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Inmate on death row for deputy's slaying kills himself
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
A Texas death row inmate convicted in the 2001 murder of a Harris County deputy committed suicide inside his cell Tuesday by cutting his own throat with a razor blade, prison officials said.
Published on Sunday Jan 27, 2008
David Bodiker, the state's former public defender who was an advocate for inmates on death row and an outspoken defender of the poor in Ohio's courts, has died. He was 73.
Bodiker served as Ohio Public Defender from 1994 until he retired this month. In recent years, he challenged the effectiveness of Ohio's lethal injection method.
Dear Friends,
In an historic vote this afternoon, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a global "moratorium on executions with a view toward abolishing the death penalty".
Death is a reality for Sister Helen Prejean, and hardly a new one at that. During her charity work as a nun, Prejean often visited with terminally ill patients, comforting them during their final moments.
“They’re losing consciousness, they’re not eating, they’re not talking,” she reflected. “But when I was with Pat before he died, he was talking and drinking black coffee and smoking like he always did.”
(AP) TOLEDO, Ohio - A lawsuit filed against a judge who prevented a convicted killer from making a last-minute appeal by not extending office hours has been withdrawn from one court and moved to another, an attorney for the inmate's widow said Saturday.
