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Jeff Blackburn Speaking About Todd Willingham, 10th Annual March…
Good News Business Finance & Investment | November 21st 2009 by delly iman
10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 24, 2009 Austin, Texas Jeff Blackburn handles criminal defense and civil rights cases throughout Texas. He also represents the wrongfully convicted. In 2009, he handled the case of Timothy Cole and read more
Jeff Blackburn Speaking About Todd Willingham, 10th Annual March…
Good News Business Finance & Investment | November 21st 2009 by delly iman
10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 24, 2009 Austin, Texas Jeff Blackburn handles criminal defense and civil rights cases throughout Texas. He also represents the wrongfully convicted. In 2009, he handled the case of Timothy Cole and read more
1803: Johannes Bückler, “Schinderhannes”
Executed Today | November 21st 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1803, the famous German bandit “Schinderhannes” and 19 others of his gang were efficiently guillotined in French-occupied Rhineland. Schinderhannes with mistress Juliana Blasius and their child. As low-born as they come, read more
1676: Johan Johansson Griis, the Gävle Boy
Executed Today | November 20th 2009 by Executed Today
On an uncertain date in November 1676, the Gävle Boy paid the penalty for his elders’ credulity. Only 13 years old at his death, he’d spent the foregoing months as the star witness in Stockholm’s witch trials. Like the hysteria its read more
State Rep looking to impeach judge Sharon Keller
Good News Business Finance & Investment | November 20th 2009 by delly iman
deciding execution appeals,” said Burnam. Keller is the presiding judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and in 2007, she made a decision that sparked controversy and outrage, including a Web site titled ” Sharonkiller .” Aft read more
Jeff Blackburn Speaking About Todd Willingham, 10th Annual March…
austin dwi lawyers-get solution for best austin dwi lawyers | November 19th 2009 by kristiandi
10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 24, 2009 Austin, Texas Jeff Blackburn handles criminal defense and civil rights cases throughout Texas. He also represents the wrongfully convicted. In 2009, he handled the case of Timothy Cole and read more
A just trial for a terrorist (Update)
Where's the Outrage? | November 19th 2009 by Errington Thompson
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed It is clear to me that those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks are sick and twisted individuals. Somehow, conservatives have decided that putting terrorists on trial is too something — too risky, too easy and too open to t read more
2002: Craig Neil Ogan, drug war informant
Executed Today | November 19th 2009 by Executed Today
(Thanks to David Carson of the informative Texas Execution Information Center for the guest post, originally run on his site. -ed.) Craig Neil Ogan, 47, was executed by lethal injection on 19 November 2002 in Huntsville, Texas for the murder of a pol read more
Human Rights Maps (71): Voting Rights for Felons in the U.S.
PAP Blog | November 19th 2009 by filip spagnoli
(source, click on the image to enlarge) Taking away someone’s human rights can only be done for a good reason, for example if this is necessary in order to protect other people’s rights. So we can imprison people and take away their free read more
Dying on Death Row
mikeb302000 | November 19th 2009
Capital News Service reports on the aging death row population in Florida.Inmates on Florida’s Death Row have an equal chance of dying from old age as they do from lethal injection. Since 1993, 74 death row inmates have gone to their maker, but onl read more
Isaac Zamora Pleads Guilty
mikeb302000 | November 19th 2009
The Associated Press reports on the guilty plea entered in the case of Isaac Zamora who killed 6 in a Washington State shooting spree last year. When we discussed this at the time of the arrest, Bob S., who runs a wonderful blog of his own, asked, " read more
Update on scheduled execution of Robert Lee Thompson in TX
on the Wilder Side | November 18th 2009 by iwilder
Update/Sad news on Thursday evening: Robert Lee Thompson is dead. He was executed today. Perry rejects clemency in death penalty case Accomplice executed for 1996 convenience store slaying. By Mike Ward / Friday, November 20, 2009 “Rejecting a read more
Supreme Court Denies Two Requests For A Stay Of Execution - Both…
Florida Legal Blog | November 18th 2009 by Jeffrey Kuntz
The Supreme Court denied two requests for stay of execution this week: Elliott v. Kelly (09-444) was denied Monday and Simpson v. Thaler (09-7505) was denied on today. In both cases, Justice Stevens, Justice Ginsburg, and Justic read more
Thoughts On Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Trial
Your Daily Mindjob | November 18th 2009 by mindjob
The infamous terror plot which lead to the horrific events of 9/11 will finally face justice after years of sitting in limbo. The debate as to whether or not Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should be tried in a federal court or a military tribunal is an inter read more
State Rep looking to impeach judge Sharon Keller
austin dwi lawyers-get solution for best austin dwi lawyers | November 18th 2009 by kristiandi
deciding execution appeals,” said Burnam. Keller is the presiding judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and in 2007, she made a decision that sparked controversy and outrage, including a Web site titled ” Sharonkiller .” Aft read more
