[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-11-27 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 27 IRAN: Iranian Court Sentences Another Juvenile Offender to Death Iran Human Rights has obtained information about an 18-year-old juvenile offender detained in Sanandaj Prison who was recently sentenced to death by an Iranian court. His case file was reportedly sent to Iran's S

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., NEV., USA

2016-11-27 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 27 TEXAS: Death penalty, the mentally disabled at issue for justices The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation's busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who's intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for