A Day in Paradise

Just hours before his execution by injection, a Tennessee death row prisoner who was convicted of killing a police officer ordered his final meal — pizza for a homeless person.
Philip Workman, 53, requested a vegetarian pizza be delivered to a homeless person in Nashville, Workman’s attorney confirmed.
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution refused, said Riverbend spokeswoman Dorinda […]

Fire extinguisher called for in lethal injections
Tennessee’s procedure manual for executing prisoners is a jumble of conflicting instructions that mixes new lethal injection instructions with those for the old electric chair, an Associated Press review found.
Before a lethal injection, the 100-page “Manual of Execution” instructs prison officials to begin by shaving the condemned prisoner’s head […]

This is old news by now… just wondering how the european section of the “coalition of the willing” will do anything to stop the handing over of saddam since it so directly opposes the European stance on Death Penalty.
With Iraqis braced for Saddam Hussein’s execution, the former dictator’s lawyer said Friday the U.S. military has […]

… on this one.
I certainly don’t know all the facts, but 40 years sounds like the country throwing the book at the serviceman because they don’t like the fact that he was in the country to begin with. But then again, there are 968 people who were sentanced to death for rape, so maybe he […]

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And finally a bit of good news…
Three Western peace workers held hostage in Iraq, including retired British professor Norman Kember, were freed today in a special forces operation near Baghdad after four months in captivity.
Details of the operation early this morning are still […]

13 Convicted Insurgents Are Executed in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Iraqi authorities Thursday hanged 13 prisoners, including a woman, convicted of being insurgents, said an official who was present.
The executions, which were authorized by the Iraqi government, were the first to involve insurgents. It was the second time since Saddam Hussein’s ouster in 2003 that […]

Some quick thoughts Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams execution.
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Some notable quotes here. The “Redemption” Movie
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Stanley “Tookie” Williams‘ execution date is set for December the 13th. Visit Tookie.com for more information on what you can do to save Tookie.
“Why” written and performed by my good friend Andrew Peterson, audio clips taken from Breakdown FM’s coverage of the Save Tookie Rally. Listen to the full show here.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, on October 11, 2005, ruled against Tookie on his final appeal and set his execution date for December 13. Thus they disregarded 9 of the 24 Ninth Circuit Court judges’ assertion that the District Attorney at Tookie’s trial employed “reprehensible and unconstitutional” racist tactics, using animal-in-a-jungle metaphors to refer to […]

BBC NEWS | UK | Man shot by armed police on Tube
What ever happened to those good old batons which the bobbies have used to keep the peace in London for the last couple centuries? What about a taser?
The only logical reason why it MIGHT be nessesary to shoot someone is if they WERE […]

Four Palestinians Executed in Gaza Strip - New York Times
JERUSALEM, June 12 - Four Palestinian men convicted of murder were executed by hanging and firing squad in the Gaza Strip today, the Palestinian Interior Ministry said.
The executions marked the first time in about three years that the death penalty has been implemented by the Palestinian […]