Penalty Killer

Buckeye State executes Michael Beuke

Glen — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:56:00 +0000

I/angstrom unitAAAAAACYE/loFBwOtIe_Y/s200/Michael+F.+Beuke.jpg” width=”200″ wt=”true” />LUCASVILLE, Buckeye State — Buckeye State executed a hitchhiker Thwho americiumtted to putting to deathing one automobilist who gave him a drive and shooting two others during a three-week string of shooting that terrorized the Cincinnati area in 1983.
Michael Beuke, 48, died by lethal injection at 10:53 a.m. EDT at the Southern Buckeye State Correctional facility in Lucasville, about XC minutes after the Buckeye State Supreme Court turned down his final entreaty
While on the gurney, Beuke recited the Roman Catholic prayer beads for XVII minutes before he died, choking back tears as he repeatedly said the hail Madonna He also expressed his sorrow to the family of his three victims.
Beuke, dubbed by the medium as the “homicidal hitchhiker,” spend a fourth century on girl-argentina/”>state/”>state/”>expiry/a> row, where he said he had a Negro spiritual changeover He expressed self-reproach for his law-breaking and said in an unsuccessful postulation for clemency that he accepted responsibility and prayed “that state/”>death-sentence-on-two-moharebs/”>God will simpleness the pain I have caused my victims.”
Beuke was emotional as the hour of his death neared, crying frequently in his cell at the Lucasville prison, said Julie Walburn, an Buckeye State prison spokeswoman
He was convicted October5, 1983, of aggravated slaying for the death of Henry M. Robert Craig, 2seven, of Cincinnati and was sentenced to death. He also was found guilty of the attempted slaying of Gregory Wahoff of Cincinnati and Sir David Bruce Graham, then from west%e2%80%99s-homeup-for-sale/”>West Harrison, Ind.
Late Wed night, Beuke lost prayer before the U.S. Supreme Court, weakness to convince the majority that he’d been on death row so long the working capital punishment would be unconstitutionally cruel and service no intent and that prescription medical specialty he takings could interfere with a drug used in Buckeye State’s backup capital punishment methodThe state did not have to holiday resort to the backup Thursday. Beuke died by Buckeye State’s primary, intravenous injection method
The Buckeye State Supreme Court denied a last minute stay Thursday morning, turning aside an prayer related to a previously unsuccessful months/”>claim that encephalon impairment contributed to Beuke’s violent conduct His attorney said Recent epoch encephalon scan and expert decision showed Beuke suffered from centrist to severe encephalon damage

prison house official were concerned in the past week that they might not be able to procure enough thiopental sodium sodium, the bingle drug used in OH capital punishments, because of a worldwide shortage However, the state was able to find enough of the drug to kill Beuke.
He was the 5th OHan executed in 5 months this year and the 38th since capital punishment resumed in 1999. With an executing scheduled each month through Novembermber, the state likely this year to eclipse the 7 men executed in 2004, the modern record

Beuke becomes the 17th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the the States and the 1205th overall since the nation resumed executings on Januaryry 17, 1977.

Source: AP, May thirteen, 2010
There are six more death penaltys scheduled in OH in 2010:
- RICHARD NIELDS, 59, of William Rowan Sir William Rowan Hamilton County, is set to be executed June 10 for the Mar 27, 1997, slaying of his companion, 59-year-old Patricia Newsome, at their Finneytown home.
- WILLIAM GARNER, 37, of William Rowan Hamilton County, is set to be executed July 13 for the slaying of five children on Jan 26, 1992.
- RODERICK DAVIE, 38, of Trumbull County, is set to be executed Aug 10, for the 1991 slaying of three colleague two months after he was fired.
- KEVIN A. KEITH, 46, of Thomas Crawford County, is set to be executed Sept 15 for the 1994 slaying of three relative of a drug rat He shot three other family members, who survived.
- Michael BENGE, 38, of pantryman County, is set to be executed Oct 6, for the Jan. 31, 1993, slaying of his girfriend, Judith Gabbard, on the west side of the Miami river
- Sir Philip Sidney CORNWELL, 33, of Mahoning County, is set to be executed Nov. 16, for a June 11, 1996, slaying of a 3-year-old girl in Youngstown Cornwell attempted to kill the young lady mother and two others in gang-related shootings.

