StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
That's the title of Steve Mills' article in today's Chicago Tribune. LINK In September, the execution of Michael Richard in Texas was steeped in controversy. The state's highest criminal court shut its doors at 5 p.m. and Richard's attorneys were...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Texas carried out its first execution of 2008, tonight in Huntsville. It's the first execution in the nation's most active execution chamber since September 25, 2007, the controversial execution of Michael Richard on the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed...
anniemiz (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Friends Eileen and Rich recently had a baby, Michael Richard. It was, therefore, time to get myself to Nonna's Yarn Cafe, pick out a new baby blanket pattern and get going before the kid outgrows itty bitty baby blankets. I...
BigDaddyBlog (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
From World: 2007 Death Penalty statistics, notes and case studies and Secrecy surrounds death penalty; Michael Richard was executed in Texas, USA, on 25 September after a state courthouse refused to stay open an extra 15 minutes to allow the filing of an appeal based on the constitutionality of lethal injections. Richard’s attorneys had been unable [...]
Texas Moratorium Network (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
KXAN Article April 16, 2008 AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN/AP) -- Texas and dozens of other states soon may resume executions after the Supreme Court's rejection of challenges to Kentucky's lethal injection. Use of the death penalty has been on hold for seven months while the high court considered inmate complaints about Kentucky's three-drug method of execution. The justices issued their ruling Wednesday. Scott...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
PREGNANT PAUSE at the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square in Sandton is an endlessly resourceful and entertaining mimodrama, a mime-play that uses the art of movement, gesture and facial expression to create a striking theatre of silence that speaks directly to the mind and the emotions.
USCHO.com News (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Elmira Soaring Eagles (19-3-5 overall, 10-2-3 in ECAC West) After starting the season undefeated in its first 19 games, some might say that the Elmira Soaring Eagles backed into the NCAA tournament. Elmira went a rather mediocre 2-3-3 over the last month as the ECAC West beat up each other down the stretch. However, the Soaring Eagles built a good enough résumé to retain their ranking in ...
debbie millman (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
It is possible that one could argue that the YouTube era didn't really begin in February of 2005 (the month the site was launched), or even in 2003 (the year in which William Gibson deftly outlined the basic framework of a similar site in his novel Pattern Recognition). One could make a case that the YouTube era was born on March 3, 1991—way before Netscape or America Online or web standards
Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 02/24/2008
The last execution in the United States was on September 25, 2007. That date was the day that the Supreme Court's announced it would be reviewing the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols, and Michael Richard was executed in Texas that...
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
High class sprinter Young Inca, a winner on the flat 15 times, has died aged 30 at his retirement home in Devon. The flashy grey, who was trained by Gerald Cottrell, was bought as a three-year-old for 2,300 guineas by the Cottrell's steadfast ...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
The Democratic and Republican party primaries in Texas is just over one month away -- Tuesday, March 4. There is one contested race for the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Dallas Morning News makes its choice in the editorial,...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 01/22/2008
Hillsborough County deputies arrested a Dover couple on Monday after they were caught stealing railroad braces from tracks near Miller and Washington roads in Valrico, according to arrest reports.
American Spectator (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
The Intelligence Squared debate series elevates the discussion on performance enhancing drugs.
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
That's the title of Matt Pulle's lengthy profile in the current issue of the Dallas Observer. LINK Here are several excerpts: Take her off the bench and Sharon Keller is funny, smart and personable, if a little shy. People genuinely...
Texas Moratorium Network (Free subscription) | 01/17/2008
The Dallas Observer has a long front page article this week entitled " Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dread ". It contains a quote from the daughter of Marguerite Dixon, the woman Michael Richard was convicted of murdering 20 years ago: "It sounded to me like she was just being arbitrary," says Celeste Dixon. "She had a chance to at least hear the arguments, and she chose to take her powers as a judge...
