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Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-08-04
Nazi-hunter says he's closing in on 'Dr. Death'
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The world's top Nazi-hunter said Thursday he's made progress in finding 94-year-old "Doctor Death," a former concentration camp physician accused of torturing Jewish prisoners as they died and who may have been living for decades in Argentina or Chile.
Nations:Argentina Germany Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
Female inmates doing time on Calif. fire lines
GOLETA, Calif. - Tracey Johnson wields a chain saw, tosses branches and rakes brush under the punishing sun and a heavy pack as smoke from a raging wildfire looms over the mountains nearby.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-07-09
Jail terms cut for China's prisoner quake heroes
BEIJING - Hundreds of prisoners who survived China's deadly earthquake have had their jail terms reduced as a reward for heroic actions during the disaster, state press reported on Thursday.
Nations:China Activities:2008 China Earthquake Source:(China Daily)
2008-07-03
Supreme Court rulings won't end lawsuits
For at least a decade, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on the use of lethal injections and whether the death penalty applies to anyone who rapes a child. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment.
Nations:U.S. People:Samuel Alito Source:(AP)
2008-06-28
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