26 November 2008

bad cop no donut...or lethal injection

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana's Supreme Court has blocked the scheduled Dec. 8 execution of a former police officer convicted of three murders.

Antoinette Frank was convicted and sentenced to death months after she and an 18-year-old accomplice killed her fellow police officer and two others during the robbery of a New Orleans restaurant in 1995. ~ read more
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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 075

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 24th day of November, 2008, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

MOTION TO RECALL WARRANT OF EXECUTION GRANTED; STAY GRANTED:

2008-KP-2393 STATE EX REL. ANTOINETTE FRANK v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, ANGOLA, LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)
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Bad Cop, No Donut! is a weekly radio program and podcast hosted by Ron Anicich and produced at CKLN 88.1 FM in Toronto. Each week the show reviews criminal acts committed by law enforcement as reported in the North American media.
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