Feb. 10
MISSOURIimpending execution
Supreme Court declines to stay Missouri execution
The Supreme Court denied the stay request on Tuesday evening.
The same four justices who would have granted a stay in an Oklahoma execution
last month would have granted the stay, according to the
Feb. 10
KANSAS:
It's a life-death-matter, so choose life
Is there a disconnect in the mind of the public between the execution of the
fetus through abortion and the execution of adults facing capital crimes?
Lawmakers are drafting new rules each year to eliminate abortions in Kansas.
Feb. 10
CALIFORNIA:
Defendant makes 1st appearance in teen shootingA Riverside Poly High teen
was shot to death in 2012. A co-defendant is in state prison and will answer
charges at a later date
1 of 2 defendants charged in the shooting death of a Riverside Poly High School
Feb. 10
RUSSIA:
Russian Supreme Court Chairman Against Death Penalty Return
The chairman of Russia's Supreme Court says he opposes calls to end the
country's moratorium on capital punishment.
Vyacheslav Lebedev told journalists in Moscow on February 10 that there is no
reason to end
Feb. 10
TEXASimpending execution
Carrying on the struggle for Rodney
Texas death row prisoner Rodney Reed is facing an execution date on March 5,
despite clear evidence, never properly reviewed by a court, that he is innocent
of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, for which he was
Feb. 10
CHINA:
Chinese court brandishes new penalty post erronous death sentence; aims to
overhaul legal reformsWhile wrongful executions have often stirred outrage,
capital punishment itself has wide support from the public.
A court in China sentenced a man to death on Monday
Feb. 10
VIRGINIA:
Roberts Faces Death Penalty In Brutal 2009 Lansdowne Attack
A Loudoun grand jury Monday handed up 11 indictments against the central
attacker in the murder of William Bennett and the beating of his wife Cynthia
Bennett along a Lansdowne road in 2009.
Based on
Feb. 10
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi Arabia executions 'extraordinarily high' as state executes 28 people in 5
weeks The Syrian man was found guilty of smuggling amphetamines
Saudi Arabia has reportedly executed a Syrian man on the same day Prince
Charles arrived in the Kingdom amid
