Executions under Rick Perry, 2001-present-245
Numberscheduled execution date-name
247-September 25--Cleve Foster
248-October 10-Jonathan Green
249-October 18-Anthony Haynes
Sept. 21
CALIFORNIA:
NEW POLL: 50% of Likely Voters in CA Prefer Life in Prison Without Parole to
Death Penalty -- Statewide Poll Released as YES on 34 Campaign
The latest statewide survey by the Public Policy Institute of California
(PPIC), released today, found that 50% of likely
Sept. 21
USA:
US death penalty opponents mark Davis anniversary
US death penalty opponents called for an investigation into growing concerns
about police and prosecutor misconduct on the one-year anniversary of the
controversial execution of Troy Davis.
Amnesty International and the
Sept. 21
GEORGIA:
Jurors stumped on death penalty decision in teen slaying
Jurors deliberating on whether a man should get the death penalty in the
beating death of a Douglas County teen say they cannot decide.
Prosecutors said 4 men beat Bobby Tillman to death at a house party in
Sept. 21
AMERICAN SAMOA:
American Samoa asked to scrap death penalty
American Samoa's governor has moved to repeal the death penalty, more than 80
years after it was last used.
Togiola Tulafono told Radio Australia he has written to both the House of
Representatives and Senate in