Feb. 7
AUSTRALIA:
Government urged to end silence on death penalty report
The time has come for the federal government to follow through on
recommendations made in 2016 by a major parliamentary report on the death
penalty, the Law Council of Australia has said.
The Law Council of
Feb. 7
NEBRASKA:
Kuehn proposes shield law to begin death penalty fix
The rural veterinarian from Heartwell had just jumped into his new role as a
state senator in early 2015 when the Nebraska Legislature voted to replace the
death penalty with life in prison, then voted to override
Feb. 7
TEXAS:
Death penalty trial starts Monday
The death penalty trial of Michael Dwayne Bowman, 33, is set to begin in a
Troup County Superior courtroom Monday morning.
Bowman is accused of shooting and killing Griffin Police Officer Kevin Jordan,
43, while he was working an
