Oklahoma Attorney General Seeks Execution Date For Convicted Killer
Posted: May 21, 2013 3:59 AM Updated: May 21, 2013 3:59 AM
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY -
Attorney General Scott Pruitt is asking for an execution date for a man convicted in the 1979 slaying of a woman in Tulsa.
Pruitt on Monday said in an appeals court filing that Anthony Rozelle Banks had exhausted his appeals. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier in the day turned away a request by Banks for a hearing.
The 60-year-old Banks wasn't charged until 1997 when he and a co-defendant were linked by DNA evidence to the killing of 24-year-old Sun "Kim" Travis.
Travis was kidnapped from a parking lot in Tulsa, raped and shot in the head.
Pruitt asked the Court of Criminal Appeals to set an execution date within 60 days or at the earliest date it deems fit.
http://www.newson6.com/story/22303959/oklahoma-attorney-general-seeks-execution-date-for-convicted-killer
11 - General Death Penalty / Oklahoma Death Penalty News / Re: Oklahoma Death Penalty News
Started by heidi salazar - Last post by turboprinz on: May 20, 2013, 10:22:42 PM
12 - General Death Penalty / Executed Offenders (Graveyard) / Re: Todd Willingham murdered my 3 daughters
Started by Granny B - Last post by madgenealogist on: May 20, 2013, 05:07:04 PM
"UPDATE, Sept. 3, 2009: A recent Chicago Tribune investigative article concluded: "Over the past five years, the Willingham case has been reviewed by nine of the nation's top fire scientists -- first for the Tribune, then for the Innocence Project, and now for the commission. All concluded that the original investigators relied on outdated theories and folklore to justify the determination of arson."
The evidence now shows that Cameron Todd Willingham was an innocent man executed by the State of Texas for something that he did not do. "
Compare that to this confession, and the fact that He refused to take a polygraph.
The evidence now shows that Cameron Todd Willingham was an innocent man executed by the State of Texas for something that he did not do. "
Compare that to this confession, and the fact that He refused to take a polygraph.
13 - Across the Globe / World Death Penalty Discussion / Re: China Death Penalty News
Started by Jeff1857 - Last post by Michigal on: May 20, 2013, 03:47:32 PM
There we go, we should have sent Madoff to China for his trial!!!
14 - General Death Penalty / Debra Jean Milke / Re: Debra Jean Milke
Started by Michael - Last post by Miriam on: May 20, 2013, 02:26:37 PM
By: Associated Press By: Associated Press
PHOENIX - A federal appeals court has denied a request to reconsider a ruling that could result in freedom for an Arizona death row inmate.
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had overturned the conviction of Debra Milke, who was sentenced to death for the killing of her 4-year-old son. The panel said prosecutors failed to provide the defense with evidence about the credibility of a key witness.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne asked the court to reconsider or have the appeal heard by the full court. His request was denied Monday.
A spokeswoman for Horne tells The Arizona Republic that a decision will be made promptly on whether to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for review.
Prosecutors otherwise would have to decide whether to retry Milke.
Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/state/court-denies-request-to-reconsider-milke-ruling#ixzz2Ts27egNF
PHOENIX - A federal appeals court has denied a request to reconsider a ruling that could result in freedom for an Arizona death row inmate.
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had overturned the conviction of Debra Milke, who was sentenced to death for the killing of her 4-year-old son. The panel said prosecutors failed to provide the defense with evidence about the credibility of a key witness.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne asked the court to reconsider or have the appeal heard by the full court. His request was denied Monday.
A spokeswoman for Horne tells The Arizona Republic that a decision will be made promptly on whether to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for review.
Prosecutors otherwise would have to decide whether to retry Milke.
Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/state/court-denies-request-to-reconsider-milke-ruling#ixzz2Ts27egNF
15 - Across the Globe / World Death Penalty Discussion / Re: China Death Penalty News
Started by Jeff1857 - Last post by turboprinz on: May 20, 2013, 12:51:30 PM
Underground Lender Gets Death Sentence in China
Published: May 20, 2013
BEIJING — A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.
The woman, Lin Haiyan, was convicted of “illegal fundraising” for collecting 640 million renminbi, or $100 million, from investors by promising high returns and low risk, according to a statement by the Intermediate People’s Court of Wenzhou. It said that the plan had collapsed in October 2011 and that 428 million renminbi could not be recovered.
The case highlighted potential abuses in the largely unregulated informal lending that supports entrepreneurs who generate China’s new jobs and wealth but often cannot get loans from the state-owned banking industry. The government is tightening controls after a surge of defaults following the global financial crisis set off protests by lenders.
