Aug. 16
PENNSYLVANIA:
Man gets death penalty in police killing
A man convicted of killing a Reading policeman has been sentenced to
death.
Jurors deliberated for more than 10 hours over 2 days before reaching a
decision Thursday on the fate of 26-year-old Cletus Rivera.
Rivera was
Aug. 16
INDIA:
QA: 'Innocent Persons Are Sentenced to Death'Interview with Bikram
Jeet Batra, Indian rights lawyer
There are only estimates of the number of people facing the death sentence
in India. The latest official figure is for Dec. 31, 2004 -- 563 people.
Amnesty International
