The Death Penalty has become an issue in the special election for the House seat vacated by New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand, according to this story from FoxNews. In a recent interview for the New York Post, Democrat candidate Scott Murphy revealed his opposition to the death penalty, even for terrorists. Jim Tedisco, the GOP candidate for the March 31 special election, said that Murphy's stand on the issue shows that he does not share the values of the Upstate, New York congressional district he wants to represent.
A Shootout In Oakland on Saturday left three police officers dead and one brain dead after an habitual criminal on parole opened fire during a traffic stop. An AP story by Terry Collins and Lisa Leff reports that the shooter, habitual felon Lovelle Mixon, 26, was wanted on a no-bail warrant for violating his parole at the time. After the initial shooting, which killed Sgt. Mark Dunakin and critically wounded Officer John Hege, Mixon fled on foot and hid in a nearby apartment building. When a SWAT team entered to arrest Mixon, he shot and killed Sgt. Ervin Romans and Sgt. Daniel Sakai, and injured a third officer. During the exchange Mixon was shot and killed. A San Francisco Chronicle story by Demian Bulwa reporting on Mixon's criminal history is here
Two Murderers on Texas' Death Row lost their bids for Supreme Court review of their challenges to their convictions and death sentences today, as reported by AP writer Michael Graczyk. The Court denied review of David Lee Powell's claim that prosecutors did not timely disclose documents showing that his girlfriend may have fired the shots that killed Austin, TX Police Officer Ralph Ablanedo during a 1978 traffic stop. The Court also rejected Robert Lee Thompson's petition for review. In 1996, during a robbery, Thompson shot and killed a convenience store clerk and attempted to kill a second clerk, shooting him four times. The killing was one of three Thompson acknowledged as part of his two-month robbery spree. In the two other slayings, Thompson acknowledged being the gunman.
A Shootout In Oakland on Saturday left three police officers dead and one brain dead after an habitual criminal on parole opened fire during a traffic stop. An AP story by Terry Collins and Lisa Leff reports that the shooter, habitual felon Lovelle Mixon, 26, was wanted on a no-bail warrant for violating his parole at the time. After the initial shooting, which killed Sgt. Mark Dunakin and critically wounded Officer John Hege, Mixon fled on foot and hid in a nearby apartment building. When a SWAT team entered to arrest Mixon, he shot and killed Sgt. Ervin Romans and Sgt. Daniel Sakai, and injured a third officer. During the exchange Mixon was shot and killed. A San Francisco Chronicle story by Demian Bulwa reporting on Mixon's criminal history is here
Two Murderers on Texas' Death Row lost their bids for Supreme Court review of their challenges to their convictions and death sentences today, as reported by AP writer Michael Graczyk. The Court denied review of David Lee Powell's claim that prosecutors did not timely disclose documents showing that his girlfriend may have fired the shots that killed Austin, TX Police Officer Ralph Ablanedo during a 1978 traffic stop. The Court also rejected Robert Lee Thompson's petition for review. In 1996, during a robbery, Thompson shot and killed a convenience store clerk and attempted to kill a second clerk, shooting him four times. The killing was one of three Thompson acknowledged as part of his two-month robbery spree. In the two other slayings, Thompson acknowledged being the gunman.
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