Another businesswoman from Wenzhou was also sentenced to death last year on charges of illegal fund-raising. That penalty was overturned following an outcry on the Internet and she was sentenced to prison.
Communist leaders have promised more bank lending for entrepreneurs and announced a pilot project in 2012 in Wenzhou to allow closely supervised private sector lending. But business leaders in Wenzhou say it is harder for entrepreneurs to get loans because worsening economic conditions have made banks and private sources reluctant to lend.
The underground credit market is estimated by China’s central bank and private sector analysts at 2 trillion to 4 trillion renminbi, or as much as 7 percent of total lending. In some areas, informal lending exceeds that of official banks.
Many households provide money for private lending in an effort to get a better return than the low deposit rates paid by Chinese banks, which effectively force depositors to subsidize low-interest loans to state industry.
The authorities have sentenced 1,449 people to prison terms of at least five years for involvement in underground lending since 2011, a police official, Du Jinfu, said last month.
Legal experts say loans between individuals are legal and that the government has failed to make clear what lenders and borrowers are allowed to do.
“The distinction between illegal fund-raising and private lending still remains unclear,” the Dui Hua Foundation, a group based in San Francisco that researches China’s justice system, said in a report in February.
Ms. Lin started raising money from friends, relatives and co-workers in 2007, according to a statement on the court’s Web site. It said Ms. Lin had told investors the money was going into stock offerings and bank deposits but used it to speculate in stocks.
Even as losses mounted, Ms. Lin continued to raise money until the scheme collapsed, the court said.
The statement said the penalty still must be confirmed. All death sentences in China are automatically appealed to the country’s highest court for review.
The court took the unusual step of issuing a second statement to support sentencing Ms. Lin to death after a Chinese blogger questioned the penalty in a comment that included the phrase “killing the witness.”
“Lin Haiyan’s actions constituted financial fraud that caused huge losses and seriously damaged the people and the state,” said the statement, which was several times the length of the original announcement. It criticized the blogger for challenging the court’s decision.
Protests erupted in 2011 and early 2012 in cities and towns throughout central China and along the southeast coast, areas with large concentrations of small private businesses, after the slowdown in global trade set off a wave of defaults. Schoolteachers, retirees and others who had lent to entrepreneurs demanded the authorities get back their money.
Regulators also worried that banks and state companies had gotten involved in underground lending, exposing the official financial system to unreported risks.
In the earlier case in Wenzhou, an entrepreneur, Wu Ying, was sentenced to death for improperly raising 770 million renminbi from investors in 2005-7. Ms. Wu, who started with a hair salon and built a business empire, had earlier been praised by the state news media as a role model for female entrepreneurs.
The Chinese Supreme Court overturned Ms. Wu’s death sentence following an outcry on the Internet over the severity of the penalty. She was resentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, which usually is commuted to a long prison term.
A statement on the Web site of China’s highest court, dated in 2011, says charges of “illegal fundraising” can be applied to an individual who receives more than 200,000 renminbi of informal loans or causes losses to lenders of 100,000 renminbi. Enterprises can face charges if they receive 1 million renminbi or cause losses of 2.5 million renminbi.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/global/underground-lender-gets-death-sentence-in-china.html?_r=0
Published: May 20, 2013
BEIJING — A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.
The woman, Lin Haiyan, was convicted of “illegal fundraising” for collecting 640 million renminbi, or $100 million, from investors by promising high returns and low risk, according to a statement by the Intermediate People’s Court of Wenzhou. It said that the plan had collapsed in October 2011 and that 428 million renminbi could not be recovered.
The case highlighted potential abuses in the largely unregulated informal lending that supports entrepreneurs who generate China’s new jobs and wealth but often cannot get loans from the state-owned banking industry. The government is tightening controls after a surge of defaults following the global financial crisis set off protests by lenders.
Another businesswoman from Wenzhou was also sentenced to death last year on charges of illegal fund-raising. That penalty was overturned following an outcry on the Internet and she was sentenced to prison.
Communist leaders have promised more bank lending for entrepreneurs and announced a pilot project in 2012 in Wenzhou to allow closely supervised private sector lending. But business leaders in Wenzhou say it is harder for entrepreneurs to get loans because worsening economic conditions have made banks and private sources reluctant to lend.
The underground credit market is estimated by China’s central bank and private sector analysts at 2 trillion to 4 trillion renminbi, or as much as 7 percent of total lending. In some areas, informal lending exceeds that of official banks.
Many households provide money for private lending in an effort to get a better return than the low deposit rates paid by Chinese banks, which effectively force depositors to subsidize low-interest loans to state industry.
The authorities have sentenced 1,449 people to prison terms of at least five years for involvement in underground lending since 2011, a police official, Du Jinfu, said last month.
