Chicago Tribune

 About once a week, a convicted murderer is put to death in a state penitentiary, most often in Texas, where all but one of this year's 12 executions have occurred.

But around the U.S., capital punishment is under siege. Since the first of the year, individual states have acted on long festering questions about the equity of capital punishment and made bold moves aimed at repealing the death penalty, slowing the practice or temporarily halting it because of rising costs.

Exclusive By Gavin Engelbrecht

THE family of a man who could face the death penalty in the US told last night of their belief in his innocence.

Neil Revill, 34, from Consett, County Durham, will stand trial in August for the double murder of drug dealer Arthur Davodian, 22, and Kimberley Crayton, 21, in Los Angeles in 2001

Nearly 400 men are trapped in the prison at Guantanamo without charge or trial. This prison is the symbol and the center of President Bush's assault on international law. But now we have a chance to shut it down -- Bush's own Secretary of Defense is publicly calling for closing Guantanamo. Bush's advisors are split, and a global outcry could tip the balance

By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor
Published: 05 April 2007
A naturalised Briton who suffered brain damage in the Vietnam War will be shot by firing squad unless Tony Blair intervenes in his appeal, according to lawyers representing him.

Le Manh Luong, 47, a mechanic who used to live in Greenwich, south London, was sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of masterminding a drug-smuggling operation.

But medical evidence obtained by a UK-based rights charity, Reprieve, shows Luong would have been incapable of playing a pivotal role in such a crime.

by Staughton Lynd
March 28, 2007

On Friday, March 16, Governor Strickland denied clemency to Kenneth Biros.

Commenting to the Associated Press, Mr. Strickland said he has no intention of placing a moratorium on capital punishment in Ohio.

He also said, according to the AP, "that he is open to new information on the matter, but for now is satisfied that Ohio has a fair and impartial system."