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Mexico's Bloody Cartel Carnage

Oscar — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:46:10 +0000

Corruption is rife and Mexico’s president is finding it tough to fulfil his vow to tackle drug gangs - but while he waits, the bodies continue mounting up.

Mexico creates criteria for homicides to be identified as execution

Oscar — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:21:13 +0000

The Mexican attorney general’s office, or PGR, has criteria for identifying homicides as “executions” linked to organized crime.

Okla. executes polygamist who killed young niece

AP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:19:55 +0000

A polygamist convicted of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old niece and dumping her body in rural Oklahoma was executed Thursday.

Florida executes man who killed 2 young sisters

AP — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:24:17 +0000

Florida has executed a man convicted of shooting and killing two young sisters after he raped and shot their mother.

Georgia death row inmate presses innocence

AP — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:25:30 +0000

One by one, nine witnesses took the stand against Troy Davis to say he was the man who gunned down an off-duty Savannah police officer.

Texas executes man who raped, killed 93-year-old

AP — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:06:25 +0000

A man who raped and murdered a 93-year-old woman in her Dallas-area home was executed Wednesday after he apologized to his victim’s relatives.

Killer of 93-year-old woman executed in Texas

AP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:36:57 +0000

Texas has executed a man who raped and strangled a 93-year-old woman during a burglary of her Dallas-area home more than a decade ago.

Legal experts slam Texas judge-prosecutor link

AP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:58:17 +0000

Legal experts are harshly criticizing a former judge and an ex-Texas prosecutor, saying their alleged sexual affair while handling cases together represents a black eye to the...

Ga. executes man who killed his wife in 1974

AP — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:34:08 +0000

A man on death row for 33 years has been executed in Georgia for murdering his wife in 1974.

Texas death row inmate gets execution postponed

AP — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:47:24 +0000

A death row inmate whose lawyers argued a secret romantic relationship between the judge and prosecutor tainted his trial has won a reprieve _ but not because of the alleged...