May 9
UTAH:
Constitutional change to streamline Utah death penalty appeals draws
critics
Opponents of proposed constitutional amendments designed to streamline
death penalty appeals said Thursday that the measures are too broad and
would upset the balance of powers among the 3 branches of
May 9
UGANDA:
Mbarara Court Sentences Woman to Death for Murdering Husband
Mbarara High Court has sentenced a 26-year-old woman to death for
murdering her husband. Jonah Tumuhairwe, a resident of Kakoni cell in
Kiruhura district, killed Edgar Mwijukye on September 30, 2004.
Court heard
May 9
ILLINOIS/TEXASfilm
'At the Death House Door'--3 stars
Presbyterian minister Carroll Pickett served for 15 years as chaplain at
the infamous Walls prison in Huntsville, Texas, a state that has sent
more than 400 convicts to their deaths by lethal injection, a number
unsurpassed
May 9
TEXAS:
Fr. John Lasseigne on the Death Penalty
(Nick BrauneMid Valley Town Crier)
Among the people I spoke with at the recent May Day labor rally in McAllen
was Father John Lasseigne, the pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church in San Juan. I usually move our
May 9
VIRGINIA:
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
09 May 2008
UA 123 /08 - Death penalty / Legal concern
USA (Virginia) Percy Levar Walton (m), black, aged 29
Levar Walton, who suffers from serious mental illness, is scheduled to be
executed in Virginia on 10 June. He was sentenced to death in
May 9
USA:
Difficult Bible Passages and the Penalty of Death
Previously, we saw how capital punishment is compatible with love, honors
God's sovereignty over life, and encourages the condemned to repent and be
saved. Now, let's finish our discussion by looking at 3 biblical
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
09 May 2008
UA 122/08 - Death penalty
AFGHANISTAN
Around 100 unnamed individuals sentenced to death
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has upheld around 100 death
sentences issued by lower courts against individuals
convicted of