Eu impulse Islamic Republic of Iran to drop death sentence on two ‘moharebs’

Glen — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:01:00 +0000

European labor union foreign personal matters top dog Catherine Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Ashton on Wednesday pleaded with man/”>number-57-cologne-du-parfumeur/”>Persia to driblet death sentence imposed on 2 people awaiting executing for being enemy of God
The telephone call came after 5 activist were hanged.for similar offence on Sunday, a decision Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Ashton said the europium “strongly condemns.”
Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Ashton urged Tehran to “consider choice sentences” for a woman and a man each convicted of being ‘moharebs’ or enemy of God — a crime punishable by death under Persia’s Sharia-based Islamic law
Zeynab Jalalian and Hossein Khezri are currently in prison house awaiting execution, after Persia on Sunday hanged the 5, including a Kurdish woman, convicted of bombing government business office and a gaseous state pipeline to Turkey, state medium reported.
“The European labor union strongly condemns the death penalty on nine May, 2010, in the Evin prison of Persia of Shirin Alamhouli, Farzad Kamangar, Cassius Clay Haydarian, Farhad Vakili and Mehdi Eslamian,” Sir Frederick Sir Frederick Ashton statement read
The europium “is profoundly concerned by the repeated sentencing to death in Iran of people belonging to minorities, as well as of those who were involved in the post-election protests,” she underlined.
Sunday hanging brought to at least 61 the number of people executed in Iran so far this year, according to an AFP count based on intelligence reports. Last year, at least 270 people were hanged.
Tehran says the death penalty is requirement to maintain public security and is applied only after exhaustive judicial proceedings
Ashton said the Eu, which opposes the death penalty in all circumstances, repeated telephone call for Iran to show “respect of lower limit touchstone in causa of working capital punishment.”
Source: Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2010

Ohio

Glen — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:46:00 +0000

Gov. Teddy boy William William Strickland denied clemency today/a> for Michael F Beuke. 48, of West damage hill, who is scheduled.to be executed Th for the June 1, 1983. slaying of roentgenbert Craig Sr., who was 27
William William Strickland agreed with a unanimous Buckeye State parole boardthat Beuke’s death sentence should be carried out, despite testimony from friends, relative and Catholic priest that Beuke was a changed someone and serving other Death row inmate at the Buckeye State State pen near Youngstown Beuke has been transferred to Southern Buckeye State Correctional facility in Lucasville for the lethal injection
Robert Craig’s slaying occurred along interstate highway 275 during a series of shot in which news report described the shooter as the “mad hitchhiker.” Beuke seriously injured 2 other driver who picked him up along Cincinnati-area highways.
Sir William rowan Hamilton county Common plea Court jurist Norbert Nadel, the judge who presided over Beuke’s case, said his death penalty is long overdue, locution that if there was ever an Buckeye State murderer who deserved the death penalty it is Beuke. “Here we are almost 27 years later, and nothing has happened. The sentence is long overdue to be carried out,” Nadel said today. “There was never a question about his guilt
barring a last minute stay by the courts, Beuke will be the 5th inmate executed in Buckeye State this year, 14th since William William Strickland became governorn 2006 and 38th since death penaltys resumed in Buckeye State in 1999 when bob Taft was governor
Susan Craig of Delhi Township, Craig’s widow, is among the people listed as informantfor Beuke’s death penalty as is JoAnn Wahoff, wife of the late Gregory Nazianzen Wahoff, who was left paralyzed after Beuke shot him on May 14, 1983. Greg died in 2001. His son, Alice Pul Wahoff, also planned to be a witnesser. Two Catholic bishops, St. George Murry and R. Dann Conlon; and Beuke’s federal public defender, dale Baich, also were set to witness the death penalty on his behalf, along with five news reporters.
A survivor of Beuke’s shooting spree, Sir David Bruce P. William Franklin Graham of rising Sun, Ind., visited Beuke in prison househouse house recently and decided Beuke’s life should be spared.
William Strickland, a former prison house psychologist, said he never counseled Beuke while working at the Lucasville prison where the executing is scheduled.
The Democrat, up for reelection this year, called the reappraisal of Death row clemency the toughest undertaking he undertakes as governor. Strickland granted 1 death penalty reprieve, to Jeffrey Hill of Cincinnati, last year following the unanimous recommendation of the Buckeye State parole Board. hill death sentence was commuted to 25 years to life in prison.
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, May 12, 2010

