Archive for the ‘ Capital Punishment ’ Category

Death Penalty Sought for Serial Killer Ocampo

Death penalty sought against ex-Marine in murders in O.C. The Orange County district attorney’s office announced Monday it will seek the death penalty against a former Marine in the stabbing death of a mother and her son in Yorba Linda and the killings of four homeless men.Itzcoatl Ocampo, 24, of Yorba Linda, is charged with [ READ MORE ]

Killer on Death Row Fights to get a Hip Replacement

Ky. weighed politics, medicine in inmate’s surgery By BRETT BARROUQUERE, Associated Press  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A condemned killer’s fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the possibility of inviting scorn from Fox News pundits. Emails and memos obtained by The Associated [ READ MORE ]

Harper government budget cuts affect convicted murderers

What do CBC employees, food inspectors, and convicted murderers have in common? They’re all victims of the Harper government’s budget cuts. According to the Globe and Mail, the government has axed funding for LifeLine, a Correctional Service Canada program aimed at helping people with life sentences — or “lifers” — successfully re-integrate into society once they’ve been [ READ MORE ]

Convicted Fla. Serial Killer Once Again Guilty

Convicted Fla. serial killer once again guilty – Florida Wires – MiamiHerald.com. The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — A convicted serial killer has once again been convicted in the 1986 fatal stabbing of a Tampa area woman. A Hillsborough County jury found 50-year-old Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. guilty Thursday of second-degree murder. Previous first-degree murder [ READ MORE ]

Oscar Ray Bolin: Rosalie Martinez supports husband at his latest trial for 1986 fatal stabbing | Mail Online

Oscar Ray Bolin: Rosalie Martinez supports husband at his latest trial for 1986 fatal stabbing | Mail Online. This is a horrible story all the way around. A public defender who left her husband to marry a serial killer on death row has appeared by his side as he goes on trial for a 1986 [ READ MORE ]

Fla serial killer executed for girl’s 1983 death

Fla serial killer executed for girl’s 1983 death. “STARKE, Fla. — A Florida inmate was put to death Thursday, nearly three decades after the murder of 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose failed escape attempt ended a string of rapes and slayings that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach. David Alan Gore, 58, was pronounced [ READ MORE ]

Treasure Coast’s David Alan Gore set for execution by lethal injection barring any stays

Treasure Coast’s David Alan Gore set for execution by lethal injection barring any stays.   “I think it’ll be a moment of happiness. I may be wrong but that’s the way I feel right now because he needs to be off this earth,” said Carl Elliott, the father of victim  Lynn Elliott. The execution of [ READ MORE ]

Louisiana Serial Killer’s Art For Sale

BY KORAN ADDO Westside bureau January 30, 2012 MORE FROM THE ADVOCATE ARTICLE AND VIDEO Convicted serial killer Derrick Todd Lee has artwork for sale online with at least one drawing selling a day afterit was posted on the site. A colored pencil drawing of a panda bear eating bamboo is selling for $75 and [ READ MORE ]

Mark Goudeau Gets the Death Penalty

Jurors imposed the death sentence on 47-year-old Mark Goudeau, known as the Baseline Killer, for the murder spree that terrorized Phoenix-area residents for 13 months beginning that August. The six-woman, six-man jury deliberated for about seven hours before reaching a verdict in the penalty phase of the trial. Goudeau had been found guilty last month [ READ MORE ]

Serial Killer’s Appeals Are Delaying Justice Again

Additional cases pending against convicted capital murderer Elroy Chester apparently will remain on the shelf until all his appeals in the 1998 shooting death of Port Arthur firefighter Willie Ryman III are exhausted. Court procedure had dictated that a hearing be set this week, but because the appeals still are active, the hearing was canceled. The 42-year-old death [ READ MORE ]

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