[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----Urgent Action 269/11 - Execution Due Within Days in Texas

2011-09-10 Thread Rick Halperin
URGENT ACTION APPEAL - From Amnesty International USA -- For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF): http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa26911.pdf Take immediate online action!

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2011-09-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 10 TEXAS: Behind the Death Penalty Cheers One of the oddest moments of the GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday night in California occurred when the audience burst into applause in response to moderator Brian Williams’ recap of Gov. Rick Perry’s record of presiding over

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2011-09-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 10 IRANexecutions 2 drug smugglers hanged in Iran2 drug traffickers on a death sentence were hung on Saturday, putting their death penalty tally at 186, although rights groups say it is much higher 2 convicted drug traffickers were hanged on Saturday in a prison in the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----VA., LA., ALA., OHIO

2011-09-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 9 VIRGINIA: Justin Wolfe Moved Off Death Row After vacation of all convictions, Wolfe moved from the cell that he has called home for the past nine years Wednesday. Add your photos videos Justin Michael Wolfe left the cell that he has called home for the past nine years

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2011-09-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 9 IRAN: 14 executions in Orumieh, Kerman, Ahwaz and Qazvin, and mass arrests in various cities From September 3 to 8, 2011, the inhuman clerical regime hanged 14 prisoners in Orumieh (3 people), Kerman (4 people), Ahwaz (6 people), and Qazvin (1 person). According to the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA

2011-09-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 10 USA: From Wall Street to death row: Lawyer finds a calling in ministry When a prison chaplain first asked Dale Recinella to minister to the inmates at Apalachee Correctional Institution, Recinella's first thought was, Absolutely not. He never wanted to step foot inside a