Pelican State

Glen — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:49:00 +0000

A measure to expedite the right to die passed out of a senate commission Tuesday The measure provides presentment to convicted death punishment defendant of their right to waive their prayers.
sen Dan Claitor. R-Baton Rouge, sponsored the measure. It now head to the full senate for argumentation The case of Gerald Bordelon. a man convicted in the death of a young girl in Robert R. Livingston Parish, made history when he effectively waived his right to prayer and was executed this year
opposition of Claitor’s measure argue it would actually slow the execution process, while supporter say infotechnology only a matter of information.
“That never dawned on me that folks couldn’t waive their right to entreaty on a death sentence,” said Claitor. “So, if you want to sports meeting your maker, there an opportunity for that.”
“Since he had already been sentenced to the death penalty and he did not want out of prison,” said Alethea Bordelon, the mother of Gerald Bordelon. “He was afraid of violent death soul else.”
The Bordelon measure notifies the wrongdoer in mortal and in written form shortly after the initial conviction
Source: WAFB News, May 12, 2010

Islamic Republic of Iran

Glen — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:35:00 +0000

Death row inmate Hadi Aravand died last week after being tortured by prison guard in the Northern man died after being suffocated to death.
anguish and contusion score were visible on Aravand’s body, including a broken arm, wound on his back and a 1cm deep slit around his cervix opinion out any possibility of suicide cut around Aravand’s radiocarpal joint and mortise joint prove that he suffered an agonizing death, according to a family member who talked to a RAHANA newsman The relative added that Hadi Aravand was moved out of his cell at 5pm on Apr III0, and an hour later.his maimed body was delivered to the saree infirmary
The coroner has confirmed that, at the time of his death, Arvand’s weaponry were tied.behind his back and his legs were tied together, opinion out the possibility that the death occurred as a result of suicide. The coroner study says that the young man died after he was suffocated with a plastic bag while his weaponry and his legs were tied. According to the inmates, this is the 4th suspicious death in 7 months since Abedi was appointed as the prison’s new warden.
The 23-year-old Aravand was awaiting his execution which was scheduled to be carried out 3 months later. He was arrested on March nineteen 2008 after killing someone during a street fight Aravand was buried in Soural near saree on Sun May 9.
Source: Rahana, May 12, 2010

Hamas executes trey more men

Glen — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:49:00 +0000

— The capital punishment of three men in Gaza Strip Tuesday brings to five the number of people who have been put to death by the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement authorities
The convicted men were guilty of murder, the Gaza Strip inside ministry said. without providing their names or inside information of the crime.
The inside ministry statement said the defendant had legal representation and the opportunity to defend themselves in open judicature
The capital punishment were a necessary form of punishment, conniption the crimes and will serve as a deterrent, the statement said.
Last month, the government executed two Palestinian Arab Arab Arab Arab men for allegedly collaborating with Yisrael
They were believed to be the first judicial capital punishment in Gaza Strip since 2005, when al-Asifa dominated the Palestinian Arab Arab Arab authorisation
Islamic Resistance Movement seized power from the Palestinian Arab Arab dominance in Gaza Strip in 2007.
After the April capital punishment, doctor Hassan al-Ouri — a legal adviser to Palestinian Arab dominance President Mahmoud Abbas — called them illegitimate, citing Palestinian Torah that require death sentence to be ratified by the president
Al-Ouri said that Abbas had not given his blessing for any death penalty while portion as president, instead changing court sentence to life in prison house or other lesser sentence.
Source: CNN.com, May 18, 2010