1864: Hong Tianguifu, in the Taiping Rebellion
Executed Today | November 18th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1864, the sins of the father were visited upon the son when the Qing Dynasty dealt a coup de grace in what is perhaps history’s bloodiest civil war, executing the luckless teenager to whom leadership of the Taiping Rebellion had read more
1864: Hong Tianguifu, in the Taiping Rebellion
Executed Today | November 18th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1864, the sins of the father were visited upon the son when the Qing Dynasty dealt a coup de grace in what is perhaps history’s bloodiest civil war, executing the luckless teenager to whom leadership of the Taiping Rebellion had read more
There will never be closure in the Nicarico case
Viva La Feminista | November 17th 2009 by Veronica
Originally posted at the AWEARNESS blog There will never be closure in the Nicarico case as long as Jim Ryan continues to run for public office. The Nicarico family never missed a court date. For years they sat in courtroom read more
Des Moines Killer Pleads Guilty, Gets Life For 2001 Slayings
The Waterland Blog (Des Moines, WA) | November 17th 2009 by Scott Schaefer
On Tuesday (Nov. 17th), Leemah Carneh, the man accused of murdering an elderly couple and two teens at a Des Moines home in 2001, pleaded guilty to murder. Carneh, 28, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated first-degree murder with a firearm f read more
The Shaniya Davis Case: The Death Penalty in North Carolina - Why…
Kids in Peril | November 17th 2009
The Sherrif's Office has announced that new charges are coming in the Shaniya Davis case as a result of the discovery of her body. As soon as those charges are announced I will update this page. Shaniya was 5 when her mother, Antionette D read more
Are the Kansas Death Penalty Days Numbered?
Kansas Free Press | November 17th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
Manhattan, KS. The Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty held their annual meeting in Topeka on November 16th. The event was attended by 30 people and featured a keynote speech given Sam Millsap, former Bexar County (TX) Prosecuting Attorney. read more
Should the death penalty be reintroduced in Ireland?
Thought and Action | November 17th 2009
The Irish Times newspaper are running a poll that asks this question. You can click here for the link to the poll. read more
1909: Leonard Groce and Lee Roy Cannon, American mercenaries in N…
Executed Today | November 17th 2009 by Executed Today
In few countries is it possible to trace the development of anti-American sentiment as clearly as in Nicaragua. A century of trouble between the two nations, which led to the death of thousands and great suffering for generations of Nicaraguans, beg read more
1909: Leonard Groce and Lee Roy Cannon, American mercenaries in N…
Executed Today | November 17th 2009 by Executed Today
In few countries is it possible to trace the development of anti-American sentiment as clearly as in Nicaragua. A century of trouble between the two nations, which led to the death of thousands and great suffering for generations of Nicaraguans, beg read more
World moving towards abolition of the death penalty: Hood
David on Formosa | November 16th 2009 by David on Formosa
“There is a new dynamic at work. The worldwide movement to abolish the death penalty is now irresistible,” said Roger Hood in a public talk last night in Taipei. Hood is a Professor Emeritus of criminology at Oxford University and a form read more
Beverly Cropp – Murderer with a Myspace page
Just A Glimpse | November 16th 2009 by jacklyn miller
http://www.myspace.com/487874524 The above link is to the myspace page of someone I am repulsed by. This female admitted participating in the shooting death of Minette (Gina) Dykman along with Kirk Alan Cantrell who received life in prison, and my br read more
1885: Louis Riel, Metis leader
Executed Today | November 16th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1885, Louis Riel, “the puzzling Messianic figure of Canadian history,” was hanged in Regina for treason. We have already met in these pages the magnetic, controversial figure of Louis Riel when his Red River Rebellion caus read more
1885: Louis Riel, Metis leader
Executed Today | November 16th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 1885, Louis Riel, “the puzzling Messianic figure of Canadian history,” was hanged in Regina for treason. We have already met in these pages the magnetic, controversial figure of Louis Riel when his Red River Rebellion caus read more
Does Russia Really Want to Resume Death Penalty?
Second Nature (Zikipediq’s Blog) | November 16th 2009 by JRG
As 2009 comes to an end, the clock is ticking for Russia’s constitutional court to reach a decision on capital punishment. The moratorium on the death penalty is currently due to expire with the dawning of the New Year. A shot to the head was h read more
Not the kind of publicity I had in mind
Just A Glimpse | November 15th 2009 by jacklyn miller
As I locate these articles I will post them. Who knows if anyone is interested in reading theme. If you read the article you will find my name, along with the names of my family members. That day was devastating for me. I remember walking to my car a read more
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