Oct. 4
OKLAHOMA:
AG suggests state delay executions
Attorney General Drew Edmondson urged the state Court of Criminal Appeals
on Wednesday to postpone scheduling executions in Oklahoma until the U.S.
Supreme Court settles the issue of what is cruel and unusual punishment.
Oklahoma has 80
Oct. 4
USA:
US: Executions Across Country On Hold
A sudden halt to executions in Texas, the United States's most active
death penalty state, may signal that there is now an unofficial national
moratorium in place across the nation, pending a ruling by the Supreme
Court on whether a
Oct. 4
OHIO:
Suspend executions until we reform Ohio's flawed death penalty system
Few better arguments exist for a temporary suspension of executions in
Ohio than the cases of Timothy Howard and Gary Lamar James.
They were co-defendants in the 1976 killing of a 74-year-old security
Oct. 4
GLOBAL:
Medical professionals break ethical oath with lethal injection
Amnesty International, Press release
Doctors and nurses should not participate in executions ordered by the
state in breach of their ethical oath, said Amnesty International in a new
report today.
The report,
