 16, 2013
100 YEARS AGO — 1913 The Atoka section of Boyle County was visited by a most terrific cyclone at about 6 o'clock yesterday. With the quick approach of a small black cloud, it became so dark that people could scarcely see their hands in front of...
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