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| Virginia set to execute 'Beltway sniper' from Death Penalty News |
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John Allen Muhammad (pictured), the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the suburbs of the nation's capital, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening at a state prison near Jarratt, Virginia. Muhammad continued to profess his innocence during two lengthy trials -- including one featuring testimony from young accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo -- and in several years of legal appeals. He repeated his assertion that he was an innocent victim of racial bias in a letter to the federal court released last week by his attorneys. Muhammad charged that police and prosecutors "lied to the American people" about his case and withheld evidence that could clear him. The Supreme Court denied Muhammad's appeal on Monday, meaning he is likely to be executed at Greensville Correctional Center at 9 p.m.. If Muhammad enters the death chamber without acknowledging his crimes, he will be known as the leader of one of the most enigmatic mass murder teams ...
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| Texas: Yosvanis "El Cubano" Valle executed from Death Penalty News |
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas?A Cuban-born man identified as a leader of a Hispanic prison gang has been executed for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago. Yosvanis "El Cubano" Valle (VY'-yae) denied fatally shooting 28-year-old Jose Martin Junco at a Houston home in June 1999 but said there was little he could do to avoid lethal injection. On Tuesday evening, 34-year-old Valle became the 21st inmate executed in Texas this year. Court documents showed the June 1999 holdup was a test devised by Valle to see if a gang member had the courage to shoot Junco. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last week rejected a request from Valle's lawyers that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison. Source: AP, Nov. 10, 2009 It's not about what they did. It's about what we do.
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| Virginia: Sniper John Allen Muhammad executed from Death Penalty News |
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Jarratt, Virginia (CNN) -- Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed Tuesday by lethal injection, a Virginia prisons spokesman said. The mastermind behind the Washington-area sniper attacks of 2002 that terrorized the nation's capital was declared dead at 9:11 p.m. ET, said Larry Traylor, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Corrections. "There were no complications; Mr. Mohammad was asked if he wished to make a last statement," Traylor told reporters outside the the Greenville Correctional Center. "He did not acknowledge this or make a last statement whatsoever." In fact, Mohammad, 48, said nothing from the time he entered the death chamber accompanied by guards at 8:58 p.m., Traylor said. "After he was placed on the gurney and strapped down, he was very emotionless," Traylor said. A curtain was drawn and a volunteer team of executioners inserted two catheters -- one in each arm -- through which the drugs that caused his death were to flow, Tra ...
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| Iran: Ehsan Fattahian hanged early this morning from Death Penalty News |
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According to reliable sources in Iran, the Kurdish political prisoner Ehsan Fattahian was hanged in Sanandaj today [Nov. 11, 2009]. The numerous campaigns by the local and international human rights groups to stop his execution did not give any result. He was executed in the prison of Sanandaj this morning. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of Iran Human Rights said "Our thoughts go to Ehsan?s family and friends and all those who are struggling for abolition of death penalty worldwide. We condemn strongly Ehsan?s execution. Iranian leaders must know that hanging and torture will not solve their regime?s massive problems, and they will eventually be held responsible for their acts". Source: Iran Human Rights , Nov. 11, 2009 It's not about what they did. It's about what we do.
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| Russia ponders whether to resume executions from Death Penalty News |
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Russia's Constitutional Court began deliberating on whether to restore the death penalty after a 13-year moratorium on executions expires in less than 2 months. Whatever the court decides is likely to provoke heated debate in Russian society, which is split between those who back complete abolition and those who believe the death penalty deters serious crime. Russia retains capital punishment in its criminal code but has observed the moratorium since 1996. After 2 hours of hearings that included speeches by representatives of the president and parliament, the court's 19 judges began closed-door discussions. A spokeswoman for the court said it could take a month to reach a decision. President Dmitry Medvedev's representative to the Constitutional Court said that "scrapping the death penalty is one of the goals of the judicial reforms being carried out in the country", hinting, however, that it could still take time. "The position remains unchanged," Mikhail Krotov said during t ...
