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Death penalty agitation takes different forms in U.S., Europe
T he ink is still drying on the European Union’s resolution Friday
reaffirming their commitment to worldwide abolition of the death penalty.
You might call it a top-down approach from a part of the
world that equates capital punishment with barbarism. In Texas, opposition to...
Exposing myth of death row's 'worst of worst'
Texas death row inmate Martin Draughon greets his mother in a visit.
Photo by Ken Light, Copyright 1999
(Editor's Note: Paris, who spent years on death row before being exonerated, wrote this in response to an op-ed piece in the Houston...
Peter Cantu to be put to death Aug. 17
Peter Cantu
By Elizabeth Stein
Texas plans to kill Peter Cantu Tuesday by lethal injection -- the 16th execution this year in the nation's busiest death chamber. Execution Watch will provide live reports from outside the building, along with a discussion of...
New image of Texas: a governor, a gurney, a needle
Image can be an transitory thing. Not so for Texas, with its enduring image of cowboys and cattle drives. Until recently.
International attention has zeroed in on Texas as the death penalty capital of the democratic world, with its record under Gov. Rick Perry and predecessor George W....
Rodeo no competition for Judge Fine's court
The throngs visiting the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are missing the best show in town. If I were them, I'd consider hopping on the MetroRail and heading for the Harris County Criminal Justice Center, where Judge Kevin Fine is causing a bigger ruckus than the Xtreme Bulls competition....
Perry wants execution errors to go away as primary looms
No one can say Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't a traditionalist.
He's treading a time-tested path in responding to tough questions about an execution carried out on his watch -- Delay!
Whether Perry's tactic diverts voters' attention long enough to ensure his nomination for governor...
Orwell would appreciate judge's approach to letting fellow judge off the hook
The ruling today in the ethics case against Judge Sharon Keller reads like an Orwellian primer for closing ranks.
In a stunning display of Newspeak, a hearing judge declared it mostly the fault of uber-attorney David Dow's team that their client was executed as scheduled in 2007, and...
Dark days for watchers of Texas death penalty
Thanksgiving Day 2009
I found a message in my inbox from a dear friend whose
loved one, a law-of-parties prisoner on Texas Death Row, is uncharastically depressed. I can relate, because I have been depressed about the latest round of
executions.
For me, Khristian
Oliver's -- three...
Blog will return after spam abates
The Execution Watch blog is meant to be a two-way discussion. Spam attacks to the Comments and Trackbacks sections have forced us to suspend publication. Once we've successfully blocked the spam, the blog will resume.
Meanwhile, listen to Execution Watch at 6 p.m. Central Time any day...
Should More of These Photos Be Published?
The venerable Texas Moratorium Network blog posted a snapshot Tuesday that surprised me.
It shows two women standing over a guy. The man, clothed in white, lies face-up on a surface several feet off the floor, his eyes closed and head on a pillow. One woman strokes his face, the...
Vagaries of Capital Punishment Confer Life in NH, Death in TX
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE COMMITS MURDER, ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY
The
headline could have been ripped from the pages of a Galveston
newspaper, circa 2003.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of
the day real estate heir Robert Durst
not only escaped the death penalty for killing his...
Vigils
VIGILS AND MARCH
As usual, there'll be vigils all around the state by anti-death penalty
groups. That's in addition to the protest that takes place outside the
death house in Huntsville. This week, the vigils lead up to the annual
March to End Executions on Saturday.
Statewide...
Texas Intensifies Death Penalty by Launching pre-Holiday Executions
By Elizabeth Ann Stein, Producer
EXECUTION WATCH
KPFT-FM Houston
Airing live on Texas execution days 6-7 pm CDT
Streaming live at http://executionwatch.org, http://www.kpft.org/
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- With the holiday season five weeks away, early birds are counting shopping...
Who am I?
Elizabeth Ann Stein produces EXECUTION WATCH on KPFT FM Houston 90.1, HD-2 and www.executionwatch.org. The program, hosted by Ray Hill, airs at 6 p.m. Central Time any day Texas executes someone. It is designed to counteract the virtual news blackout in the mainstream media when prisoners are executed. She has worked as a political reporter for United Press International, police reporter at a daily newspaper, and an editor for PC Week.
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- Death penalty agitation takes different forms in U.S., Europe
- Exposing myth of death row's 'worst of worst'
- Peter Cantu to be put to death Aug. 17
- New image of Texas: a governor, a gurney, a needle
- Rodeo no competition for Judge Fine's court
- Perry wants execution errors to go away as primary looms
- Perry's fall partner continues chokehold on forensics panel
- Orwell would appreciate judge's approach to letting fellow judge off the hook
- Dark days for watchers of Texas death penalty
- Blog will return after spam abates