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More Bad News For Canadian On Death Row

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - A proposal to abolish Montana's death penalty has failed again, a blow for Canadian Ronald Smith, a convicted murderer who has been on death...

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Parole Board Too Tough On Criminals?

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.15.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - The Montana parole board that recommended against clemency for death-row Canadian Ronald Smith may be examined for being too tough on crimin...

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Outgoing Governor Won't Grant Clemency Before He Leaves Office

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.08.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Montana's outgoing governor did not grant clemency during his final hours in office to Canadian death row inmate Ronald Smith.Smith had hope...

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Clemency For Albertan On Death Row?

CBC | Posted 03.08.2013 | Canada Alberta
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An Albertan on death row in Montana is hoping to be granted clemency this weekend. Ronald Smith, 55, was sentenced to die for killing Harv...

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Baird Pleads With Americans Not To Execute Canadian

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.16.2013 | Canada Politics
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CALGARY - The Canadian government has sent a letter to Montana's governor requesting that he spare the life of death row inmate Ronald Smith.The Dec. ...

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State's Execution Protocol To Be Put On Trial; Canadian On Death Row

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.20.2012 | Canada
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CALGARY - A Montana judge has scheduled a trial for next summer as the state attempts to bypass a requirement that it needs to get approval from its l...

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Ray Of Hope For Canadian On Death Row?

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.16.2012 | Canada Politics
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CALGARY - A complex legislative process and a lack of political will could derail any plans to change the way Montana carries out its executions, but ...

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Ronald Smith May Get His Wish To Live..For A While, Anyway

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.06.2012 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - A Canadian who is fighting for his life on Montana's death row scored a minor legal victory Thursday after a judge declared the state's meth...

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Lethal Injections Cruel And Unusual?

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - A legal challenge of how Montana carries out its death penalty is to go before a judge Wednesday for a death-row Canadian waiting to hear wh...

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One Step Closer To Execution For Ronald Smith

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Family members of a Canadian on death row in Montana are devastated that the state's board of pardons and parole is recommending that Ronald...

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Last Chance For Canadian On Death Row

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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DEER LODGE, Mont. - A Canadian on death row in Montana for killing two men said he is "horrendously sorry" Wednesday, but the passage of time appeared...

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Canadian On Death Row Expected To Plead For His Life

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - The lone Canadian on death row in the United States is expected to make a plea for his life at his clemency hearing in Montana this week.Ron...

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Why Only Canadian On Death Row Is Mad At Ottawa

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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DEER LODGE, Mont. - With the clock ticking down toward a decision on whether he lives or dies, the only Canadian on death row in the United States is ...

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Daughter Of One Of Ronald Smith's Victims Doesn't Want Canadian Executed

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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BROWNING, Mont. - The daughter of one of the men killed by the only Canadian on death row in the United States says she doesn't want her father's kill...

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'Gun Packin,' Meat-Eatin' Governor To Decide Fate Of Death-Row Canadian

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - A life-long rancher and businessman with a reputation as a rebel in an ultra-conservative American state will probably be the one to decide ...

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