Lena Baker to receive posthumous pardon in Georgia electric chair case
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles will pardon Lena Baker, the state’s only woman executed in the electric chair, 60 years after her death for killing a white man she claimed enslaved her. The board cites a grievous error in denying clemency in 1945 and will present the proclamation to her descendants at the Aug. 30 meeting in Atlanta.
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Albany, Ga
Georgia
Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles
Lena Baker
Atlanta
Sheree Lipscomb
Baker
Lipscomb
Four prisoners escape courthouse in Pontiac incident
Four inmates escaped a Pontiac courthouse after a guard was overpowered. The gun was stolen and later recovered as police locked down streets and buildings for hours. three inmates were quickly captured and Jahmal Dilla hunty was caught about three hours later.
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Pontiac
Mich
Chris Allman
William Ware
Jahmal Dillahunty
Atlanta
Navy pushes high tech DD X destroyer for distant fire support
The Navy proposes the DD X destroyer to boost offshore fire support with heavy guns and missiles for inland targets. Critics warn the ship is costly and relies on not fully developed tech, with initial unit costs around 3.3 billion dollars.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Eviction Notices Handed To Gaza Settlers On Pullout Day
On the Gaza withdrawal’s first day soldiers handed out eviction notices to Jewish settlers in Neve Dekalim and helped some pack. Protests included burning tires and locked arms as clashes were avoided. Prime Minister Sharon framed the pullout as painful yet essential for Israel’s future.
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Neve Dekalim
Gaza Strip
Israel
Gaza
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Jerusalem
West Bank
Iraqis extend constitution deadline by seven days
Iraqi leaders failed to finish a new constitution by the August 15 deadline and voted to push talks to August 22. Key sticking points include oil wealth distribution and federalism with disagreements over women's rights and Kurdish autonomy. Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari urged a careful, comprehensive charter. Condoleezza Rice placed faith in a negotiated outcome.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Bush
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Al-Jaafari
al- Jaafari
Washington
Condoleezza Rice
Autopsies show at least six alive during Cypriot airliner crash
Initial autopsies indicate six of 121 aboard Helios Flight 7U522 were alive but unconscious when the aircraft plunged into a hillside near Athens after reporting cabin pressure loss. Fighters observed the co pilot slumped, oxygen masks dangling, as two crewmen tried to retake control.
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Athens
Greece
Helios Airlines
Guatemalan prison riots kill at least 30 in Escuintla
Riot erupts across four prisons in Guatemala as Mara Salvatrucha clashed with MS-18 rivals. At El Hoyon Prison 18 inmates died and 68 prisoners were wounded, with two more killed at Canada Prison Farm.
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Guatemala City
Carlos Vielmann
Associated Press
Mara Salvatrucha
MS-18
el Hoyon
Escuintla
Canada
Luis Munoz
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