August 10
NIGERIA:
Ekiti court sentences 2 robbers to death by hanging
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti yesterday sentenced 2 people to
death hanging for robbery and illegal possession of firearms.
The convicts, Adewa Sunday and Adedayo Amos, robbed Mrs. Abosede
August 10
TEXAS:
County Commissioner Proposes Moratorium on Capital Prosecutions in Dallas,
Texas
A Dallas, Texas, county commissioner has called for a two-year halt on
death-penalty trials, saying it would give the county time to study the
financial and ethical costs of capital
