Home - Yahoo! - My Yahoo! - News Alerts - Help

Home   Top Stories   Business  Tech  Politics  World  Local  Entertainment  Sports  Science  Health  Full Coverage

Top Stories News - updated 9:04 AM ET Feb 7	Add to My Yahoo!
Reuters  |  AP  |  AP U.S.  |  ABCNEWS.com  |  Photos  |  Videos

Full Coverage In-depth coverage about Death Penalty Related News Stories · Bill would give inmates DNA access - Dallas Morning News (Feb 6, 2001) · Death Row Appeal Bill Advances in Va. Senate - Washington Post (Feb 5, 2001) · Racial aspect complicates execution issue - Baltimore Sun (Feb 3, 2001) · Death Penalty Is Upheld in `Megan' Case - NY Times (registration req'd) (Feb 2, 2001) · Oklahoma Executes Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate - Reuters (Feb 2, 2001) More... Related Web Sites · Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - organizations, individuals, human rights groups, churches, and other faith-based organizations banded together to abolish the death penalty through non-violent means. · Office of Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating - official site. · Focus on the Death Penalty - comprehensive resource which includes history, U.S. Supreme Court cases, statistics, the international context, and views from both sides of the debate. From the University of Alaska at Anchorage. · Supreme Court Cases on Rights of the Accused - abstracts, written opinions, and RealAudio of the original oral arguments for cases on the death penalty and other criminal punishment issues. From the Oyez Project of Northwestern University. · Death Penalty Information Center - provides state-by-state information on executions, a history of the death penalty; looks at issues such as race, innocence, deterrence, and botched execution; has a series of in-depth reports. More... Opinion & Editorials · Complications: DNA, retardation problems for death penalty - Houston Chronicle (Feb 6, 2001) · Dead Wrong - NY Times (registration req'd) (Feb 1, 2001) · New Model in Capital Crime Cases - Los Angeles Times (Jan 29, 2001) More... Magazine Articles · Janet Reno's fatal decision - Salon (Dec 22, 2000) · Philly Judge Throws Book at Career Mumia Supporter - Village Voice (Dec 21, 2000) · Life After Death Row - NY Times Magazine (registration req'd) (Dec 10, 2000) More... Audio · States consider death penalty moratoriums similar to Illinois' - NPR (Feb 1, 2001) · New Hampshire Reconsiders Death Penalty - Pacifica (Jan 31, 2001) · Oklahoma Executions Expected to Double - NPR (Jan 5, 2001) More... Video · Protests Against Death Penalty In Los Angeles - (Aug 14, 2000) · Death penalty dogs Bush - ABCNews.com (Jun 21, 2000) · Announcement of Betty Beets Execution in Texas - Channel 2000 (Feb 25, 2000) Message Boards · Delphi forums: Death Row/DNA · Yahoo!: Death Penalty Related Full Coverage · Texas Executions · Criminal Justice · Mumia Abu-Jamal · Prison Issues Yahoo! Categories · Death Penalty · Death Row Inmates · Crimes More... Wednesday February 7 1:52 AM ET Gay Missouri Man Executed As Groups Protest POTOSI, Mo. (Reuters) - A homosexual man convicted of brutally murdering a teenage boy was put to death in Missouri on Wednesday despite appeals by gay-rights and human rights organizations that claimed anti-gay bias led to the execution. Stanley Dewaine Lingar, 37, died from a lethal dose of chemicals at the Potosi Correctional Center at 12:06 a.m., CST, after a last meal of corned beef sandwiches and french fries as about 40 demonstrators protested outside the prison, said prison spokesman Tim Kniest. Lingar was sentenced to die for the January 1985 murder of 16-year-old Thomas Allen. The high school student's car had run out of gas and he was stranded at the side of a highway when he met up with Lingar and Lingar's friend, David Smith. Lingar and Smith offered the boy a ride to a gas station, but instead abducted him and killed him when he resisted orders to strip and masturbate in front of the men, according to law enforcement officials. Allen was shot three times as he tried to escape the men and was beaten with a tire iron before being run over twice, officials said. Allen's body was later found in a nearby river. Smith, who testified against Lingar, was given a 10-year sentence and has been freed from prison. Amnesty International and a homosexual issues organization called Queer Watch sought to stop Lingar's execution based on what the organizations said was a strong anti-gay bias. This bias was inflamed by the prosecutor in the case, who presented evidence that Lingar was a homosexual during the sentencing phase of Lingar's trial, the organizations claimed. ``The state of Missouri used Lingar's sexual orientation as a reason to give him a death sentence,'' said William Dobbs, a spokesman for Queer Watch. Lingar offered no last words, other than a statement issued on behalf of him by his family, said Kniest. The statement said Lingar sought forgiveness, and hoped Allen's family receive some ``closure to the loss of their loved one,'' according to Kniest. Email this story - View most popular  |  Printer-friendly format Archived Stories by Date: Feb 06 Feb 05 Feb 04 Feb 03 Feb 02 Feb 01 Jan 31 Jan 30 Jan 29 Jan 28 Jan 27 Jan 26 Jan 25 Jan 24 Jan 23 Jan 22 Jan 21 Jan 20 Jan 19 Jan 18 Jan 17 Jan 16 Jan 15 Jan 14 Jan 13 Jan 12 Jan 11 Jan 10 Jan 09 Jan 08 News Resources Message Boards: Post/Read Msgs Conversations: Start a live discussion

Search News

Advanced Search:  Stories   Photos   Full Coverage

Home   Top Stories   Business  Tech  Politics  World  Local  Entertainment  Sports  Science  Health  Full Coverage