Cases and articles

A California murderer represents a new wrinkle in the opposition to lethal
injection, a widely used execution method that has come under court
challenge over claims that it could cause a dying inmate extreme pain.

The on-again, off-again execution of Michael Morales, on death row for
raping and murdering a 17-year-old girl in 1981, was off again late
Tuesday when the state attorney's office told a federal judge that it
could not comply with his order that a medical professional inject the
lethal drugs.

It's 9am on a Sunday morning and Danny Glover - known to millions as the  endearingly beleaguered Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon franchise - is holding forth on why the death penalty has such a hold on the imagination of the American people.

Dear All,



I am writing to ask if you would send a letter to your MP in support of Linda Carty, a British National on death row in Texas who is entering the final stages of her appeals. She greatly needs your assistance. An Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament asking the British Government to do all it can on her behalf has been tabled by MPs Vera Baird, John Gummer and Jenny Willott. It is vital that this is well supported, as the more MPs that sign it, the more likely the British Government are to provide meaningful assistance to Linda's case, as her appeals continue. I am asking you to send the following letter (either by post or e-mail) to your MP, asking them to sign the EDM. The text of the EDM is below.