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Posted: 10/19/2012 8:58:30 PM EST
Josephine and Alfred Acquaviva, of Wayne, New Jersey, wear photographs of their late son Paul as they listen to a press conference at the end of pre-trial hearings for the five Guantanamo prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, inside the Camp Justice compound on the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. Paul died at age 29 in the World Trade Center attack. The five defendants face charges that include terrorism and murder for allegedly planning and helping to carry out the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking plot. They could get the death penalty if convicted. (AP Photo/Toronto Star, Michelle Shephard, Pool)
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Posted: 10/18/2012 2:48:23 PM EST
In this photo reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, a U.S. flag waves above the the Camp Justice compound, during day three of pre-trial hearings for the five Guantanamo prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001 attack, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. The the five Guantanamo prisoners face charges that include terrorism, conspiracy and 2,976 counts of murder, one count for each known victim of the attacks at the time the charges were filed. They could get the death penalty if convicted. (AP Photo/Toronto Star, Michelle Shephard, Pool)
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Posted: 10/8/2012 1:43:28 PM EST
FILE - This file photo provided by the Arlington, Texas, Police Department shows Steven Lawayne Nelson. Jurors in Fort Worth deliberated more than an hour Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, before finding Nelson guilty of capital murder in the March 2011 death of Rev. Clint Dobson at Arlington's NorthPointe Baptist Church. Nelson faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole. (AP Photo/Arlington Police Department, File)
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Posted: 9/27/2012 6:10:47 PM EST
Puerto Rican Edison Burgos Montes (2nd R), leaves a courthouse under heavy guard after the jury took a recess in their deliberations over whether to give Burgos the death penalty for the murder of his girlfriend, Madelyn Semidey Morales, an informant of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to court sources in San Juan September 25, 2012. REUTERS/Nahuel Adria
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Posted: 9/1/2012 2:48:22 PM EST
In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 courtroom sketch, Ronell Wilson appears before a judge in federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Wilson, convicted in the notorious execution-style slaying of two New York City police officers in 2003 is still in legal limbo. He had been convicted and put on death row, but an appeals court threw out the death sentence in 2010. Wilson has been thrown into solitary confinement while he awaits resentencing in the death penalty case. Wilson's lawyers say he's been a model prisoner and are demanding to know why he's been segregated at a Brooklyn lockup. (AP Photo/Jane Rosenberg)
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Posted: 9/1/2012 2:48:22 PM EST
FILE - In this July 30, 2003 file photo, Ronell Wilson is escorted past a corrections officer after appearing in court in the Staten Island borough of New York, where he faced charges of shooting two undercover police officers during a buy-and-bust operation, in New York. Convicted in the cold-blooded killings of the officers, Wilson has been thrown into solitary confinement while he awaits resentencing in the death penalty case. Wilson's lawyers say he's been a model prisoner and are demanding to know why he's been segregated at a Brooklyn lockup. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:08:41 PM EST
Wesley Thomas, the step father of Tiffany York, is tackled by courtroom security during the hearing of defendant Sgt. Anthony Peden at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Peden, Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:08:41 PM EST
Defendant Pvt. Christopher Salmon walks into the courtroom during a preliminary hearing at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Salmon, Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, and Sgt. Anthony Peden. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:08:41 PM EST
Defendant Sgt. Anthony Peden walks into the courtroom during a preliminary hearing at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Peden, Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:08:41 PM EST
Wesley Thomas, the step father of Tiffany York, is tackled by courtroom security during the hearing of defendant Sgt. Anthony Peden at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Peden, Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:08:41 PM EST
Defendant Isaac Aguigui walks into the courtroom during a preliminary hearing at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Aguigui, Sgt. Anthony Peden and Pvt. Christopher Salmon. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 8/30/2012 2:08:41 PM EST
