July 10
TEXASimpending execution
Scheduled execution of Nicaraguan national draws criticism
With the death penalty at its lowest level of U.S. support in more than 40
years, it's not surprising that the scheduled execution of a foreign national
would draw objections.
On Wednesday
July 10
INDIA:
India's Use of the Death Penalty Rises
New figures on the use of the death penalty in India show the punishment is
being awarded more often than at the start of the century and give a
state-by-state breakdown of where it was used most by courts in that time.
More
July 10
OKLAHOMA:
WHAT HAPPENED IN ROOM 102Oklahoma Prepares to Execute Richard Glossip
On June 29, the very day the United States Supreme Court upheld Oklahoma's
lethal injection protocol in Glossip v. Gross, signaling to the state that it
could resume executions, State Attorney
July 10
NEBRASKA:
George Soros-backed death penalty foes spend big in bid to block Nebraska vote
Opponents of the death penalty rejoiced when the Nebraska Legislature voted in
May to abolish capital punishment, hailing a breakthrough win in a certifiably
red state.
Now they are
July 10
TEXAS:
5 things to know about the Brandon Daniel death penalty case
A Travis County judge on Friday could rule on whether Brandon Daniel, convicted
of capital murder in the 2012 killing of an Austin police officer, is competent
and can dismiss his lawyers, which would allow
July 10
PAKISTAN:
Death-row prisoner rescued after paying ransom
After 3 years on death row in Central Jail Adyala, Rawalpindi, Sajid Masih's
death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He was released 15 years
later in early July, 2015, after human activist who had been visiting
July 10
TEXASnew execution date
Perry Williams has been given an execution date for September 29; it should be
considered serious.
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Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-527
July 10
FLORIDA:
Florida Supreme Court upholds conviction, death sentence of killer Delmer Smith
The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence for
killer Delmer Smith.
A jury convicted Smith on Aug. 2, 2012 of the 1st-degree murder of Kathleen
Briles. Briles
July 10
GLOBAL:
A global view of America's relationship with capital punishment
China. Iran. Saudi Arabia. Iraq. The United States of America.
What you just read is, according to Amnesty International, a list of the
countries that executed the largest numbers of prisoners in 2014.
