June 1
BURKINA FASOdeath penalty abolished
Burkina Faso abolishes death penalty in new penal code
Burkina Faso's parliament has abolished the death penalty by adopting a new
penal code that strikes it as a possible sentence.
Justice Minister Rene Bagoro said Thursday that the
June 1
OKLAHOMA:
Court upholds death sentence for man in Oklahoma City bus station stabbing
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and
death sentence of a man who stabbed his estranged girlfriend to death at an
Oklahoma City bus station.
The
June 1
TEXAS:
3rd East Texas inmate gets 2018 execution date
An East Texas man has been given an execution date for 2018.
After the United States Supreme Court denied his appeal, an East Texas judge
signed off on an execution date for Daniel Acker, 46, of Sulphur Springs. Acker
is
