I hope I am not mistaken but... I smell a Virginian Barbecue coming up!        

This sorry excuse for a human being essentially BOILED an innocent, freightened child? Rot in hell, you deserve the very same thing     

Your honor, you heard the man. Now, please give him what he so desperately wants.

http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/death_row/dr_info/bluecarl.jpg
"Blue turned himself in to police, saying the incident was a prank and the victim's death accidental."

Dumbest. Defense. EVER. 

turboprinz already posted that there are currently 133 inmates on Japan's DR (thanks!), however it should be noted that this is the highest number of living DR inmates in Japan ever. I know a solution to that, but I do not want to spoil it And, there is some good news, too, as there have been elections in Japan recently, and the newly elected government is a more conservative one than the last (even though their party's name is Liberal Democratic Party, they are more like centre-right)

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121231a1.html

Record 133 inmates held on death row
Seven hanged in '12 but inmates soared for third consecutive year
Jiji, Kyodo
The number of criminals on death row at the end of 2012 stood at 133, the highest on record, the latest Justice Ministry figures show.

Seven criminals were executed this year and nine were given death sentences.

For the third consecutive year, the number of inmates on death row climbed to record numbers. Data about the inmates has been available since 1949.

After remaining below 60 during the first half of the 2000s, the yearend totals topped 100 in 2007 and 130 in 2011, when no one was executed for the first time in 19 years.

In the previous government led by the Democratic Party of Japan from September 2009 to this month, nine people were executed, far fewer than the 28 hanged in the three years to 2008 under the Liberal Democratic Party-led government.

The fall is believed to stem in part from the frequently change in justice ministers during the DPJ's first time in rule. After former Justice Minister Keiko Chiba ordered two criminals executed in July 2010, none followed for about 20 months until then-Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa issued an execution order in March this year.

New Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki of the LDP has expressed a positive stance toward executions. "The death penalty system has adequate grounds and I will perform my duties under relevant laws," he told a recent news conference.

Criminals whose death penalties were finalized this year include Takayuki Fukuda, 31, who was a minor when he killed and raped a woman and murdered her baby in 1999 in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The high-profile case caught the nation's attention and gave momentum to proponents of capital punishment.

Meanwhile, in a recent survey on the inmates, a large number of them said they want to be notified of their execution date in advance instead of being told only in the morning of the day they are to going to be hanged.

The survey, conducted by an lawmaker who opposes capital punishment, said that 51 of the 78 inmates who replied said they favor advance notice. A majority of them also called for a review of the execution method, with many saying they would prefer lethal injection to the noose.

The survey, conducted between September and November by Mizuho Fukushima, deputy chairwoman of the nonpartisan Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, covered the 133 inmates and offered a rare insight into their thoughts on the system in a country widely known to severely limit information about its death penalty population and policies.

On Dec. 20 the United Nations adopted a resolution calling on countries that conduct executions to impose a moratorium on the death penalty and disclose information about the practice. With opinion polls showing that 80 percent of Japanese expressing support for capital punishment, Japan voted against it.

The survey by Fukushima found 24 of the inmates said they want to be notified of the date of their execution by one to seven days ahead, while nine wanted about a month. Several said they wanted the opportunity to bid farewell to their relatives and friends.

Four said advance notification was not necessary, while one cited the possibility of having the option of suicide, the survey said.

On the execution method, 44 of 78 said they want the state to review hanging, and the largest portion — 25 inmates — said they want to die by lethal injection, the survey said.

Fukushima is a veteran House of Councilors' member who leads the Social Democratic Party, a minor opposition party.

The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a former Bangkok police officer to death after finding him guilty of having 120,000 methamphetamine pills in his possession with intent to sell and using a false official document.

I am really starting to like Thailand. Their justice system seems to apply the DP without hesitating even to former members of the system. I highly approve of that!

12/12/12.... let's hope it will really be his unlucky number, Go Texas! 

Raping a 4 yo... excuse me, I need to take a short trip to the bathroom for a quick vomit :-( 

Four times a child killer? That leaves only one question: Why is he allowed to stay alive longer than all of his victims combined? This process is so sc.....  Get his sorry ass off this planet! 

At last, the victims finally get their tiny piece of justice. But 28 years? Seriously, the whole appeals process is broken beyond any repair. Why, oh why is it not possible to deal with every lame excuse/retard defense/whatever on the first (and automatic) appeal  and then it's DONE? This whole justice system has become a perverse "well, let's just try often enough, and we get our client off DR" type of lottery       

Anger and dismay as government resumes capital punishment in same week it won Amnesty's praise for apparent moratorium

In your face, Amnesia International         

The jury, which convicted Hernandez on Thursday, took 90 minutes Monday to decide on the punishment for killing Karlos Borja on April 11, 2001.

What took them so long?   

So, what exactly is the problem in PA? Too many loopholes in the law or ignorant judges?

The  sad  part  is  all so  this  guy  is a nut  job hero to many  thug  lovers  and  inmate  scum. It's  to bad  no one  will  rape  him daily and  beat him  every hour.

Once his sentence gets commuted to LWOP, he will no longer be in solitary confinement, but in the general prison population, wouldn't he? I'm curious about the "Welcome Party" 

The officer's widow, Maureen Faulkner, has tried to remain visible over the years to ensure that her husband is not forgotten. They were newlyweds when he died.

"My family and I have endured a three-decade ordeal at the hands of Mumia Abu-Jamal, his attorneys and his supporters, who in many cases never even took the time to educate themselves about the case before lending their names, giving their support and advocating for his freedom," Maureen Faulkner said. "All of this has taken an unimaginable physical, emotional and financial toll on each of us."

I am so sorry for her Philadelphia really let her down...