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| Two beheaded in Saudi Arabia from Death Penalty News |
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Saudi Arabia beheaded 2 Saudis convicted of murder in the western city of Taif on Tuesday, the interior ministry said. Khalid al-Harthy was found guilty of shooting a man dead following an angry dispute, the ministry said in a statement on the official SPA news agency. Fayez al-Subaie was convicted of shooting a man dead in a separate incident in the city, the ministry said. The executions were carried out after the sentences were upheld by the Court of Cassation and a panel of the Supreme Judicial Council, it added. The beheadings brought to 62 the number of executions carried out in the kingdom so far this year, according to an AFP count. Under the strict version of Islamic sharia law enforced in Saudi Arabia, the death penalty can be imposed for rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking. Last year, Saudi Arabia put 102 people to death. Source: Agence France-Presse, Nov. 10, 2009 It's not about what they did. It's about what we do.
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| guerre des services secrets à Bagdad from Irakiennes |
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Guerre des services secrets à Bagdad par Gilles Munier Amitiés Franco-Irakiennes ? (novembre 2009) L?Irak est un champ de bataille entre services secrets. Une bonne quinzaine y crée un climat de terreur à coups de black ops et psy ops, sans considération pour le nombre de victimes civiles. A côté des principaux : l?Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS- pro américain) et le ministère de la Sécurité nationale (MNS- pro iranien), on peut citer dans le désordre ceux du ministère de l?Intérieur, de la Défense, l?Asayish kurde - dans les régions de Ninive, de Kirkouk et de Diyala - et ceux des milices arabes ou kurdes. Les plus venimeux sont ceux de la Brigade Badr « dissoute » et de l?Iraq Special Operations Forces (ISOF? pro américaine), surnommée « la Sale Brigade », passée récemment sous les ordres de Nouri al-Maliki. A cette liste, il faut ajouter les agences américaines ? CIA en tête ?, le Vevak iranien et les Forces al-Qods des Gardiens de la Révolution, qui ...
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| Camp BUCCA from Irakiennes |
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«Bucca», le camp de concentration américain Article rédigé le 07 nov 2009, par Mecanopolis Camp Bucca? Pour les journalistes américains, il s?agissait de cette prison idéale où le Pentagone «tournait le dos à 180º à Abou Ghraib». Lorsque ce site a été contraint de fermer ses portes le 17 septembre dernier, l?événement a reçu peu d?écho. Et pourtant: grâce au témoignage d?un contractant extérieur qui y a travaillé de manière régulière durant des années, nous sommes en mesure de révéler qu?il s?agit, dans l?histoire contemporaine, du plus vaste centre de rétention géré par l?armée américaine. Sans jugement, sans avocat, sans même un mandat d?arrêt, quelque 2000 à 3000 personnes y étaient retenues en 2005. Elles étaient 9000 début 2006. Et début 2008, un record de 28?000 personnes y a été atteint: un authentique camp de concentration, au plein sens du terme. Explication: en 2005-2006, face à la flambée des violences ? et bien que l?Irak ne compte que 31,2 millions d?habitants ...
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| Evidence Not Heard from For Victims, Against the Death Penalty |
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This Reuters piece about efforts to stop the execution of John Muhammad includes a mention of MVFHR and a link to the clemency request, which includes a 4-minute oral testimony from MVFHR about victim opposition to the death penalty for people with severe mental illness. (To hear the testimony, click the link above and then click on "announcements.") John Muhammad Files for Stay of Execution with U.S. Supreme Court Evidence of "Severe Mental Illness" Not Heard by Jury In a two-track effort to stop the November 10 execution of John Allen Muhammad, sentenced to death after his conviction for 10 killings 7 years ago, Attorney Jon Sheldon has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court and a motion for a stay of execution so that the court can review compelling evidence of Muhammad`s "severe mental illness" Sheldon also requested that Governor Tim Kaine use his powers of clemency to commute Muhammad`s sentence to life without parole because of the severe mental illness. "The public h ...
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| Iran: Four hanged in Kerman from Death Penalty News |
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Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman (southeastern Iran) early this morning (November 7.), reported the state run news agency Fars . According to the report, the men were identified as "Morteza Y.", "Akbar J.", "Mehdi B." and "Alireza S." and were all charged with involvement in drug trafficking. Age of none of those executed today was mentioned in the report. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, spokesperson of Iran Human Rights , sais : "These executions are solely meant to spread fear among the people and have nothing to do with fighting against drug trafficking that has been increasing dramatically in the Iranian society." Iran Human Rights underlines that the charges for which the men were executed are solely based on the information given by the Iranian authorities and can not be confirmed by independent sources. Source: Iran Human Rights, Nov. 7, 2009 It's not about what they did. It's about what we do.
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