Legal experts say loans between individuals are legal and that the government has failed to make clear what lenders and borrowers are allowed to do.
“The distinction between illegal fund-raising and private lending still remains unclear,” the Dui Hua Foundation, a group based in San Francisco that researches China’s justice system, said in a report in February.
Ms. Lin started raising money from friends, relatives and co-workers in 2007, according to a statement on the court’s Web site. It said Ms. Lin had told investors the money was going into stock offerings and bank deposits but used it to speculate in stocks.
Even as losses mounted, Ms. Lin continued to raise money until the scheme collapsed, the court said.
The statement said the penalty still must be confirmed. All death sentences in China are automatically appealed to the country’s highest court for review.
The court took the unusual step of issuing a second statement to support sentencing Ms. Lin to death after a Chinese blogger questioned the penalty in a comment that included the phrase “killing the witness.”
“Lin Haiyan’s actions constituted financial fraud that caused huge losses and seriously damaged the people and the state,” said the statement, which was several times the length of the original announcement. It criticized the blogger for challenging the court’s decision.
Protests erupted in 2011 and early 2012 in cities and towns throughout central China and along the southeast coast, areas with large concentrations of small private businesses, after the slowdown in global trade set off a wave of defaults. Schoolteachers, retirees and others who had lent to entrepreneurs demanded the authorities get back their money.
Regulators also worried that banks and state companies had gotten involved in underground lending, exposing the official financial system to unreported risks.
In the earlier case in Wenzhou, an entrepreneur, Wu Ying, was sentenced to death for improperly raising 770 million renminbi from investors in 2005-7. Ms. Wu, who started with a hair salon and built a business empire, had earlier been praised by the state news media as a role model for female entrepreneurs.
The Chinese Supreme Court overturned Ms. Wu’s death sentence following an outcry on the Internet over the severity of the penalty. She was resentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, which usually is commuted to a long prison term.
A statement on the Web site of China’s highest court, dated in 2011, says charges of “illegal fundraising” can be applied to an individual who receives more than 200,000 renminbi of informal loans or causes losses to lenders of 100,000 renminbi. Enterprises can face charges if they receive 1 million renminbi or cause losses of 2.5 million renminbi.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/business/global/underground-lender-gets-death-sentence-in-china.html?_r=0
16 - General Crime / U.S. Crime Related News / Re: Inmate sues Taco Bell
Started by Elric of Melnibone - Last post by Dilligaf on: May 20, 2013, 10:14:36 AM
I think this guy got the Loco part right....
17 - General Death Penalty / Washington Death Penalty News / Re: Washington Death Penalty News
Started by Guest - Last post by JTiscool on: May 20, 2013, 09:14:53 AM
they need to start carrying out the sentences asap.
18 - Across the Globe / World Death Penalty Discussion / Re: Indonesia Death Penalty News
Started by RangerRik - Last post by turboprinz on: May 20, 2013, 09:06:27 AM
Indonesia executes 3 death row inmates convicted of murder, mutilation
May 17, 2013
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has executed three death row inmates who were convicted of mutilating a man and murdering a family.
Attorney General Office spokesman Untung Arimuladi says the three Indonesian men were executed by firing squad Friday at a high-security prison on Nusakambangan island.
A court in South Sumatra province had sentenced 48-year-old Jurit bin Abdullah and 52-year-old Ibrahim bin Ujang to death in 1998 after they were found guilty of beheading and mutilating a man.
The third inmate, 47-year-old Suryadi Swabuana, was convicted of killing an entire family at a house in the province in 1991.
Arimuladi said six other convicts are to be executed this year.
More than 140 people are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug crimes and about a third of them are foreigners.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Indonesia+executes+death+inmates+convicted+murder/8399986/story.html
May 17, 2013
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has executed three death row inmates who were convicted of mutilating a man and murdering a family.
Attorney General Office spokesman Untung Arimuladi says the three Indonesian men were executed by firing squad Friday at a high-security prison on Nusakambangan island.
A court in South Sumatra province had sentenced 48-year-old Jurit bin Abdullah and 52-year-old Ibrahim bin Ujang to death in 1998 after they were found guilty of beheading and mutilating a man.
The third inmate, 47-year-old Suryadi Swabuana, was convicted of killing an entire family at a house in the province in 1991.
Arimuladi said six other convicts are to be executed this year.
More than 140 people are on death row in Indonesia, mostly for drug crimes and about a third of them are foreigners.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Indonesia+executes+death+inmates+convicted+murder/8399986/story.html
19 - General Death Penalty / Washington Death Penalty News / Re: Washington Death Penalty News
Started by Guest - Last post by turboprinz on: May 20, 2013, 09:03:36 AM
Byron Scherf gets death penalty for corrections officer murder
May 15, 2013
A judge has sentenced convicted rapist and murderer Byron Scherf to death after a jury ruled him eligible Wednesday morning.