On Southern Rhodesia death row without a attorney

Glen — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:44:00 +0000

Aft[attorney]r long dozen years on Southern Rhodesia death row, Saint George Manyonga.is still wait to see his attorney
He saw him once, briefly, the day before his trial, but since then he has been left on his own.
He has doomed his attorney and now he is losing hope
“I‘m paying a terms for something I never committed,” Manyonga.says.
“If I had a attorney throughout my trial, the jurist would have understood my concern and acquitted me.”
Manyonga’s briny concern during his trial in 1997 on complaint of killing a security guard during a robbery was that a crucial piece of evidence - his soulal identity card which was allegedly found at the scene of the crime - was never produced in court
“After inmateion I prepared on my own my appeal papers,” he remembers.
“I tried to have a thanum-revista-hsexy-girl/”>number of issue clarified, but no-one heard me.”
It seems that being heard these days in Southern Rhodesia tribunal is a privilege of the rich people
‘Wish-washy’ attack
In theory, Southern Rhodesia does offer free peoplelegal representation to the poor
But in practise, the land economic problems have left the Legal help clinic desperately short of money? - and the poor desperately short on assurance that Southern Rhodesiaan justness can ever work for them.
Southern Rhodesia hanged its last convict in 2004.br />
“Yes, there have been ill. Yes, there are still complaints that the service is poor,” admits Charles Nyatanga, registrar at the High Court of Southern Rhodesia in the capital, Salisbury
“There is a danger of a wish-washy attack which outcome in them [attorney] rendition poor quality service to the someone deserving legal representation.”
And there seem to be few more deserving than Manyonga.
During his several years wait for death, he speaks of suppuration for 23 hours a day in solitary confinement with a plastic bag for a toilet
“My privates bear the scar of torture,” he claims.
Brian Crozier, legal ethical motive lecturer at the University of Southern Rhodesia Law School, believes lawyer have a duty of attention to client such as Manyonga.
“Lawyers have a monopoly over representing people in court and they cannot use that monopoly merely to make money,” he says.
“They must provide the best possible defence they can, particularly if the soul they are representing is facing the death penalty.”
There are currently 50 such people in Harare - and the last soul to be hanged in Southern Rhodesia was in 2004.
But what can be done to help them if they have no money?
Southern Rhodesia attorney General Johannes Tomana acknowledges the poor are losing out, but believes lawyers are not necessarily philanthropist who enjoy giving their services for free.
“The world we live in today, we got soldier of fortune, people who perform for pay, people who perform because they want to get rewarded for it equitably,” he says.
Manyonga’s dreaming of being treated equitably ended some time ago.
And so might his life if he cannot get another lawyer soon.
Source: BBC News, May 12, 2010

