Sant'Egidio Newsletter

The commitment of the Community of Sant'Egidio
02/09/02 - Sudan-Italy - Abok Alfa Akok. Governement of Sudan to the Community of Sant'Egidio: “Death penalty has been reversed by the Upper Court" 02/08/02 - Sudan - Abok Alfa Akok, 18, a Sudanese Dinka woman is pregnant and she was sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery - Urgent Appeal 02/07/02 - Italy-Nigeria - 192 inmates in the prison of Rome sign the appeal of the Community of Sant’Egidio to save Safiya 02/02/02 - Texas/USA - On Feb. 21st the execution of Thomas Miller El is scheduled. By Feb. 15th the Supreme Court will take a decision.We invite all to send an urgent appeal to save Thomas, to Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Abolitions, commutations, moratoria, ...
02/14/02 - Louisiana/USA - The execution of Leslie Dale Martin was called off by the U.S. Supreme Court less than half an hour before he was scheduled to die 02/14/02 - California/USA - A federal appeals court overturned the death sentence David Ghent, who spent 23 years on death row and whose execution was scheduled in some days 02/13/02 - Maryland/USA - Md. court delays Oken's execution 02/10/02 - Florida/USA - Another Florida Execution Stayed by Supreme Court 02/09/02 - Florida/USA - “This is a judicially imposed moratorium on the death penalty in Florida," said death penalty opponent Michael Radelet, a sociology professor and leading authority on capital punishment in Florida 02/07/02 - USA - Legislative updates in some States 02/05/02 - California/USA - Federal Appeals Court commuted death sentence of Benjamin Wai Silva
Other issues
02/14/02 - Jordan - Other three executions 02/14/02 - USA - Can Catholics Decree Death? - Justice Antonin Scalia has let the cat loose 02/13/02 - Texas/USA - Texan newspapers on the case of Johnny Paul Penry 02/13/02 - USA - Controversy On Death Penalty - Can judges decide to never impose it? Judges and Capital Punishment 02/13/02 - Virginia/USA - Panel rejects ban on executing mentally retarded 02/13/02 - Italy - Florida/USA - Our interview with Dale Recinella, the lay Catholic chaplain for Florida’s death-row and spiritual advisor to several inmates 02/12/02 - Florida/USA - Justices' review of death penalty met with shock 02/12/02 - Malaysia - Drug trafficker gets death penalty 02/11/02 - Bangladesh - Government proposes capital punishment for the men found guilty of disfiguring women with acid 02/11/02 - Florida/USA - Florida Death Penalty Under Scrutiny 02/11/02 - Jordan - 2 men, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged 02/11/02 - USA - Scalia again on death penalty 02/11/02 - Texas/USA - Updates about the case of Thomas Miller El , whose execution is scheduled on Feb. 21st - (see our appeal) 02/10/02 - Louisiana/USA - Ex-guard: Death Row inmates 'have no remorse' 02/09/02 - Missouri/USA - Michael Owsley, 40, was executed 02/08/02 - Japan - On Japan's death row, any day could be the last 02/08/02 - USA - 2 cases, 2 races, 2 decisions on death penalty (the black voices 02/08/02 - USA - Scalia Questions Church's Position 02/08/02 - Russia - “Russia would be committing a grave mistake if it reintroduced the death penalty”, said Anatloj Pristavkin, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin and the former head of a pardons commission 02/08/02 - Yemen - Two Yemeni men have been executed by firing squad 02/07/02 - Virginia/USA - Virginia needs a moratorium on the death penalty. A famous legislator and death penalty supporter explains why 02/07/02 - Kuwait - Kuwaiti Cop Sentenced to Death 02/07/02 - Oklahoma/USA - David Wayne Woodruff, 42, was executed 02/07/02 - California/USA - The killing routine:The unusual report of a journalist who witnessed the execution of Stephen Wayne Anderson at San Quentin 02/07/02 - China - 12 executions in few days 02/06/02 - Sudan - Abok Alfa Akok, 18, was convicted to be stoned to death 02/06/02 - Russia - Pravda: death penalty in Russia: for and against 02/06/02 - Illinois/USA - Illinois to Reform Death Penalty 02/05/02 - USA - Death penalty opposition seen in keeping with church tradition 02/05/02 - Texas/USA - Randal Hafdahl was executed 02/05/02 - Saudi Arabia - Saudi man was beheaded 02/04/02 - Russia - “Death penalty has to be abolished, as life sentence is enough, even for those who committed the most heinous crimes”, said Minister of Justice Iuri Chiaka 02/04/02 - USA - US Supreme Court Justice Scalia rejects church view on death penalty 02/02/02 - California /USA - California Gubernatorial Candidate Open to Moratorium 02/02/02 - Oklahoma/USA - David Wayne Woodruff, 42, was executed