Scherf admitted to strangling corrections officer Jayme Biendl in the Chapel of the Monroe Correctional Complex in January 2011.
"I've been waiting 137 days exactly to hear those words that he's got the death penalty," Biendl's sister, Lisa Hamm, told reporters outside the Everett courtroom. "I'm going to continue to count until he's finally dead."
"It's been terrible, you can't sleep, you got nightmares," said Biendl's father, James Hamm. "It's over with and I'm glad."
Scherf has refused to explain what Biendl said to him to set him off, but said it was the final straw "of years and years of crap."
The former prison superintendent had described the new restrictions Scherf would endure if the jury gave him life in prison.
The defense argued that security failures at the Monroe prison that led to discipline and several firings, might have contributed to the murder of Biendl in January 2011.
A judge will make a final ruling at 1 p.m.
It's the first death sentence recommended since April, 2010. Connor Michael Schierman was convicted of four counts of aggravated first degree murder for the deaths of Olga Milkin, her two sons, and sister.
A jury handed down a death sentence in June 2012, but it was a reissued conviction for the rape and murder of 43-year-old Geneine Harshfield. Allen Eugene Gregory was first convicted in May 2001, but the case was overturned five years later.
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2274811/Jury-reaches-a-verdict-in-the-Byron-Scherf-murder-trial
May 15, 2013
A judge has sentenced convicted rapist and murderer Byron Scherf to death after a jury ruled him eligible Wednesday morning.
Scherf admitted to strangling corrections officer Jayme Biendl in the Chapel of the Monroe Correctional Complex in January 2011.
"I've been waiting 137 days exactly to hear those words that he's got the death penalty," Biendl's sister, Lisa Hamm, told reporters outside the Everett courtroom. "I'm going to continue to count until he's finally dead."
"It's been terrible, you can't sleep, you got nightmares," said Biendl's father, James Hamm. "It's over with and I'm glad."
Scherf has refused to explain what Biendl said to him to set him off, but said it was the final straw "of years and years of crap."
The former prison superintendent had described the new restrictions Scherf would endure if the jury gave him life in prison.
The defense argued that security failures at the Monroe prison that led to discipline and several firings, might have contributed to the murder of Biendl in January 2011.
A judge will make a final ruling at 1 p.m.
It's the first death sentence recommended since April, 2010. Connor Michael Schierman was convicted of four counts of aggravated first degree murder for the deaths of Olga Milkin, her two sons, and sister.
A jury handed down a death sentence in June 2012, but it was a reissued conviction for the rape and murder of 43-year-old Geneine Harshfield. Allen Eugene Gregory was first convicted in May 2001, but the case was overturned five years later.
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2274811/Jury-reaches-a-verdict-in-the-Byron-Scherf-murder-trial
20 - Across the Globe / World Death Penalty Discussion / Re: India Death Penalty News
Started by Michael - Last post by turboprinz on: May 20, 2013, 08:46:42 AM
Man given death sentence for killing fiancee in Nagpur
Press Trust of India | Updated: May 17, 2013 21:01 IST
A Fast Track Court here today awarded death sentence to a youth for killing his fiancee and life imprisonment to his friend for helping him in the crime.
Additional District and Session Judge, Nagpur, K L Vyas, today held Dharamvir Chouhan (24) guilty of killing his fiancee Dhanashree Ramteke on August 14 last year on the outskirts of the city with the help of his friend Pankaj Rautkar (22).
The duo strangulated her to death with a nylon rope and later burnt her body.
Chouhan, who was in love with Dhanashree, got annoyed as she would often talk to some other youths and decided to kill her, the prosecution said.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/man-given-death-sentence-for-killing-fiancee-in-nagpur-368286
Press Trust of India | Updated: May 17, 2013 21:01 IST
A Fast Track Court here today awarded death sentence to a youth for killing his fiancee and life imprisonment to his friend for helping him in the crime.
Additional District and Session Judge, Nagpur, K L Vyas, today held Dharamvir Chouhan (24) guilty of killing his fiancee Dhanashree Ramteke on August 14 last year on the outskirts of the city with the help of his friend Pankaj Rautkar (22).
The duo strangulated her to death with a nylon rope and later burnt her body.
Chouhan, who was in love with Dhanashree, got annoyed as she would often talk to some other youths and decided to kill her, the prosecution said.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/man-given-death-sentence-for-killing-fiancee-in-nagpur-368286