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USA: THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE DEATH SENTENCE OF BILLY JOE MAGWOOD

June 24, 2010: The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Billy Joe Magwood, ruling that Magwood can argue that Alabama retroactively changed its laws to make his crime qualify for the death penalty.
Magwood, 59, black, was convicted for the murder of then 51-year-old Sheriff C.F. “Neil” Grantham, whom Magwood targeted after he served time on drug charges. Magwood became convinced that Grantham jailed him without cause and vowed revenge.
On the morning of March 1, 1979, he parked outside the jail and waited for the sheriff to arrive. When Grantham got out of his car, Magwood shot him and fled the scene.
Magwood was sentenced to death June 2, 1981. The conviction and death sentence were upheld by the state courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1985, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama also upheld the conviction, but required a new sentencing hearing for the consideration of additional mitigating circumstances.
Magwood was again sentenced to death in 1986 and the sentence upheld by the state appeals court. Another appeal began in 1997 before the U.S. District Court eventually resulted in Magwood's sentence being vacated on April 9, 2007. Judge Myron Thompson ruled that Magwood’s death sentence violated due process and had to be overturned. Thompson contended that at the time Magwood murdered Grantham, the highest penalty applicable for the crime was life without parole. He also ruled that Magwood’s death sentence had to be vacated because of the ineffectiveness of counsel. On Jan. 23, 2009 the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta overturned judge Thompson’s decision, and reinstated the death sentence for Magwood. Today the Supreme Court agreed with judge Thompson, and reinstated his decision. (Sources: Courthouse News, Project Hope, 24/06/2010)

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YEMEN: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
EGYPT COURT SENTENCES MILITANT LEADER TO DEATH
CHINA: PAIR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
BAHAMAS: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
CHINA EXECUTES DEALERS AHEAD OF INT'L ANTI-DRUG DAY
MALAYSIA: 14 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS GET PARDON
MAURITANIA HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES IN CRIME CRACKDOWN
VIETNAM: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN PUBLIC LAND FRAUD CASE
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AND NAILS MAN'S BODY TO CROSS
UGANDA: MOTHER, SON TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
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PAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
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UTAH: RONNIE LEE GARDNER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
VIETNAM TO REPLACE FIRING SQUADS WITH LETHAL INJECTION
ETHIOPIA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUPPORTING REBELS
TEXAS (USA): POWELL EXECUTED FOR 1978 SLAYING OF POLICE OFFICER
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INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH FOR 8 TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
UAE: COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S RAPIST
SOMALIA: FANS EXECUTED FOR WATCHING WORLD CUP
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