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FLORIDA (USA): KILLER EXECUTED AFTER 31 YEARS ON DEATH ROW

February 15, 2012: A man convicted of raping a 29-year-old mother and dragging her into Tampa Bay's surf to drown more than three decades ago was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison.
Twice-convicted murderer Robert Brian Waterhouse, 65, was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m., 11 minutes after the execution began. He had been on death row for more than 31 years — longer than any inmate previously executed in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott signed his death warrant last month. His execution was delayed two hours as the U.S. Supreme Court considered a last-minute appeal before rejecting it. The court had rejected a similar appeal earlier in the day. "You are about to witness the execution of a wrongly convicted and innocent man," Waterhouse said. He blamed his conviction on corrupt prosecutors, a prejudiced judge and a rubber-stamp appellate system. "The state broke its own law in destroying DNA evidence in my case so I could not prove my innocence. To my wife and family, I want to say I love you all and that's it."
Waterhouse was convicted in 1980 of murdering Deborah Kammerer of St. Petersburg, whose body was found in the tidal flats of Tampa Bay. She'd been beaten, raped and dragged into the bay, where she drowned. Unable to identify her immediately, police turned to the public for help. Neighbors identified Kammerer's body, and an anonymous tipster led police to Waterhouse. He had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing a 77-year-old Long Island woman during a 1966 burglary. He was sentenced to life but was paroled after eight years.
A bartender had seen Kammerer and Waterhouse leave a St. Petersburg bar together. Blood, hair and fibers in Waterhouse's car were linked to the victim. Waterhouse admitted having sex with Kammerer but denied killing her.
Then-Gov. Bob Graham signed a death warrant for Waterhouse in 1985, but his execution was delayed by an appeal that eventually got him a new sentencing hearing. That hearing in 1990 ended like the first, with a jury recommending execution by a 12-0 vote and a judge sentencing him to death.
Last week, the Florida Supreme Court had rejected arguments that Waterhouse should be spared because of testimony from a newly discovered witness and the destruction of physical evidence that made it impossible to perform DNA testing that could exonerate him. Justices concluded the new testimony was unreliable and wouldn't have been enough to acquit Waterhouse if he were to be retried. (Source: AP, 15/02/2012)

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BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM
AMNESTY: LIBYAN MILITIAS TORTURE GADHAFI LOYALISTS, UPROOT RIVAL COMMUNITIES
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS BEHEADED
KENYA: NGUGI’S ATTACKERS SENTENCED TO HANG
SRI LANKA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
TEXAS (USA): EXECUTIONS THREATENED AS STOCKS OF DEATH PENALTY DRUG RUN LOW
EGYPT REPEALS DEATH SENTENCE OF BOMBING SUSPECTS
GAZA: MILITARY HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
KENYA: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING ELGON BODA BODA MAN
BIHAR (INDIA): 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2009 MASSACRE
CALIFORNIA (USA): AUTHORS OF CALIFORNIA'S 1978 DEATH PENALTY INITIATIVE NOW SUPPORT REPEAL
EU ISSUES STATEMENT ON DEATH SENTENCES IN BELARUS
MALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
MALAYSIA DEPORTS SAUDI JOURNALIST
IRAN SCRAPS STONING, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MINORS
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING 6-YR-OLD GIRL AFTER RAPE
FLORIDA (USA): COP KILLER DELGADO GETS DEATH SENTENCE
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF THREE FOR 2003 MUMBAI BLASTS
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE
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INDIA: PRESIDENT PATIL COMMUTED DEATH PENALTY OF 23 TO LIFE DURING HER TENURE
IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED IN QOM
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USA: DEATH ROW POPULATION DECREASED OVER THE LAST DECADE
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