http://www.mail.com/subjects/24256-death-penalty-controversy.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24256-death-penalty-controversy.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104740-colorado-killers-reprieve-sharply-criticized.html DENVER (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election. Hickenlooper on Wednesday granted an indefinite reprieve to Dunlap, who is on death row for the ambush slayings... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104740-colorado-killers-reprieve-sharply-criticized.html 2013-05-23T15:15:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058796-governor-signs-repeal-death-penalty-md.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Opponents of capital punishment marked a milestone Thursday as Maryland became the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish the death penalty in nearly 50 years, joining only West Virginia. The passage was a significant victory for Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Roman Catholic who opposes capital punishment and is con... Thu, 02 May 2013 23:23:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058796-governor-signs-repeal-death-penalty-md.html 2013-05-02T23:23:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055364-ohio-executes-man-who-killed-raped-6-month-old.html LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — One family wept loudly and another family cheered Wednesday as a man was executed for killing a 6-month-old as he raped her. Steve Smith, 46, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Lucasville in southern Ohio for the 1998 killing of his live-in girlfriend's daughter, Autumn Carter, in Mansfield. Smith had recently ... Thu, 02 May 2013 06:34:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055364-ohio-executes-man-who-killed-raped-6-month-old.html 2013-05-02T06:34:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2057822-papua-guinea-proposes-firing-squad-executions.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Following a number of high-profile killings related to sorcery, Papua New Guinea's government is pushing for the South Pacific nation's first execution and says firing squads would be a humane and inexpensive method. Papua New Guinea's laws allow for the death penalty and about 10 condemned inmates are currently in prison there,... Thu, 02 May 2013 06:03:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2057822-papua-guinea-proposes-firing-squad-executions.html 2013-05-02T06:03:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030654-un-compares-iraq-death-penalty-use-to-slaughter.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights officials is condemning Iraq's widespread use of the death penalty, comparing it to a slaughterhouse. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says Iraq's justice system is "too seriously flawed to warrant even a limited application of the death penalty," let alone its execution of 33 people in the past... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:52:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030654-un-compares-iraq-death-penalty-use-to-slaughter.html 2013-04-19T09:52:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025110-iraq-executes-21-men-convicted-terrorism.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has executed 21 prisoners convicted on terrorism charges and links to al-Qaida, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday, setting off fresh criticism from a human rights expert over Baghdad's insistence on enforcing capital punishment. The prisoners were executed by hanging in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, according to a statement posted on... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:51:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025110-iraq-executes-21-men-convicted-terrorism.html 2013-04-17T18:51:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024386-lawyers-arkansas-to-use-untried-execution-drug.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas plans to put prisoners to death with a drug that apparently hasn't been used in a U.S. execution, and lawyers for condemned inmates warn that it could take longer for someone to die from it than from other lethal injection drugs. Arkansas Department of Correction spokeswoman Shea Wilson told The Associated Press on Tuesda... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:00:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2024386-lawyers-arkansas-to-use-untried-execution-drug.html 2013-04-17T02:00:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010394-south-sudan-urged-to-use-death-penalty.html JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan was one of 111 countries to vote in favor of a United Nations resolution last year calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, but that's of little comfort to Abdallah Boaz. Boaz, a 35-year-old Ugandan, is one of more than 200 prisoners on death row in the world's newest country. He was convicted of murder in Januar... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:31:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010394-south-sudan-urged-to-use-death-penalty.html 2013-04-10T13:31:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967060-colo-corrections-dept-chief-shot-killed.html MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) — In the weeks before Colorado's top prisons official was fatally shot after answering his front door, he carried out a variety of functions including requesting execution chemicals and speaking to legislators about security issues. It's unknown what role Tom Clements' position as executive director of the Colorado Department of Corre... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967060-colo-corrections-dept-chief-shot-killed.html 2013-03-21T10:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1956670-md-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-death-penalty.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approved a measure abolishing the death penalty on Friday and sent the bill to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has long supported banning capital punishment. The House of Delegates voted 82-56 for legislation already approved by the Senate. Eighty Democrats and two Republicans voted for the bill, which needed 71 votes to... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1956670-md-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-death-penalty.html 2013-03-15T22:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953808-rights-groups-syrian-rebels-kill-captives.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels routinely kill captured soldiers and suspected regime informers, human rights monitors said Thursday, warning of mounting war crimes committed by those trying to topple President Bashar Assad. Reports of rebel abuses come as the Syrian opposition appears to be gaining momentum in a 2-year-old conflict that, according to the U.N... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953808-rights-groups-syrian-rebels-kill-captives.html 2013-03-14T07:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950790-saudi-arabia-executes-7-men-appeals-rejected.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were executed on Wednesday, according to the country's official news agency, more than a week after their families and a rights group appealed to the king for clemency. The executions took place in Abha, a city in the southern region of Asir, the Saudi Press Agency s... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:09:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1950790-saudi-arabia-executes-7-men-appeals-rejected.html 2013-03-13T21:09:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934810-syrian-refugees-top-1-million-rebels-take-city.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's accelerating humanitarian crisis hit a grim milestone Wednesday: The number of U.N.-registered refugees topped 1 million — half of them children — described by an aid worker as a "human river" of thousands spilling out of the war-ravaged country every day. Nearly 4 million of Syria's 22 million people have been driven from their home... