V M Sakaiadded this to V scrapsChina Sister of man who killed Chinese scholar: He was 'gentle'Associated PressPEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a “very gentle person” who
CNNadded this to JusticeCharlottesville, VA James Fields, who plowed his car through a crowd at 2017 Charlottesville rally, gets second life sentenceCNN - By Amir Vera, CNN(CNN) — The man who plowed his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville two years ago, leaving a woman dead, was sentenced to life in prison by a Virginia
NNational ReviewFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoObamaCare Mailbag: Health and Death EditionNational Review - Ramesh Ponnuru 1. An email in response (I think) to this post: “Before you condemn the death penalty, you should remember that one of the first Catholic saints, St. …
Philadelphia, PA DA Krasner wants Pa. Supreme Court to strike down state’s death penalty and declare it unconstitutionalinquirer.com - Julie Shaw In a response to a death penalty case that could have far-reaching ramifications, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is asking the …
Pennsylvania General Assembly Philadelphia D.A. Asks Court to Declare Death Penalty System Unconstitutionaltheappeal.org - Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg As part of the motion, Krasner’s challenge includes new research into 155 death convictions that occurred from 1978 to 2017 in …
Chicago Sun-Timesadded this to Chicago NewsHigh School Sports Motorcyclist fatally struck by semi after falling from bike on I-90 in Hoffman Estatessuntimes.com - David Struett While it might sound horrifying, China’s ban on importing plastic for recycling might be an environmental blessing in disguise. On Friday morning, the …
Arizona Books: “Arbitrary Death” Reveals a Prosecutor’s Evolution on Capital Punishmentdeathpenaltyinfo.org Rick Unklesbay served as a prosecutor in the Pima County Attorney’s Office in Arizona for nearly four decades, prosecuting more than 100 homicides, …
NBC Newsadded this to Top StoriesJames Alex Fields Jr. James Alex Fields Jr., driver in deadly Charlottesville car attack, gets second life sentenceNBC News - Doha MadaniA Virginia judge gave Fields an additional life sentence, plus 419 years, on state charges for killing one and injuring dozens at the 2017 Unite the Right rally. The driver who plowed his car into a group
AxiosHeather Heyer Charlottesville judge tells Heather Heyer's killer, "What you did was an act of terror"Axios - Rebecca Falconer A Virginia judge told a self-professed neo-Nazi Monday while sentencing him to a second life prison term for killing a woman by driving his car into …
Mississippi Special judge denies appeal of capital murder convictiondjournal.com - William Moore TUPELO • A special judge said the courts should not suspend the rules for a Mooreville man who waited too long to appeal. “I do not believe good cause …
Chicago Tribuneadded this to Chicago-area newsDefense Attorney Mother of Brendt Christensen pleads for his life in death penalty hearing in slaying of U. of I. scholarChicago TribuneThe mother of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told the jury deciding his fate that it would be horrible if he is put to death. Ellen Williams testified Monday
Chicago Sun-Timesadded this to Chicago NewsHigh School Sports Mother of Brendt Christensen, who killed Chinese scholar, begs for his lifesuntimes.com - Associated Press In a secret group called "I’m 10-15," messages depicted crude, doctored images of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., purporting to perform a …
DNA One year after the Cold Case Breakthrough, looking back at the April Tinsley casewpta21.com - Jacob Burbrink (WPTA21) – It took 30 years, but family members of April Tinsley finally got answers after their 8-year-old was found raped and murdered in southern …
National Reviewadded this to Politics & PolicyCharlottesville, VA White-Nationalist Charlottesville Killer Given Extra Life Sentence Plus 419 Years in PrisonNational Review - Mairead McArdle The man who killed one woman and injured dozens of others when he rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a 2017 white-nationalist rally …
ASadded this to Something Criminology Forensic DNA Hasn't Saved Us From Human Error in the Justice Systemnewsmax.com - Hannah Cox By now, most Americans have watched "CSI," "Law & Order," or some other variation and are fully convinced that crime scenes are dripping with DNA. …
Intellectual Disabilities Save Rocky From Wrongful Executionaclu.org - action.aclu.org The case of Rocky Myers is a window into so much that’s wrong with the death penalty in this country. The 53-year-old, who has an intellectual …
Chicago Sun-Timesadded this to Chicago NewsAustin, TX Austin shooting leaves 16-year-old boy woundedsuntimes.com - Sun-Times Wire The Sky will be well represented at the WNBA All-Star game on July 27. A two-year deal with the 49ers will give him $10.5 million in guaranteed money, …
The Interceptadded this to NewsPennsylvania Politics Reformist District Attorney Larry Krasner Argues Pennsylvania Death Penalty Is UnconstitutionalThe Intercept - Akela Lacy Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who campaigned in 2017 as an unequivocal opponent of the death penalty, asked the Pennsylvania Supreme …
UCANEWS.COMadded this to UCA NewsSri Lanka Sri Lankan president stands firm on death penaltyucanews.com - ucanews.com- ucanews.com reporter, Colombo MP calls on parliament to block Maithripala Sirisena’s plans to bring back the hangman’s nooseContinue reading...
