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  • April 2008

    • Saddam Aide Begins Trial in Baghdad

      New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 4:16 PM CDT

      Saddam Aide Begins Trial in Baghdad

      (Newser) - The trial of Saddam Hussein’s former deputy prime minister began today in Baghdad, the New York Times r eports. Tariq Aziz could get the death penalty for ordering the 1992 execution of more than 40 Iraqi merchants accused of price-gouging. The judge, however, has adjourned until May 20 because of the absence, for health reasons, of fellow defendant Ali Hassan al-Majid, aka “Chemical Ali." More »

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      Iraq  • Saddam Hussein  • war crimes  • Chemical Ali  • Ali Hassan al Majid  • executions  • Tariq Aziz

  • February 2008

    • 9/11 Executions Could Take Place in Gitmo

      Associated Press  |  Feb 13, 08 7:54 AM CST

      9/11 Executions Could Take Place in Gitmo

      (Newser) - Six 9/11 suspects detained at Gitmo could be executed at the controversial prison compound if found guilty, legal experts say. Military regulations used to require that executions take place at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, but that rule was amended two years ago to allow prisoners to be executed in "other places." The creation of a Guantanamo Bay execution chamber would keep the men largely out of the reach of US courts, experts believe. More »

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      US military  • Guantanamo Bay  • September 11  • capital punishment  • executions

  • November 2007

    • Supreme Court Stops Another Execution

      Miami Herald  |  Nov 15, 07 3:56 PM CST

      Supreme Court Stops Another Execution

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court today halted the execution of Florida man convicted of killing a child in 1991—another sign the court wants executions halted as it considers the constitutionality of lethal injection. Mark Dean Schwab was scheduled to die at 6 p.m., but he will now wait until the court decides whether lethal injections constitute cruel and unusual punishment. More »

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      Florida  • US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • lethal injection  • constitutionality  • executions

  • September 2007

    • Texas Won't Halt Executions, Despite Stay

      New York Times  |  Sep 29, 07 9:37 AM CDT

      Texas Won't Halt Executions, Despite Stay

      (Newser) - Texas officials plan to go forward with death-row executions, even as other states put them on hold in the wake of the Supreme Court's last-minute stay for Carlton Turner earlier this week. More stays like Turner's are expected in Texas as the court deliberates on the legality of lethal injections, reports the New York Times. More »

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      Texas  • US Supreme Court  • death penalty  • lethal injection  • death row  • executions

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