Thursday 18 September 2014

Coleman


A Texas woman has been executed by lethal injection for torturing and starving a nine-year-old boy to death.
Lisa Ann Coleman, 38, was pronounced at 6.24pm local time last night after her last minute appeal to the Supreme Court was rejected.
She became the second woman to be executed in the United States this year and the 15th since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
Her execution is said to have passed off "very peacefully" according to media witness KDFW reporter Richard Ray who said he heard only a "short gasp" before she died.
Her last words, were directed at her fellow inmate Darlie Routier, were: "Tell them I finished strong."
Coleman was convicted in 2004 of torturing and starving to death her girlfriend's nine-year-old boy Davontae Williams.
Police found his emaciated body at Coleman's apartment with a disfigured ear, swollen hands and ligature marks on his wrists and ankles.

Wednesday 17 September 2014

Glasses


The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office tells KPHO they doubt the glasses Arias is selling are even hers, but they can't stop her because they aren't associated with the actual crime.
Arias, a 34-year-old former waitress, was convicted of murder last year in the 2008 killing of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, but jurors couldn't reach a decision on her sentence. Under Arizona law, prosecutors have the option of putting on a second penalty phase with a new jury in an effort to secure a death sentence. That sentencing retrial is scheduled to begin Sept. 29.
If the new jury fails to reach a unanimous decision, the death penalty will be removed as an option. The judge would then sentence Arias to spend her entire life behind bars or be eligible for release after 25 years.
Arias admitted killing Alexander at his suburban Phoenix home, but claimed self-defense. He was stabbed nearly 30 times, had his throat slit and was shot in the head.
Prosecutors argued it was premeditated murder carried out in a jealous rage when Alexander wanted to end their affair.