[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ALA., TENN., USA

2019-05-16 Thread Rick Halperin
May 16 ALABAMAexecution Alabama executes Michael Samra, convicted of killing 4 in 1997 An Alabama death row inmate was executed by lethal injection Thursday night, more than 22 years after the quadruple slaying of a family in Pelham. Michael Brandon Samra, 42, was executed at

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ALABAMA

2019-05-16 Thread Rick Halperin
May 16 ALABAMAimpending execution Defense: Alabama governor denies reprieve before execution Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey refused a reprieve for an inmate set for execution Thursday night for a quadruple killing that occurred after a dispute over a pickup truck, the prisoner's lawyer

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2019-05-16 Thread Rick Halperin
May 16 PHILIPPINES: Sotto: Death penalty bill may be marked priority, but passage is uncertain Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said Thursday that the proposal to reinstatement death penalty on high level drug trafficking crime may be marked as priority in the coming 18th

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TENN., ARK., WYO., USA

2019-05-16 Thread Rick Halperin
May 16 TENNESSEEimpending execution Memphis death row inmate Donnie Johnson scheduled to be executed Thursday Donnie Johnson, a convicted killer from Memphis who has been on death row for 34 years, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday. Johnson has since been moved to death