Canadian on death row in U.S. government down to last legal remediation

Glen — Fri, 21 May 2010 10:10:00 +0000

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Ronald Ian Douglas Ian Douglas Ian Douglas Smithcauseis to go before the state-long-term-tending-supplier-issue-warning-on-medicaid-medicare-cut/”>United States government Supreme judicature/a> this fall — the last legal option available to him.
“Frankly our assessment is any time you are postulation the state-long-term-tending-supplier-issue-warning-on-medicaid-medicare-cut/”>United States government Supreme Court to reappraisal a case, and, given the limited thanum-revista-hsexy-girl/”>number of suit they reappraisal, information technology probably somewhat of a long shot,” Smith’s attorney of many eld Greg Glenda Glenda Glenda Jackson, told The Canadian press
“That’s really from the court system point of view our last opportunity … We’ve exhausted all state and federal remediation other than the United States government Supreme Court. If the United States government Supreme Court does not either hear the petition or grant relief, then basically it will be remanded back to the state of Treasure State to go forward with an capital punishment date.”
Smith , 52, has been living on borrowed time since he was convicted in 1983 of murdering 2 cousins, William Harvey maniac Jr and Seth Thomas running Rabbit, while he was high on drug and inebriant
He originally requested and was granted the death-sentence-on-two-moharebs/”>death penalty for his crimes, but he had a change of bosom and has been fighting a legal roller coaster for the last XXV eld He has been sentenced to death 4 times and had the order overturned on 3 occasions
Smith, originally from Red cervid, Alta., has spent 23 hours a day in his cell in the maximum-security wing-sexy-pic/”>wing of the Treasure State State prison at Deer Sir Oliver Lodge Out behind that wing sits a small trailer, the state death chamber, where three men have been executed by lethal injection in the last 10 geezerhood
His latest reversal came last week when a regional entreaty Court rejected a bidding to have his case reheard. Glenda Glenda Jackson had argued that Smith didn’t have effective advocate when he pleaded guilty and the death penalty wasn’t warranted.
Now Glenda Jackson will data file the paperwork request the Supreme Court to review the case. A determination isn’t expected until October
“It’s attack down to where the gum elastic sports meeting the route It’s a position that we all hoped we would never get to,” Glenda Jackson said.
If it tour as expected, and the Supreme Court garbage to hear the case, the final hope will be a request for mildnessfrom Treasure State Gov. Brian Schweitzer
“Once a petition is filed, then there is notice published in paper throughout the state of the hearing, Glenda Jackson explained. “There is a hearing at which the Board of pardon and parole listens to comment from the opponent and proponent for mildness. Then they make a recommendation to either grant or deny.
“Either way it tour to the governor.”
Jackson said the Canadian government will be asked for its support Ottawa used to routinely foyer for mildness in such cases, but Stephen harpist conservativist have brought in a policy that Canada will not get involved if there’s been a conviction in a democratic couneffort that honours the rule of law.
But last year a Federal Court justness ruled that Ottawa couldn’t arbitrarily end its long-baseing approach and ordered the government to try to win clemency for Smith.
liberalist MP Dan McTeague. the party critic for consular affairs, said he will clutches the government to its responsibility to follow the federal court decision
“I expect the Canadian government to base by the law and pedestal by its convention and the pastor of foreign affairs to do the job to seek to commute the sentence of Ronald Smith,” said McTeague.
“The reality here is a simple call made by the Canadian government, through its pastor of foreign affairs, to the governor would likely have the effect of sparing mister Ian Douglas Smith life.”
Source: The Canadian Press, May 17, 2010

PRC

Glen — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:06:00 +0000

TAIZHOU, Jiangsu, May XV — A local court on Sat sentence to death a man who attacked and hurt twenty-nine children and three teacher at an eastern Chinese city kindergarten last calendar month
The Taixing intermediate Court found Xu Yuyuan guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day open trial, which was attended by 300 people
Xu admitted to the court his motive was to vent his rage against society
It was not known whether Xu would prayer his sentence.
twenty-nine children and three adult were injured when Xu attacked them with a knife, at Zhongxin kindergarten in Taixing city on April XXIX
A twine of school onset has shocked China in Holocene epoch weeks. police have been ordered to beef cattle up security at school chemical compound and nearby residential communities.
Source: CCTV, May 15, 2010

