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
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
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
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