    US rules out death penalty for honeymoon dive killing
MONTGOMERY: Alabama's attorney-general says he will not seek the
death penalty if a man is tried in the US for the death of his
wife while scuba diving in Australia during their honeymoon.  In
a letter to the Queensland Attorney-General, Cameron Dick, Troy
King said the state of Alabama would seek no punishment greater
than life without parole against Gabe Watson, who lived in
Hoover, in that state.  Watson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in
Australia over the 2003 death of his wife, Tina.  Under the
Australian Extradition Act, a person cannot be deported to face
prosecution on a capital charge, unless the death penalty will
not be imposed.  In the letter, Mr King said he did not plan to
abandon efforts to prosecute Watson in Alabama, despite
arguments by Watson's lawyer that he cannot be tried for an
offence that he already stood trial for in another country.
Alabama authorities have not yet charged Watson.  Mr King's
letter said Alabama will procee