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The system in Texas for providing representation for indigent defendants appealing their death penalty convictions is broken and in dire need of reform, according to this report from the Texas Defender Service. Researchers based their conclusion on an examination of six years of direct death penalty appeals, which…

"Soft Vengeance" will be broadcast on the World Channel (WLIW 21 in New York) on the dates and times below. Visit the World Channel site to find your local station. Wednesday, July 20 at 8pm ET Thursday, July 21 at 12am ET, 8am ET and 2pm ET Saturday,…

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment Eni F.H. Faleomavaega and congressman Bob Filner affirmed the support during meetings with a delegation of the Vietnam Association for Victims of…

by LUCAS L. JOHNSON II A federal appeals court on Thursday vacated a lower court's ruling that Tennessee's lethal injection process is unconstitutional. In 2007, the U.S. District Court in Nashville supported a claim by Edward Jerome Harbison, 54, that Tennessee's lethal injection process violates…

by Lucile Malandain Death penalty opponents in the United States hope New Mexico's decision to ban capital punishment is a turning point and the economic crisis is bolstering the abolition argument. Last week Governor Bill Richardson made the southwestern state the 15th in the nation…

by IAN URBINA ANNAPOLIS, Md. — When Gov. Martin O’Malley appeared before the Maryland Senate last week, he made an unconventional argument that is becoming increasingly popular in cash-strapped states: abolish the death penalty to cut costs. Mr. O’Malley, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic who has…

Rudy Larini Star-Ledger Staff State Sen. Raymond Lesniak likes to share important moments in life with friends and family through photographs on his holiday greeting cards. Four years ago, they featured Lesniak in top hat and tails as grand marshal of New York's Pulaski Day…

by GERRY MORIARTY NORTHERN IRELAND politicians have demanded the British and Irish security services release all information that could assist in bringing to justice the Real IRA bombers responsible for the August 1998 Omagh bombing that claimed the lives of 29 people and unborn twins.…

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Georgia man to be put to death for killing a police officer two weeks after it halted his execution to consider his appeal. Troy Davis asked the high court to intervene in his…

by FOUZIA VAN DER FORT All nine men accused of beating to death 19-year-old Zoliswa Nkonyana two years ago pleaded not guilty in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court today. They also pleaded not guilty to at-tempting to murder two of Nkon-yana's friends. Each shook his head…