[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-02-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 11 NIGERIA: UK Urges Nigeria To Stop Death Penalty The British high commissioner, Paul Arkwright has urged that Nigeria should prohibit death penalty. This is in support of the recent call by the EU Heads of Mission in Nigeria to uphold the moratorium on the capital punishment.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., NEB., MONT., ARIZ.

2017-02-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 11 OHIO: State postpones executions again, adds 5 more Gov. John Kasich has postponed 8 scheduled executions as the state continues to work through legal challenges and attempt to locate supplies of the drugs it uses to put inmates to death. The move Feb. 10 comes a couple of

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., N.C., GA., MISS.

2017-02-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 11 TEXAS: Meet the Texas warden who supervised the most executions People against the death penalty protest outside the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas. It's execution day, and there have been no last minute reprieves. "I don't think we've ever executed an innocent person,"