May 2
IRANexecutions
4 Prisoners Hanged in Arak Prison
In the morning of Sunday 26th April, 4 prisoners were hanged in Arak city.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA),
they were executed in the courtyard of Arak prison. There is no
May 2
USA:
The weirdest moment from the Supreme Court's dramatic death penalty arguments
The Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday challenging the use of a lethal
injection cocktail in Oklahoma, and the arguments bordered on the ridiculous.
Right away, conservative Justice Samuel
May 2
INDONESIA:
British grandmother on death row: Woman convicted of smuggling cocaine faces
firing squad After 8 people are executed in Indonesia for drug smuggling,
a British woman awaits the same fate.
Mostly she passes the time with knitting.
Her partner and 2 sons do
May 2
TEXAS:
DA Will Seek Death Penalty In Deadly Double Shooting
McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna announced Friday his office is
seeking the death penalty for a man who is accused of capital murder in a May
13, 2014 double shooting.
Todric McDonald, 28, is accused of
May 2
OHIO:
Dean death penalty appeal to be heard Tuesday
A Springfield man sentenced to death in 2011 is appealing his case to the Ohio
Supreme Court, and is scheduled to argue that case Tuesday.
Jason Dean, 40, contends his sentence was out of proportion to his role in a
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