Sotomayor’s views on death penalty could get early test on Supreme CourtWASHINGTON — As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism. Ala. man dies by lethal injection for killing SC police officer after trying to pass bad checkCOLUMBIA, S.C. — An Alabama man convicted of killing a police officer has been executed in South Carolina. Lao government says British drug suspect’s pregnancy means she will not face death penaltyBANGKOK — A pregnant British woman accused of trafficking heroin in Laos will not face the death penalty because the law bans executing expectant convicts, a government spokesman said Tuesday. Iran hangs woman convicted of murder as a minor, drawing condemnation from rights groupsTEHRAN, Iran — Iran has hanged a young woman who was convicted of murder when she was a minor, her lawyer said Saturday, drawing condemnation from international human rights groups who have sought to end capital punishment for juvenile offenders. Iran hangs female juvenile offender, drawing condemnation from rights groupsTEHRAN, Iran — Iran has hanged a young woman who was convicted of murder when she was a minor, her lawyer said Saturday, drawing condemnation from international human rights groups who have sought to end capital punishment for juvenile offenders. Ga. white supremacist executed by lethal injection for killing of one of his followers in 1994JACKSON, Ga. — A Georgia man has been executed for the murder of a follower of his white supremacist group. |
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