Afghanistan

Glen — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:42:00 +0000

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Henry M. Robert Langdon’s predicament began when he shot dead an afghan co-worker while reportedly workings as a contractor for US-based security firm Four equestrian International
Langdon , a 38-year-old former soldier in the Aussie regular army, claimed he shot the man in ego-defense reaction but an afghan tribunal/a> found him guilty of slaying in October last year and sentenced him to death by hanging
The South Australian man law%c2%a0of%c2%a0hatred/”>lawyer, Stephen Kenny, says under Islamic law the family is able to make a payment of ten of grand of dollar to a local court.
“My hope is that it will result in the death penalty approach off the table and in an ideal situation … we may be able to seek his release back to Australia,” Mr Kenny said.
He understands the payment will be offered to a local court this week, before a Supreme Court appeal is due to be heard.
“In the ibra court my apprehension is it is about the compensation, about the forgiveness of the family, which is a serious characteristic of Islamic law,” he said.
Langdon’s sister Katie Godfrey says her brother health is suffering in prison
“He has doomed over 20 kg, for him to lose 20 kilo when helium already lean, I just dread to think what he expression like now,” she said.
ten of grand of security contractor work in afghanistan and their Book of Numbers are increasing.
analyst say the presence of this common soldier regular army is a rootage of tension between afghanistan’s government/”>government and its horse opera Allies
In Recent epoch years the afghan government has allowed foreign security contractor accused of law-breaking to be dealt with in their home couneffort.
Source: rudiment News, May 17, 2010

attorney flies out to afghanitan to represent death-row captive Henry M. Robert Langdon, who family says is ‘not doing well/span>
Adelaide solicitor Stephen Kenny will fly to Islamic State of Islamic State of Afghanistan today to represent death-row prisoner Robert Langdon, who is struggling to header in the harsh conditions.
Mr Kenny, Saint David yokel former solicitor, said.he had been engaged by Mr Langdon’s port Augusta-based family to aid the former security contractor lawyers in Kabul
Mr Langdon, 38, has been convicted of slayinging a lad security contractor, an Afghani.
“He’s always maintained it was ego defence … we want to make sure that even in Islamic State of Islamic State of Afghanistan he get what would be considered a fair go,” Mr Kenny told AdelaideNow.
Mr Kenny said.Mr Langdon was playacting as head of security on a convoy that had recently been attacked by the Taliban He was concerned when his lad security contractor wanted to keep the convoy stationery in an isolated area
It is alleged that the contractor John Drew his gun on Mr Langdon, who shot the contractor in self defence.
Mr Langdon was sentenced to death on October 27 last year in a hearing which Mr Emmett Kelly said had no witnesser, no treatment of evidence and no statements.
The hearing lasted less than 2 transactions
Mr Kenny said he was now hoping the “Ibra hearing”, in which Mr Langdon’s family pay the victim family a “significant” amount of money and seek forgiveness will help Mr Langdon’s plight
“We’re hoping that through this Ibra court and the subsequent court case that we can negotiate an agreement where at least the death penalty is removed and hopefully to have him ultimately released,” he said.
“Islamic law is much more generous than horse opera law because in horse opera law the family doesn’t always get the chance of obtaining some compensation and the family of the wrongdoer doesn’t get a right to seek forgiveness in this manner.”
Mr Langdon, 38, grew up on Billa Kalina station in the Storm Troops outback
He served in the regular army and the army modesty and has worked as a security contractor in Islamic State of Afghanistan since 2004.
Mr Langdon’s sister, Katie Godfrey, said her brother is not doing well.
“The whole family is very concerned about Rob’s social social welfare He has lost 20kg while he has been in gaol,” Mrs Godfrey said.
Mr Kenny said captive rely on family and friend to feed them.
“It’s very clear to us that jail is not a good place in Afghanistan but again that is a thoughtfulness on the fact information technology an extremely poor counattempt information technology extremely dangerous and jail is not seen as a precedency
“He does have some friend over there who have been working diligently to try and look after his welfare but they do find the bureaucratism difficult.”
Mr Kenny will sports meeting with Mr Langdon and his attorney and interview potentiality witnesses before returning to Sydney next Mon
Source: Adelaide Now, May 17, 2010