April 6
USA:
Execution by lethal injection under renewed scrutiny
Most US states that permit lethal-injection executions prevent
veterinarians from using the same method to put animals down, according to
a new study.
One of the 3 drugs injected into condemned prisoners, the one that
April 6
BRAZIL:
Brazil survey: Support for death penalty drops
Support for the death penalty in Brazil has dropped from a year ago, as a
wave of violent crime subsided, according to a poll published Sunday.
The Datafolha polling institute found 47 % of Brazilians support
instituting the
April 6
SUDAN:
Torture Claims Cast Doubt on Capital Convictions
The lives of 10 Darfuris convicted of killing a prominent Sudanese
journalist in 2006 hang in the balance as lawyers struggle to prove that
their confessions were extracted under torture, and should therefore be
dismissed.
