Comunità  di S.Egidio

NO to the Death Penalty 
 International Campaign

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The commitment of the Community of Sant'Egidio

Abolitions, commuttions, moratoria, ... 

Executions

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August 2001

30/08/01 Florida/USA

Tommy Zeigler (see our urgent appeal) was granted a DNA testing. Continua

29/08/01 Belarus 

Belarus Executioner Accuses President of Murder. Continua

28/08/01 Washington/USA

James Elledge, 58 anni, � stato messo a morte tramite iniezione letale. Continua

27/08/01 Texas/USA

NOW Helps Mom Charged in Drownings (New York Times). Continua

27/08/01 North Carolina/USA

Ronald Wayne Frye asks for clemency: His Lawyer Drank Heavily during trial. Continua

25/08/01 North Carolina - Texas/USA

Two executions: Clifton White in North Carolina (Aug. 24th); Jeffery Doughtie in Texas (Aug. 16th).

24/08/01 Oklahoma/USA

Death Row Prisoner Seeks New Trial. Continua

20/08/01 Idaho/USA

Death Row Inmate Ordered Released.  Continua

19/08/01 USA

Eyes Are on Justice Dept. in Rhode Island. Continua

18/08/01 Illinois/USA

Illinois Governor Vetoes Death Penalty Expansion Continua

18/08/01 Washington/USA

State's chief justice calls for reform in death penalty defense system. Continua

17/08/01 Oklahoma/USA

Oklahoma Governor Grants Temporary Reprieve for Mexican National. Continua

15/08/01 Texas/USA

 Beazkey - Texas Appeals Court Stays Execution of Teen Killer. Continua

14/08/01 New Jersey/USA

Death penalty more likely if victim is white. Continua

14/08/01 New Orleans/USA

Death Penalty Denied in Texas Sleeping Lawyer Case. Continua

09/08/01 Missouri/USA

Journalism Students Help Missouri Death Row Inmate Get New Trial. Continua

08/08/01 Texas/USA

Why Evolving International Standards May Have Rendered the Death Penalty Unconstitutional (art. By AKHIL REED AMAR, teacher of Constitutionale Law at Yale Univ.). Continua

08/08/01 Texas/USA

Mack Oran Hill, 47, was executed by lethal injection. Continua

07/08/01 Texas/USA

Witness to Executions. Continua

07/08/01 Uganda

Leading human rights campaigner Livingstone Sewanyana on Monday called for the Ugandan government to abolish the death penalty. Continua

07/08/01 Nebraska/USA

Death Penalty Study a Hot Topic. The author of a study on Nebraska's death penalty said that top state officials have taken his work  to support their pro-death penalty views. Continua

06/08/01 Oklahoma/USA

Do Killers Deserve a Finer Burial? (The Oklahoman). Continua

06/08/01 Texas/USA

Tainted Justice (N.Y.T.). Continua

06/08/01 Afghanistan

That 24 foreign and local staff from an international aid agency were safe after being arrested for propagating Christianity, a crime punishable by dea. Continua

04/08/01 USA

The Death Penalty Moratorium: cause and effect: the intervention of Mario Marazziti (Sant'Egidio Community) at ABA Annual meeting in Chicago. Continua

04/08/01 North Carolina/USA

Gov. Mike Easley signed: N.C. Bans Execution of Retarded. Continua
04/08/01 USA

Talk of Vengeance at Arraignment in Murders (N.Y.T.) Continua

03/08/01 USA

ABA Asks Congress for Moratorium on Executions. Continua

03/08/01 Nebrasca/USA

Neb. Changes Death Penalty Method: three-judge panels can no longer impose the death penalty without a unanimous vote. Continua

02/08/01 USA

Court May Set Death Penalty Limits. Continua