March 25
UTAH:
Utah 'Missed Opportunity' for Dialogue on Death Penalty - Catholic
DioceseUtah Governor Gary Herbert signed the Utah Firing Squad Bill into
law on Monday. The law stipulates the Utah authorities can execute convicted
individuals by firing squads if there are no
March 25
VIETNAM:
Vietnam considers scrapping death penalty for 7 crimes
The abolition of the death penalty has been proposed for 7 crimes under the
current Penal Code, Deputy Minister of Justice Dinh Trung Tung said in a
seminar on Tuesday, citing an amendment to the code.
March 25
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death-penalty defendant now gets life
Derrick White, the only defendant sentenced to death by a Philadelphia jury in
2012, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.
White, 24, was expected to face a new penalty-phase hearing this week, but a
judge ruled that
BAHRAIN:
BAHRAIN SENTENCES TWO BANGLADESHIS TO DEATH
Two Bangladeshi men have been sentenced to death in Bahrain for murder. They
have the right to
appeal the sentence.
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messages, here.
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March 25
TEXAS:
Texas Prison Agency Replenishes Execution Drug Supply
Texas prison officials have acquired a small supply of pentobarbital to
replenish their dwindling inventory of the execution drug so lethal injections
set for next month can be carried out.
Four condemned inmates
