Jan. 29
PENNSYLVANIA:
DA seeks death penalty for killingRoss currently serving life in prison for
'04 murder
Blair County District Attorney Richard A. Consiglio will seek the death penalty
in the retrial of Paul Aaron Ross of Frankstown Township for the murder of a
Hollidaysburg
Jan. 29
MISSOURIstay of impending execution
Herbert Smulls: supreme court halts Missouri execution after drug
challengeLawyers for condemned man want state to name compounding pharmacy
that made pentobarbital for use in lethal injection
The US supreme court granted a stay of
Jan. 29
USA:
US death-row inmates could face firing squad
With lethal-injection drugs in short supply in America, some death penalty
states are considering bringing back relics of the past - firing squads, the
electric chair and the gas chamber.
Most states abandoned such methods more
Jan. 29
NIGERIA:
President Jonathan Seeks Death Penalty for Cyber Crime
As part of the provisions of the Cybercrime Bill 2013, President Goodluck
Jonathan of Nigeria has proposed a death sentence for persons who hack into the
Critical National Information Infrastructure or computer
Jan. 29
IRAQ:
Torture and hangings a trademark of Maliki's reign
A report reveals that Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki's regime is hanging people by
the hundreds based on confessions given under torture.
A little over 2 years since US troops pulled out of Iraq after supposedly
'liberating'
