Jan. 23
USA:
Evidence grows that America has begun to lose faith in death penalty
On Friday, the US Supreme Court agreed to set a new standard for when a
death row prisoner is too mentally ill to be executed. Scrutiny of the
practice comes against a background of growing public unease.
Jan. 23
NEBRASKA:
High Court Rejects Nebraska Death Row Inmate's Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by Nebraska death row inmate
Carey Dean Moore, who argued that execution by the electric chair amounts
to cruel and unusual punishment.
The order leaves Nebraska as the
Jan. 23
MOROCCO:
Morocco Could Be 100th Country to Abolish Death Penalty, association
Morocco could be the 100th country to abolish capital punishment, said,
here Tuesday, spokesman of the international association Together Against
Capital Punishment, Michel Taube.
Speaking at a press
Jan. 24
TEXASstay of impending execution
Court halts man's executionAttorneys: Insects near body site show he
didn't kill woman in '98
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted Wednesday's scheduled
execution of a man convicted of abducting and strangling a Montgomery
County
Jan. 24
UNITED NATIONS:
New UN chief calls for death-penalty moratorium
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today backed an initiative by Italy to
push for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty.
The new UN chief, making his 1st trip overseas since taking office,
appealed to the
Put a halt to North Carolina executions!
30 Members of the General Assembly have asked the Governor to suspend
executions immediately until the state can assure its method of lethal
injection does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. In addition,
Jan. 24
TEXASnew death sentence
Death awaits RameyTriple homicide leads to death chamber for Kersean
Ramey
It only took about 20 minutes Tuesday for a Victoria County jury to decide
that an Edna man should be sentenced to death for his part in the shooting
deaths of three Edna
Jan. 24
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Son's appeal renews agony over parents' 'horrific' deaths
Kathy Wood remembers how her parents told her about sitting at the kitchen
table more than 10 years ago, listening to the neighbor couple's apology.
That's what neighbors who have kids do. They try and
Jan. 24
USA:
High Court Eases Path for Inmates to Pursue Lawsuits
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday sided with 3 Michigan inmates by
making it easier for them to pursue lawsuits complaining about their
treatment behind bars.
The Court reversed lower court rulings that had thrown out
Jan. 24
SINGAPORE:
Activists protest against Nigerian's hanging
Activists outraged by the impending hanging of a 21-year-old Nigerian man
for drug trafficking planned a hunger strike in protest against the
execution, they said on Wednesday.
Chee Siok Chin and lawyer M Ravi, both
Jan. 25
WORLD:
DEATH PENALTY: TOWARDS A UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM
With passage of the United Nations Moratorium on Executions likely in the
current General Assembly, we are on the verge of obtaining a major victory
for humanity which the Non-violent and Transnational Radical Party and
Hands
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