[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GEORGIA----USA--1500th execution petition
PETITION TO: Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles We call on you to halt the upcoming execution of Marion Wilson, who is scheduled to be executed in Georgia on June 20, 2019 in response to his murder of Donovan Corey Parks. If you allow this execution to go forward, your state bears the distinction of carrying out the 1500th execution since executions resumed in 1977. We can better serve murder victim family members while safely holding dangerous individuals accountable without executions. Please do everything in your power to stop this execution and end capital punishment in your state. Thank you. ADD YOUR NAME! https://www.change.org/p/governor-brian-kemp-stop-the-1500th-execution-end-executions-now ALSO, DONATE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT! https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/carry-it-further-by-investing-today-2/ ___ A service courtesy of Washburn University School of Law www.washburnlaw.edu DeathPenalty mailing list DeathPenalty@lists.washlaw.edu http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/listinfo/deathpenalty Unsubscribe: http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/options/deathpenalty
[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide
June 13 INDIA: Death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 as President signs the ordinance President Ram Nath Kovind signed an important ordinance on Thursday which will pave the way to provide tougher punishments in rape cases. This ordinance also includes a provision to give the death penalty for rapists of girls below 12 years of age. This comes in just a day after Union Cabinet approved the Ordinance. New fast-track courts will be set up for such cases and special kits will be provided to the police stations and government hospitals to conduct probe in a better manner. Additionally, the minimum term for punishment in case of rape has been increased to 10 years of rigorous punishment from the existing 7 and this may also be turned into a life punishment based on the brutality of the case, the ordinance said. Also, in case of rape of girls between 12 to 16 years, the punishment from 10 years has been increased to 20 years and can be extended to life term which means that convict has to spend jail term for the rest of his natural life. With this ordinance, the Indian Penal Code, Evidence Act, Code of Criminal Procedure and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) will stand amended. The deadline for trial in all rape cases will be 2 months. Additionally, no provision of anticipatory bail in relation to rape of girls below 16 years will be available. (source: newssting.in) SAUDI ARABIAexecution Saudi Arabia executes Asian man for smuggling drugs The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia today issued a statement implementing the death sentence on a Pakistani prisoner in Dammam. The execution was carried out in the city of Dammam in the eastern province on Thursday. The Ministry of the Interior made the announcement to affirm to the public Saudi Arabia's keenness to fight drug dealing and use in the country. The accused, Mohammed Allah Akho Nezad Kal, was arrested for smuggling heroin. According to investigations, he was sentenced to the death penalty and the ruling was supported by the court of appeal and the supreme court, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. A royal order was issued to enforce the execution. (source: Khaleej Times) IRAN: 4 Prisoners Hanged at Rajai-Shahr Prison According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, most of Iran’s executions in 2018 were carried out at Rajai-Shahr prison. 3 prisoners were hanged this morning and 1 prisoner was hanged last Monday at Rajai-Shahr prison. According to IHR sources, on the morning of Wednesday, June 12, 3 prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj. All of them were sentenced to death on the charge of “corruption on earth and rape.” IHR could identify one of them as Amir Tahmaseb. Moreover, on Monday, June 10, 1 prisoner was hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison. He was charged with Moharebeh (waging war against God) by armed robbery. The aforementioned executions are not announced by Iranian authorities or media so far. According to the Iran Human Rights statistic department, most of Iran’s executions in 2018 were carried out at Rajai-Shahr prison. (source: Iran Human Rights) Openly gay reporter presses Iran's top diplomat on death penalty for homosexuals An otherwise standard press conference in Tehran got turned up a notch on Monday when a German reporter hit Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with a somewhat surprising question. “Why are homosexuals executed in Iran because of their sexual orientation?” asked Paul Ronzheimer, the Berlin-based chief correspondent for the tabloid Bild. Zarif, who conducted the press conference alongside his visiting German counterpart, Heiko Maas, responded that his “society has principles.” “And we live according to these principles. These are moral principles concerning the behavior of people in general,” he continued. “And that means that the law is respected and the law is obeyed.” According to Germany’s public broadcaster ZDF, Ronzheimer's question sparked a notable fracas among other Iranian officials and press in the room and came as a jolt to the top Tehran official. The question along with Zarif’s answer was subsequently edited out of a news release issued by the Ministry following the German official's stopover. The Washington Post reported that Ronzheimer's American boyfriend, who is based in Berlin, had helped the reporter craft the question in English ahead of the confrontation. Zarif’s defense of his country’s execution policy for gays has attracted the ire of the U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, who told the German Press Agency that the “Iranian regime has violated the basic principles of the United Nations.” Homosexuality is currently outlawed in Iran and the court system is known to use accusations of male rape and gay sex to trigger death penalty sentences, despite protests from
