[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-05-02 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA

2015-05-02 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-05-02 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN. N.C. ALA., LA., TENN.

2015-05-02 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, KAN., OKLA., NEB., CALIF.

2015-05-02 Thread Rick Halperin
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 4-day