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  • September 2008

    • Death Row Con Wins Hearing Over Courtroom Hanky Panky

      ABC News  |  3 hours, 0 minutes ago

      Death Row Con Wins Hearing Over Courtroom Hanky Panky

      (Newser) - A condemned Texas inmate has won a hearing to decide whether his lawyers can question the judge and prosecutor at his capital case trial about an alleged affair the two were having while the proceedings were unfolding, ABC News reports. A former county DA filed a sworn statement last year saying the affair was "common knowledge" at the time. More »

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      Texas  • affair  • capital punishment  • judge  • execution  • death row  • prosecutor

  • August 2008

    • Ohio Killer: I'm Too Fat to Execute

      The Columbus Dispatch  |  Aug 5, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Ohio Killer: I'm Too Fat to Execute

      (Newser) - A convicted killer and rapist on Ohio's death row is arguing in a lawsuit that he's too fat to be humanely executed. Lawyers for Richard Wade Cooey claim the 5'-7", 275-pound inmate is morbidly obese, and veins suitable for lethal injection would be difficult to find, reports the Columbus Post Dispatch. More »

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      murder  • rape  • obesity  • lethal injection  • death row

  • July 2008

    • Peterson Blog Sparks Outrage

      Radar  |  Jul 18, 08 7:29 PM CDT

      Peterson Blog Sparks Outrage

      (Newser) - Scott Peterson has a blog—of sorts. The death row inmate, convicted for the murder of his wife Laci and the fetus she carried, is posting his thoughts on a website set up by a Canadian anti-death penalty group, Radar reports. The occasional postings concern his appeal, his "wrongful conviction," and his “mother-in-law,” Laci's mom—who went on Larry King Live last night to describe her outrage. More »

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      murder  • blog  • death row  • appeal  • convict  • murder of the unborn

    • Report: California Death Penalty in Critical Condition

      Sacramento Bee  |  Jul 1, 08 3:43 AM CDT

      Report: California Death Penalty in Critical Condition

      (Newser) - California's capital punishment system is nearing collapse, according to a state commission. The time between sentencing and execution in the state is as long as 25 years—double the national average. The panel recommended California spend $100 million a year to hire more lawyers and clear the "overwhelmed" appeals system, reports the Sacramento Bee . More »

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      California  • death penalty  • execution  • death row  • California legislature

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • DC Sniper Demands End to Death-Row Appeals

      Associated Press  |  May 7, 08 3:10 AM CDT

      DC Sniper Demands End to Death-Row Appeals

      (Newser) - Convicted DC sniper John Allen Muhammad has called on prosecutors to help stop his attorneys from pursuing appeals to overturn his death sentence. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 shooting spree that killed 10 strangers, said in a handwritten letter that any appeals “have been done against mine will,” the AP reports. In a recent appeal filing, attorneys argued brain damage likely rendered Muhammad incapable of making reasoned legal decisions. More »

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      crime  • death row  • appeal  • sniper

  • April 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Murder Earns Few Women Death Penalty

      Seattle Times  |  Dec 30, 07 9:33 PM CST

      Murder Earns Few Women Death Penalty

      (Newser) - With prosecutors still debating whether to seek the death penalty against Michele Anderson, charged in the murder of six members of her family on Christmas Eve, the Seattle Times looks at the odds that the Carnation, Wash., woman might actually be sentenced to death. Women rarely receive the death penalty, the paper finds, and in Washington state, no woman has ever been put to death. More »

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      crime  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • death row  • Washington state  • prosecutors  • Carnation, Wash.

    • Executions Drop to 13-Year Low

      CNN  |  Dec 19, 07 12:14 PM CST

      Executions Drop to 13-Year Low

      (Newser) - With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments Jan. 7 about lethal-injection procedures, figures show that US states executed just 42 people this year, a 13-year low. The case before the court has prompted states using lethal injection to execute inmates to stay pending executions; on Monday, New Jersey became this first state since 1965 to abolish the death penalty. More »

    • NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty

      Star-Ledger  |  Dec 10, 07 5:51 PM CST

      NJ Closer to Banning Death Penalty

      (Newser) - New Jersey senators nudged the state closer to a likely ban on capital punishment today, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. They passed a bill to nix the penalty by 21-16, sending it to expected approval in the assembly Thursday and signing by Governor Jon Corzine. New Jersey would become the first state to ban capital punishment since 1965, although it hasn't used the penalty in more than 40 years. More »

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      death penalty  • New Jersey  • capital punishment  • death row

  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • SD Carries Out 1st Execution in 60 Years

      Sioux Falls Argus Leader  |  Jul 12, 07 12:51 PM CDT

      SD Carries Out 1st Execution in 60 Years

      (Newser) - South Dakota executed a prisoner last night for the first time since 1947. Officials administered a lethal injection to convicted murderer Elijah Page, who had pleaded guilty in 2001 to torturing and killing a 19-year-old acquaintance the year before, the Argus Leader reports. One of his two co-defendants remains on death row; the second received a life sentence. More »

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      murder  • death penalty  • lethal injection  • execution  • death row  • death sentence  • South Dakota

  • June 2007

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