Sant'Egidio Newsletter

The commitment of the Community of Sant'Egidio
05/22/02 - Texas/USA - The execution of Napoleon Beazley will be carried out next May 28th. Napoleon was sentenced to death whenï¿½he was juvenile, 17 years old. We call for everybody to subscribe our urgent appeal so that his life is spared.ï¿½(EN) 05/20/02 - Missouri/USA - Urgent Appeal - William R. Jones, has been for 7 years on death row. He asked for our help. You can send the petition and use the form on the web-site (in English, French, German). 05/18/02 - Japan - Seijiro Yamano - aged 64. (EN)ï¿½ 05/12/02 - Pakistan - Zafran Bibi (Pakistan) -ï¿½aged 26 - was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.ï¿½ (EN)
Abolitions, commutations, moratoria, ...
05/18/02 - Missouri/USA - Missouri Supreme Court delays Christopher Simmons execution to June 5. (EN)ï¿½ 05/17/02 - Texas/USA - Henry Dunn was granted a reprieve by the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, only few hours before the execution.ï¿½ (IT-EN)ï¿½ (see our urgent appeal) 05/11/02 - Maryland/USA - Gov. Glendening Declares Death Penalty Moratorium. (EN)
Other issues
05/23/02 - Texas/USA - Martinez 'grateful' for letter - Victim's mother trying to stop man's execution.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Uganda - The Chief of Military Intelligence and army MP, Lt.Col. Noble Mayombo Supports Death Penalty.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Nigeria - Sariyyu Moham-med Baranda was convicted to death by stoning.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - USA - Death penalty deception. (The Washington Times).ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Maryland/USA - Doing race to death.Moratorium in Maryland after many cases of death sentences with an evident racial bias.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Texas/USA - On Tex. Death Row, Old Issues Renewed (Washington Post).ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Illinois/USA - Illinois Governor Proposes Death Penalty Revisions.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - USA - Reform Judaism Magazine Addresses Capital Punishment: the faith's historical reasoning for opposing capital punishment.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Saudi Arabia - A Saudi woman and an Ethiopian man were beheaded.ï¿½(EN) 05/23/02 - Pakistan - Zafran assured of support in stoning to death case.ï¿½(EN) 05/22/02 - Maryland/USA - Death penalty debate revived, after the decision of the Governor. ï¿½(EN) 05/22/02 - USA - Digging a grave for capital punishment? - State moratoriums have some in the U.S. predicting the end is near. (Toronto Globe). (EN) 05/21/02 - USA - Events give 101 reasons to end death penalty, cardinal Mc Carrick, Archbishop of Washington, says. (EN) 05/21/02 - Florida/USA - Amnesty International wants U.S. to investigate Frank Valdesï¿½ death on death row. (EN) 05/21/02 - Louisiana/USA - Leslie Martin was executed. (IT) 05/21/02 - Bangladesh - Mofazzal Hossain, 45, was executed by hanging. It was the first execution after 14 years.ï¿½ (EN) 05/21/02 - Russia - Officials urge Putin to reinstate death penalty.ï¿½ (EN) 05/21/02 - USA - Time to kill death penalty? U.S. opposition to `national shame' of Death Row grows. (EN) 05/21/02 - Giordania - A man and a woman executed together by hanging, after being convicted for the murder of her husband. (IT) 05/20/02 - Philippines - Under Oreta Aquinoï¿½s initiative, death penalty for juveniles will be banned. (EN) 05/20/02 - Texas/USA - Ronford Styron, 32, was executed. (IT-EN) 05/20/02 - Saudi Arabia - Two men were beheaded in Riyadh. (EN) 05/19/02 - Pakistan - Zafran, the woman condenned by lapidation with the accusation of adultry has presented a request for acquittal. (IT)ï¿½(see our urgent appeal) 05/19/02 - Kenya - Not Hanging Could Be Cruel? (The Nation ï¿½ Nairobi). (EN)ï¿½ 05/19/02 - New York/USA - For Death Penalty, a Day of Reckoning. (EN)ï¿½ 05/19/02 - Alabama/USA - Lynda Lyon Block, 53, was the last person to be executed with the electric chair, that in July will be abolished in Alabama. (IT-EN-FR)ï¿½ 05/19/02 - Texas/USA - Johnny Martinez. His date of execution is scheduled on May 22nd. Victim's Mom asks parole board to spare son's murderer. (EN) 05/19/02 - Texas/USA - Reginald Reeves, 28, was executed. (IT-EN) 05/18/02 - Georgia/USA - How many innocent people on death row? (The Atlanta Journal Constitution).ï¿½ï¿½ (EN)ï¿½ 05/18/02 - Kenya/UN - Kenya Shuns UN Vote On Death Penalty. (EN)ï¿½ 05/18/02 - Pakistan - 2 Afghan nationals hanged. (EN)ï¿½ 05/18/02 - New York/USA - 19 law professors who oppose the death penalty, signed a brief which shows how the State Constitution bans every cruel and unusual punishment. (EN) 05/17/02 - USA - Take it from one who knows: death penalty system is broken.Ray Krone describes his terrible experience.ï¿½ (EN) 05/17/02 - Italy - Nothern Italy newspapers describe the meetings organized by the Community of Santï¿½Egidio in several cities with Bill Pelke, prominent American abolitionist.ï¿½ (EN) 05/17/02 - Iran - A man was hanged with a public execution.ï¿½ (IT) 05/16/02 - Indonesia - Indonesia sentences Malaysian to death for bombing.ï¿½ (EN) 05/14/02 - Italy - The World Coalition against death penalty was born in Rome yesterday, with the participation of the Mayors of Rome, Washington, Barcelona, Grenoble and numerous personalities.ï¿½ (IT-EN-FR) 05/12/02 - Tailand - Amnesty International urged the Thai Prime Minister to scrap the death penalty, following five executions last week.ï¿½ (IT)