1.   Chiles said he has actually accelerated death sentence appeals by requiring inmates to start their appeals within a year of the state Supreme Court upholding their convictions.

2.   Killer withdraws death sentence appeal.

3.   No date has been set for the either conviction or sentence appeal hearings.

4.   The United Nations was unable to guarantee that it would provide hearings on death sentence appeals within eight months, so Trinidad withdrew, said Maharaj.

5.   A hearing on the death sentence appeal of two Christians convicted of blasphemy was concluded Thursday after testimony that the charges were not substantiated.

6.   They take solace in the fact many states have adopted laws limiting death sentence appeals, and the amount of time between appeal efforts.

7.   Judge Fotoula Fotopoulou sentenced six Britons and two Dutch to three years in jail for espionage but suspended the sentence pending appeal.