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:46:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934810-syrian-refugees-top-1-million-rebels-take-city.html 2013-03-06T20:46:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1931058-7-saudis-appeal-help-to-executions.html CAIRO (AP) — Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be put to death Tuesday by crucifixion and firing squad for armed robbery appealed for help to stop the executions. Nasser al-Qahtani told The Associated Press from Abha General prison Monday that he was arrested as part of 23-member ring that stole from jewel... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:08:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1931058-7-saudis-appeal-help-to-executions.html 2013-03-04T22:08:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909950-indias-secret-executions-raise-concerns.html NEW DELHI (AP) — For 11 years the family of a convicted terrorist waited and wondered about his fate as he sat on death row. Two weeks ago they found out — from television. Mohammad Afzal Guru had been hanged in secrecy in a faraway jail in New Delhi. A government letter informing them of the imminent hanging arrived at their home in Kashmir two days after he was dead. ... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:26:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909950-indias-secret-executions-raise-concerns.html 2013-02-23T11:26:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1902140-georgia-execution-halted-minute.html JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — The execution of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990 was halted Tuesday at the last minute so courts could consider claims that he's mentally disabled and other issues. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted its stay of execution as 52-year-old Warren Lee Hill was being prepared for lethal injection. In a 2-1 dec... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:55:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1902140-georgia-execution-halted-minute.html 2013-02-20T01:55:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901844-colorado-execution-appeal-rejected.html DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge can schedule the state's first execution in 15 years after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from an inmate who killed four people at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993. The high court's rejection ends Nathan Dunlap's guaranteed appeals and sends the case back to Colorado's 18th Judicial District, where ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:31:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901844-colorado-execution-appeal-rejected.html 2013-02-19T22:31:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1877608-amnesty-fears-executions-zimbabwe.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Amnesty International said Friday it fears Zimbabwe will resume executions after the state media quoted prison officials saying they have found a new hangman following a seven-year search. Since the last executioner retired in 2005, 76 prisoners have been held on Death Row. Prison officials last week said only that the search for a... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1877608-amnesty-fears-executions-zimbabwe.html 2013-02-08T17:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856110-ex-ill-governor-returns-prison-release.html CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from prison before dawn Wednesday, stopping only briefly at a halfway house before he was allowed to travel home to serve the rest of his sentence for corruption. By midday, the 78-year-old was sitting in the living room of his spacious home in a leafy northern Illinois neighborhood in Kankakee,... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1856110-ex-ill-governor-returns-prison-release.html 2013-01-30T23:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855686-ill-gov-ryan-to-released-prison.html CHICAGO (AP) — George Ryan on Wednesday will become the latest former Illinois governor to go through a prison door. This time, he's headed out. Ryan is being released from a federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., after serving five-plus years for corruption. He's expected to spend the first few weeks at a halfway house in Chicago and then return to his hom... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1855686-ill-gov-ryan-to-released-prison.html 2013-01-30T07:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854870-ex-ill-gov-ryan-faces-changed-world-prison.html CHICAGO (AP) — When former Illinois Gov. George Ryan steps out of prison on Wednesday after serving five-plus years for corruption, he will return to a life altered by personal tragedy and to a state altered by his and his successor's legacy of corruption. Ryan, who is headed to a halfway house in Chicago, will encounter an Illinois that has enacted refor... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854870-ex-ill-gov-ryan-faces-changed-world-prison.html 2013-01-30T00:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760602-iraq-stays-execution-man-allegedly-held-16.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has suspended the execution of a Yemeni prisoner whose family claims was 16 years old when he was taken into custody, an Iraqi official and human rights advocates said Wednesday. Iraqi officials dispute that he was a minor at the time of his arrest. Human Rights Watch earlier this week urged authorities in Baghdad to stay the execution... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760602-iraq-stays-execution-man-allegedly-held-16.html 2012-12-12T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1746368-450-pounds-ohio-killer-fights-execution.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won't be able to find veins in his arms or legs for the lethal injection, and he might even break the death chamber gurney, his lawyers say. If the state is forced to use a backup method that involves injecting the drugs directly into muscle, the p... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1746368-450-pounds-ohio-killer-fights-execution.html 2012-12-05T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1739006-john-wayne-gacys-blood-solve-murders.html CHICAGO (AP) — Detectives have long wondered what secrets serial killer John Wayne Gacy and other condemned murderers took to the grave when they were executed — particularly whether they had other unknown victims. Now, in a game of scientific catch-up, the Cook County Sheriff's Department is trying to find out by entering the killers' DNA profiles into a... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1739006-john-wayne-gacys-blood-solve-murders.html 2012-12-03T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733506-ugandas-anti-gay-bill-wont-death-penalty.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay bill proposing death for some homosexual acts said Friday that a new version of the proposed legislation doesn't contain the death penalty. Parliamentarian David Bahati said the bill, which is expected to be voted on next month, had "moved away from the death penalty after con... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733506-ugandas-anti-gay-bill-wont-death-penalty.html 2012-11-30T10:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1724842-judge-rejects-obese-ohio-inmates-execution-claim.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned killer trying to delay his execution because of his extreme weight hasn't raised enough new issues to warrant the legal challenge, a federal judge ruled Monday. Death row inmate Ronald Post, who weighs more than 400 pounds, is asking the courts to stop his January execution on the grounds his weight could cause him to suf... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1724842-judge-rejects-obese-ohio-inmates-execution-claim.html 2012-11-26T21:40:00Z