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- MAY 17, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a proposal to allow the state to seek the death penalty for repeat child sex...
a proposal to allow the state to seek the death penalty for repeat child sex offenders was dropped by a legislative committee, in an attempt to get some tougher provisions approved before lawmakers adjourn for the year.
MAY 17, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. HERRON EXECUTED FOR MURDERS
Jermaine Herron, a man convicted in the shooting deaths of a woman and her son in 1997 was executed, hours after a court rejected his appeal that the drugs used in lethal injections cause excessive pain.
MAY 17, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. HOUSE STARTS DEBATES ON BILL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the House Representatives began floor debates on the abolition of the death penalty in the country as contained in a bill certified as urgent by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
- MAY 16, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. DEATH ROW APPEAL DENIED
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted 5-4 to lift a stay of execution it issued on May 15 for Derrick S. O'Brien. O'Brien had been scheduled to die May 16; a new execution date was to be set at a hearing in July.
- MAY 16, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR FUKUOKA NURSE CONVICTED OF MASTERMINDING KILLINGS
the Fukuoka High Court upheld the death sentence for a former nurse convicted of masterminding murders that she and three other nurses carried out to obtain insurance payouts.
- MAY 16, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 4 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a multimillionaire and three contract killers were sentenced to death in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, for killing a business rival and injuring two others. Another 11 accomplices received jail terms up to life imprisonment.
- MAY 16, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SISTANI RENOUNCES FATWA ON GAYS
rights campaigners were claiming a moral victory after Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani appeared to renounce a fatwa calling for the killing of homosexuals "in the most severe way".
- MAY 16, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Baldwin County deputy has been overturned.
the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Baldwin County deputy has been overturned.
- MAY 16, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Vincent McFadden's death sentence in the Todd Franklin case...
the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Vincent McFadden's death sentence in the Todd Franklin case, citing racial bias by prosecutors.
- MAY 16, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. THREE POLICEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Orlu High Court in Nigeria presided over by Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze, sentenced to death three out of the six policemen for deliberately shooting a man to death while on duty.
- MAY 16, 2006WisconsinDEATH PENALTY
the state Senate has passes a death penalty resolution, identical to one already approved by the Assembly.
the state Senate has passes a death penalty resolution, identical to one already approved by the Assembly.
- MAY 16, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE. GOVERNOR HALTS PLANNED EXECUTION
Tennessee's governor gave a 15-day reprieve to Sedley Alley just hours before his scheduled execution for killing a female US Marine, giving his lawyers time to seek DNA testing they say could exonerate him.