[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, DEL., GA., FLA., ALA., TENN., ARK., USA
June 13 TEXAS: Patrick Murphy: the story of the ‘Texas 7’ murderer on death row featured in the ITV documentary Countdown to ExecutionThe convicted murderer is still waiting for his execution date Patrick Murphy – 1 member of the Texas 7 – has been waiting on death row for years, and will eventually be executed by lethal injection. Murphy is the subject of death row: Countdown to Execution, a new ITV documentary presented by Susanna Reid who visited and interviewed Murphy as he sits and waits for his fate. Reid will interview inmates who are due to be executed by lethal injection, and will also speak to lawyers and the residents of Huntsville, Texas, to find out what it’s like to live with America’s most active death chamber on their doorstep. But who is Patrick Murphy and what exactly did he do to be sentenced to death? On 13 December 2000, Patrick Murphy became notorious when he and 6 other prisoners broke out of the John B. Connally maximum-security prison in Texas, United States, and they became known as the Texas 7. They were Donald Newbury, Randy Ethan Halprin, Larry James Harper, Joseph C. Garcia, Michael Anthony Rodriguez and George Rivas, who was the ringleader. At the time of the breakout, Murphy had been serving a 50-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault. He and his fellow inmates overpowered and restrained nine maintenance supervisors, four correctional officers, and three inmates. They then stole a white prison truck in which to escape in before dumping it in a Wal-Mart car park and fleeing to San Antonio. To get money, they robbed a branch of Radio Shack before checking into a motel and robbing a sporting goods store in the nearby town on Christmas Eve. They bound and gagged all the staff and stole 44 guns, ammunition and $70,000 in cash. Murphy acted as lookout and getaway driver and heard that someone had called the police through his scanner. Irving police officer Aubrey Wright Hawkins responded to the call but when he arrived he was ambushed, shot 11 times and run over as the gang escaped. He later died in hospital. A $100,000 reward was offered to capture the gang, which rose to $500,000. Thanks to an episode of America’s Most Wanted, 6 of the gang were apprehended while the 7th man, Larry Harper, killed himself before he could be arrested. Why is Murphy now on Death Row? As it was unclear who shot and killed Officer Hawkins, all 6 surviving men were charged, convicted and sentenced to death for his murder under the Law of Parties. This allows for a person to be held criminally responsible for another’s actions if that person acts with “the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offence and solicits, encourages, directs aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offence”. It also states that if, “in the attempt to carry out a conspiracy to commit one felony, another felony is committed by one of the conspirators, all conspirator are guilty of the felony actually committed”. Garcia, Newbury, Rivas and Rodriguez have all been executed while Halprin and Murphy are still incarcerated on death row. When is Murphy due to be executed? Murphy was originally scheduled for execution on 28 March 2019, but the Supreme Court granted him a last minute reprieve because his constitutional right to freedom of religion had been violated when his Buddhist spiritual adviser was refused entry into the death chamber. (source: inews.co.uk) DELAWARE: Speak Out: Death penalty debate Readers reacted to a recent letter by Kristin Froehlich headlined “No to death penalty reinstatement.” • It’s not a deterrent cause we don’t use it! We give the criminal 25 years of appeals! While locked up, they get 3 meals, a bed, TV, internet, iPads and free schooling! Let’s turn prison back into prison! It’s not supposed to be a state-funded hotel stay! — Dean Grabowski • As I said in my letter, “Wilmington was called Murdertown USA and law enforcement officers were killed in Delaware while the death penalty was active.” — Kristin Froehlich • I’m not sure why it’s supposed to be a deterrent. It’s a punishment. People kill other people and they aren’t deterred by whatever might happen to them. People steal and aren’t deterred by the chance of losing their freedom. People are going to do whatever they want. A society only stays in balance by punishing those who choose to not follow the basic rules of society. A 5-year-old needs correcting when he does something he’s not supposed to do. A 25-year-old who shoots a store clerk doesn’t need correcting. — Christopher Foxwell • Society is too soft on criminals. If you murder someone or commit a horrible crime, there should be real consequences like the death penalty. Problem has been they don’t get sentenced and then the sentence carried out. Why all the years on death row? Why pay to support murderers who are worthless to society or
