Execution Date Set for Tennessee Cop Killer

Legal wrangling continues as the execution date looms for Philip Workman. The condemned was convicted in 1981 of murdering a police officer during a restaurant robbery, and his executino date had been shifted several times."Lawyers for convicted cop killer Philip Workman and...

Ex-inmate near execution awarded $14 million

A federal jury awarded $14 million Friday to a former death row inmate who came within weeks of execution but was exonerated. John Thompson, 40, maintained through 18 years in prison that he was innocent of killing hotel executive Ray Liuzza, 34, during a robbery in December...

US Federal Government Pursues Death Penalty Against States' Laws

"At a time when many states are backing away from capital punishment, the federal government is aggressively pursuing -- and winning -- more death sentences, including in jurisdictions that traditionally oppose them. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors in New York persuaded a...

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Blackwater employees shot "execution style"

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company’s helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution style in the back of the head, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday. A senior Iraqi military...

Children stage dangerous reenactment of Saddam's execution

"An Islamist website recently posted a film showing children acting out Saddam's execution. As the "executors" lead "Saddam" to the "gallows," calls such as "May you go to Hell, O tyrant" are heard in the background. When the staged execution is about to take place, "Saddam"...

Nazanin Fateh Update

"As reported here earlier last year the fate of Nazanin Fateh, who was to be hung in Iran for defending herself from rape, became a one woman cause for Canada's Miss World, who also shared Nazanin's first name. Nazanin Fateh got a new trial and while she is not going...

Saddam Hussein: In desperate pursuit of a hero

By Khaled  The US-UK occupation of Iraq is succeeding in achieving the once implausible feat of turning a reviled dictator into something of a cult hero. This demonstrates the utter failure of the Anglo-Saxon military adventure there. It also reveals the desperate need...

Saddam Hussein: In desperate pursuit of a hero

By Khaled  The US-UK occupation of Iraq is succeeding in achieving the once implausible feat of turning a reviled dictator into something of a cult hero. This demonstrates the utter failure of the Anglo-Saxon military adventure there. It also reveals the desperate need...

Saddam's top aides hanged

"Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the former head of Iraq's revolutionary court were hanged before dawn today. The executions came two weeks and two days after the former Iraqi dictator was executed in a chaotic scene that drew worldwide criticism."

The Sinking Ship of American Illusion

"I WANT TO THANK GEORGE W BUSH for taking the ship of Republican agenda, Democratic process, and Imperialist propagandic might and blowing massive holes in all of it; for waking up the world to America's true methodology by presenting a presidency so artless in its execution...

Hurry Up, says Abu Ali

"Another video of Saddam Hussein that appears to have been taken with a camera phone has been posted on the Internet.  This one shows the dead Hussein lying on a guerney under a shroud.  As the shroud is pulled back to expose Hussein's bloody head, someone named...

Saddam's execution and the role of Bush Government and the media

"Right from the invasion of Iraq, to Saddam’s capture, to his hanging – everything was pre-planned by George Bush. The non-existent WMDs were just a ruse to invade Iraq for OIL. Who would believe that Saddam Hussein – a brave man who went to the gallows without wearing...