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  • (CT) Home invasion killers will be near each other on death row

    12/14/2011 10:49:53 AM PST · by matt04 · 13 replies
    Two men condemned to die for killing a mother and her two daughters during a home invasion will be in the same prison for the first time since the 2007 crime, but their attorneys say they are likely to have little, if any, interaction. A jury decided Friday Joshua Komisarjevsky should face death by lethal injection. His accomplice, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death last year. Hayes and Komisarjevsky blamed each other for escalating the crime, but prosecutors say it took both men to carry out the killings. Komisarjevsky's attorney says he's in a medical unit, a standard procedure for...
  • Death penalty gaining support among Mexicans (but not for countrymen in U.S.)

    08/09/2004 1:20:24 AM PDT · by sarcasm · 2 replies · 133+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | August 8, 2004 | IOAN GRILLO
    MEXICO CITY - When some people in Mexico's crime-ridden capital were asked what should be done with kidnappers and rapists, they replied in no uncertain terms. "Why waste money keeping the rats in prison? Just hang them up and let them die slowly," said Francisco Ramirez, 37, a stocky salesman hawking cable TV packages in a downtown shopping mall."Dispose of them," said taxi driver Rafael Galvan, 41, as he cruised past a bustling marketplace. "Garbage like them pollutes the environment."Although Mexicans express opposition to the execution of their countrymen in the United States, many are supporting the notion of applying...