Jury to decide if John Allen Rubio will get death in beheadings
A jury that already rejected an insanity defense and convicted a south Texas man of beheading his common-law wife’s three children will next decide whether he will get the death penalty or spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Rubio said he believed the children were possessed and tried to smother and stab them before ultimately decapitating them.
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California can’t afford much, but it can afford a shiny new death row
about 2 weeks ago - 2 comments
Editorial boards across California are questioning Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s priorities. It’s easy to see why. This Stockton Record editorial says it well: The idea of taking $65 million out of the state’s general fund for a new, 1,152-bed death row at San Quentin is ludicrous. When we’re firing teachers, police and firefighters and our streets are [...]
Califorina can’t afford much, but it can afford a shiny new death row
about 2 weeks ago - 2 comments
Editorial boards across California are questioning Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s priorities. It’s easy to see why. This Stockton Record editorial says it well: The idea of taking $65 million out of the state’s general fund for a new, 1,152-bed death row at San Quentin is ludicrous. When we’re firing teachers, police and firefighters and our streets are [...]
Waymon Hudson: Trailer for New Uganda "Kill the Gays" Bill Documentary: Killing in the Name
about 1 month ago - 4 comments
A trailer has just been released for a new documentary about Uganda’s odious “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” that prescribes the death penalty and other harsh punishments for LGBT people and their allies. The film is by Dominique Mesmin and if the trailer is any indication, it will be extremely disturbing and hard to watch, but incredibly enlightening [...]
Can The Sept. 11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Escape The Death Penalty?
about 1 month ago - 4 comments
Holder Raises Question On Sept. 11 Death Penalty — USA Today/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says there’s a real question about whether a terrorist suspect such as self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can face the death penalty if he were to plead guilty before a military commission. Holder proposed last [...]
To Hang or Not?
about 1 month ago - 5 comments
Newsday Editorial July 07, 2010 – newsday.co.tt MINISTER of Works, Jack Warner, has placed the question of the death penalty back on to the public agenda, with his remarks on Monday that he has advised Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, to work towards resuming hangings in this country. He told reporters, “As Acting Prime Minister, I [...]
Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, Iran Mother, Could Be Stoned To Death At Any Moment
about 1 month ago - 4 comments
A veteran Iranian human rights activist has warned that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, could be stoned to death at any moment under the terms of a death sentence handed down by Iranian authorities. Only an international campaign designed to pressure the regime in Tehran can save her life, according to Mina Ahadi, [...]
Brian David Mitchell attorney will seek insanity defense in Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial
about 2 months ago - 4 comments
Attorneys for Brian David Mitchell, who is accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, say they will seek an insanity defense during their client’s upcoming trial in federal court scheduled to begin Nov. 1. Mitchell is accused of kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart, who was 14 at the time, in 2002 and holding her captive for nine [...]
Balancing the federal budget … the death penalty — Topics of the Day
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
1. AMSPEAKS – We applaud last weekend’s civic exercise and the civility that went along with it, building from our several previous editorials advancing the event. The whole project points up three very important points, however. First, how difficult reducing the debt is. As one participant noted, these players didn’t have the distraction of high-paid [...]
Muslim hate-monger Zakir Nair banned from entering Canada
about 2 months ago - 3 comments
Dr. Zakir Naik, who has said “every Muslim should be a terrorist” and that Jews are “our staunchest enemy,” was to headline next month’s Journey of Faith Conference. The 44-year-old medical doctor recommends capital punishment for homosexuals and the death penalty for those who abandon Islam as their faith. [...]
Supreme Court: No Automatic Deportation For Minor Drug Offenses
about 2 months ago - 7 comments
by Nina Totenberg The U.S. Supreme court has ruled unanimously that a legal resident immigrant convicted of two minor drug possession offenses is not subject to automatic deportation. The decision could affect thousands of legal resident immigrants convicted of minor drug possession charges. Jose Angel Carachuri-Rosendo came to the United States from Mexico with his [...]
about 1 month ago
Sure, it's possible- Human perception is flawed. The jury could have been swayed by the charisma of the persecuting lawyer, the defense may have presented a shoddy case. A bandwagon mentality might have developed in the decision, either because they were tired or someone was too chickens–t to disagree. The evidence could have been tampered with or evidence and witnesses that existed but were never known to the court could have proven him innocent. None of us are omniscient and most decisions are made from looking at fragments of the whole truth. Personal truths are different- they can be based solely on fact or none at all.
about 4 weeks ago
Dan White who killed SF Supervisor Harvey Milk used the "Twinkie Defense".
about 2 weeks ago
Dont no what country you live in but here in the UK they have gyms in prison with cons access to them 3 or 4 times a week, and as for the fatty foods there was always healthy choice and lots of fruit you could choose to eat instead of the sausages and burgers ect..
Plus being locked in your cell most of the day is really boring when theres nothing on tv so you waste tym doing sit ups, press ups, and chin ups using the bunk bed and also shadow boxing gets you in shape too
and the prison i was in had a swimming pool lol
Not all prisons are like alcatraz used to be