[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-09-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 20 SUDAN: Christian pastors face death penalty if convicted in Sudan Last December, 2 evangelical pastors from the Church of Christ in Sudan were taken from their churches and thrown into jail. Last month, the Rev. Abdulraheem Kodi and the Rev. Kuwa Shamal Abu Zumam were

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, NEB., N.MEX., CALIF.

2016-09-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 20 TEXAS: TEXAS DEATH PENALTY APPEALS LAWYERS OVERWORKED, SOMETIMES SLOPPY Texas' appeals system for indigent convicts facing the death penalty suffers from poor representation, plagiarized boilerplate legal arguments and other flaws that could result in innocent people being

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----NEB., CALIF., USA

2016-09-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 20 NEBRASKA: Confusion could affect death penalty vote Nebraskans for the Death Penalty will soon launch a multi-media effort to inform voters about potentially confusing language on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. Bob Evnen, an attorney and co-founder of Nebraskans for

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., OHIO, ARK.

2016-09-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 20 TEXAS: Capital Costs Your right to an attorney. It's a right we all have. Even if we can't afford one, one will be appointed for us. But in the end, who picks up the tab for those lawyers? KIDY's Senora Scott this evening with a look at how many alleged killers are in our

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-09-20 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 20 IRAN: "Hands Off Cain" urges Italy to raise the issue of death penalty in Iran at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva In an open letter to Italian Foreign Minister on September 14, the "Hands Off Cain" community has asked Paolo Gentiloni to raise the issue of death penalty in