Aug. 19
INDIA:
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy petitions of 3 more death-row
convicts, taking his tally of rejections to 37
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected on August 7 mercy petitions from three
death-row convicts, Shabnam, Jasvir Singh and Vikram Singh. The information
Aug. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Jeff Wood's family trying to stop his execution
A petition to stop a death row inmate's execution is now on the governor's
desk.
42-year-old Jeff Wood never took a life, but the state is trying to take his
next Wednesday.
A petition to stop
Aug. 19
NEBRASKA:
Nebraska senators: Death penalty study validates repeal vote
Nebraska senators who voted to abolish the death penalty say a recent analysis
of the program's costs validates their argument that it's wasteful and
ineffective.
The death penalty opposition group,
Aug. 19
CANADA:
5 reasons to fear that the death penalty isn't, well, dead
Here in Canada, the death penalty was abolished by Parliament in July, 1976 -
exactly 40 years ago this summer. Then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's speech
helped push through the close vote, at a time when
Aug. 19
CONNECTICUT:
Ex-Connecticut death row inmates transferred to Pennsylvania
2 former death-row inmates convicted of killing a mother and her 2 daughters
during a 2007 Connecticut home invasion have been transferred to separate
facilities in Pennsylvania.
Joshua Komisarjevsky
