July 8
TEXAS:
Sara Hickman to perform at Cathedral of Hope
The popular Austin-based singer and songwriter is part of a tour aimed at
creating dialog about the death penalty in Texas. Here's a press release:
Dallas, Texas - July 7, 2008 -The Cathedral of Hope will welcome
singer-songwrite
July 8
ALABAMA:
Killer seeking delay of execution Arthur says 'new' step merits
challenge
After convicted killer Thomas D. Arthur is strapped to a gurney at Holman
Correctional Facility near Atmore later this month, he'll be given 100
cc's of sodium pentothal.
In the first use of a
July 8
NEW YORK:
THE NYC BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THE AMERICAN
BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES PRESENT:
CRISIS IN THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY
Monday, August 11: 10 a.m. to Noon at NYC Bar Association, 42 West 44th
Street, (between 5t
July 8
IRAN:
Death penalty for 'online crimes'
A new law has been passed by the Iranian parliament extending use of the
death penalty to online crimes. Previously, only people charged with
insulting Islam or drug trafficking had been sentenced to death.
Pictures of the week In accordance
July 9
LEBANON:
State prosecutor seeks death penalty in slaying of '2 Ziads'
State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza announced his findings Tuesday in the case of
the slaying of 12-year-old Ziad Ghandour and 25-year-old Ziad Qabalan,
whose bodies were found dumped near a road south of Beirut several