Wesley Thomas, the step father of Tiffany York, is tackled by courtroom security during the hearing of defendant Sgt. Anthony Peden at Long County Superior Court, Thursday Aug. 30, 2012, in Ludowici, Ga. District Attorney Tom Durden announced in court that he will seek the death penalty for Peden, Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, and Pvt. Christopher Salmon. The three Fort Stewart soldiers are accused of malice murder, felony murder and criminal gang activity in the Dec. 4 slayings of former soldier Michael Roark and his girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. The two were found shot to death off a dirt road near the Army post. Prosecutors say the accused men were part of a militia operating within the U.S. Army that was stockpiling weapons and wanted to overthrow the federal government. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 8/20/2012 10:18:23 AM EST
Police officers arrive at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court before the verdict trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, is held Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. Gu, the fallen Chinese politician's wife who confessed to killing a British businessman is due to hear the verdict Monday in her murder trial, and Communist Party leaders may have decided against a death penalty for fear it could incite public sympathy for her. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 8/19/2012 10:23:43 PM EST
CORRECTS THE TITLE OF HE - He Zhengsheng, the family lawyer of British businessman Neil Heywood, speaks to the media upon arrival at the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court for the verdict trial of Gu Kailai, wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. The fallen Chinese politician's wife who confessed to killing Heywood is due to hear the verdict Monday in her murder trial, and Communist Party leaders may have decided against a death penalty for fear it could incite public sympathy for her. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 8/19/2012 10:23:43 PM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2012 file video image taken from CCTV, Gu Kailai, center, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, stands during her trial in the Hefei Intermediate People's Court in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province. The fallen Chinese politician’s wife who confessed to killing a British businessman is due to hear the verdict Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in her murder trial and Communist Party leaders might have decided against a death penalty for fear it could incite public sympathy for her. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN, File) CHINA OUT, TV OUT
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Posted: 8/3/2012 7:13:48 PM EST
FILE - In this April 18, 2012, file photo, convicted killer Gary Haugen appears in Marion County Circuit Court, in Salem, Ore. An Oregon judge ruled Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 that the death-row inmate can reject a reprieve from the death penalty issued by Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Timothy J. Gonzalez, File)
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Posted: 7/16/2012 1:28:27 PM EST
FILE - In an April 29, 2005, file photo Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to media gathered at the Statehouse in Boston and addresses issues, such as the resurrection of the death penalty in the state. Romney pushed to create what he called the "gold standard" for the death penalty, a bill that ultimately failed. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)
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Posted: 7/5/2012 4:18:20 PM EST
FILE - In this July 3, 2011 file photo, defense attorney Jose Baez points in the direction of the prosecution table during his closing arguments in the Casey Anthony murder trial in Orlando, Fla.. Baez says he originally considered Anthony pleading guilty to a lesser charge to avoid the death penalty if convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. In his just-released book "Presumed Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story," Baez wrote that prosecutors offered the Orlando mother a plea deal in 2008. He told The Associated Press this week that Anthony "would not entertain it for a second." Anthony was acquitted last summer of all charges except for four misdemeanors of lying to investigators.(AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Posted: 6/29/2012 9:58:34 AM EST
FILE - In a Jan. 7, 2008, file photo Attorney Donald Verrilli talks to media outside the Supreme Court after arguing against the use of a three drug cocktail for lethal injections in death penalty executions. Now Obama's top Supreme Court lawyer, Solicitor General Verilli was maligned for his performance in both the health care and Arizona immigration cases. Turns out, he largely prevailed in both cases, in which he also was in charge of producing the administration's written legal briefs. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Posted: 6/20/2012 11:08:26 AM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 1989 file photo, Panamanian military strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega talks to reporters in Panama City. Prominent cases of asylum seekers taking shelter in embassies include Manuel Noriega, military governor of Panama, who sought refuge at the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican's embassy, after being overthrown by a U.S. invasion. Noriega surrendered 10 days later after being assured he would not face the death penalty in the United States. (AP Photo/File)
