29 September 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Death sentence for convicted Briton in flawed capital trial

published by: Pattaya Daily News
23rd September 2010

Briton Linda Carty, a former primary school teacher and an undercover drug enforcer awaits execution for the death of a young mother in Texas in May 2001 as campaigners argue that she did not receive a fair trial.

Texas, 23rd September 2010: Since the restoration of the death penalty in Texas in 1982, the US state has executed 462 people, three of them women with Linda Carty next in line for the lethal injection in America’s busiest execution chamber.

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Judge denies Troy Davis innocence claim

all credits: The Associated Press
August 24, 2010

A federal judge has ruled Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis failed to prove his innocence after Davis was granted a rare hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tuesday’s ruling against Davis sets the stage for Georgia officials to move forward with executing him for the 1989 shooting death of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah police officer.

In June, U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. heard two days of testimony from witnesses in Savannah seeking to cast doubt on Davis’ conviction. The Supreme Court ordered the hearing for Davis a year ago.

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Ian Tomlinson: lawyers challenge CPS over decision not to prosecute

originally published by:
The Guardian
22nd July 2010

The Crown Prosecution Service’s decision that no charges will be brought in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson has been challenged by lawyers, who argue it shows a disparity in how the criminal justice system treats police officers and members of the public.

There are concerns that the CPS’s decision that there is “no realistic prospect” of a conviction against the officer who was filmed during last year’s G20 protests striking the newspaper seller, who later died, reflects a reluctance to charge police officers and demonstrates the impunity of the police.

Today’s findings have been compared with the case of Blair Peach, an anti-facist protester whose death was one of the most controversial events in modern policing history.