TooFabadded this to Latest NewsFear the Walking Dead Don't 'Fear the Walking Dead': As New Members Join the Cause, One Gets a Seeming Death SentenceTooFab - By TooFab Staff Uh-oh, "Fear the Walking Dead" seems to have remembered briefly that it is a horror show and that it's supposed to be dangerous with people dying and …
NNational ReviewEighth Amendment This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—July 16National Review - Ed Whelan 2014—Federal district judge Cormac J. Carney issues an order (in Jones v. Chappell) that the death penalty in California violates the Eighth …
UCANEWS.COMadded this to UCA NewsCatholicism Church opposes execution of India's child sex offendersucanews.com - ucanews.com- ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi Life is 'a gift from God' and should be protected, says bishop as death sentence is introduced for most heinous crimesContinue reading...
Indian Expressadded this to Indian ExpressCLA The punishing stateindianexpress.com - Neetika Vishwanath The Bombay High Court in the Shakti Mills case upheld the constitutionality of Section 376E of the IPC that provides for life imprisonment till the …
Vermont Then Again: In early Vermont, criminal justice was swift and harsh - VTDiggervtdigger.org - By Mark Bushnell Jul 14 2019, 2:00 PMJuly 14, 2019 | no reader footnotes For minor offenses, like ignoring the Sabbath, violators could be forced to sit or stand stooped in public while locked in the stocks that each town …
Guardian USCentral Park Five Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogueGuardian US - US NewsIn this Guardian story first published in 2016, and as Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix series on the Central Park Five case, When They See Us, hits screens, we tell of how, 30 years ago, five young black men
Jury sentences man to death for 2015 slaying of Louisiana State Policemantheadvertiser.com - Ashley White A man who fatally shot a Louisiana State Tropper in 2015 was sentenced to death by a Lafayette Parish jury. The 12-person jury on Saturday unanimously …
Omaha, NE 2 women contacted Lincoln police about Aubrey Trail's activity months before he killed Sydney Loofeomaha.com - Paul Hammel Jurors convict Aubrey Trail of first-degree murder after less than three hours of deliberation It's now up to a three-judge panel to decide whether …
The Quintadded this to The QuintAligarh Salma Ansari to build temple in madrasathequint.com - IANS Aligarh, July 14 (IANS) In a gesture that is sure to strengthen the Hindu-Muslim bond, Salma Ansari, wife of former Vice President Hamid Ansari, has …
English Channel Flying U.S. B-17 Bombers over Nazi Germany Was Nearly a Death Sentencenationalinterest.org In almost daily letters to Gladys, Hardwicke has, with unshakable faith, assured her that, no matter what she may hear, he will return to her as soon …
ScrollBritish Empire The death penalty in Pakistan is a residue of the colonial rule on Indiascroll.in - Justice Project Pakistan, Dawn.com The following is an excerpt from Justice Project Pakistan’s book, The Death Penalty in Pakistan: A Critical Review, to be launched on July 11 in …
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