[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-09-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 30 IRAN: 74-year-old Iranian, who hosted 'half-naked parties', sentenced to deathThe chief prosecutor said the man led "a corruption gang" which held parties with drugs and alcohol, and where women were "sexually harassed". Iran has sentenced a 74-year-old man to death

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., ALA., TENN., ARK., OKLA., COLO.

2017-09-30 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 30 TEXAS: Texas Set to Execute Man Despite DNA Evidence Excluding him from Murder A Texas man on death row is scheduled to be executed on November 16, even though DNA evidence excludes him from a 1998 murder for which he was convicted. In 2000, Larry Swearingen was sentenced