[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., N.C., FLA., MISS.

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 TEXASimpending execution exican citizen to be executed in Texas for killing cousin Police who stopped at a convenience store more than 20 years ago in South Texas determined 2 men at the business were drunk and told them to find a friend to drive them home. Ruben

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., MO., NEV., IDAHO

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 OHIOimpending execution Death row inmate wants execution by firing squad, not lethal injection because he has weak veins A death row inmate in Ohio convicted of murdering a teenage boy wants to be executed by firing squad instead of lethal injection because he has weak

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 MAURITANIA: Mauritania appeals court set to review blogger death penalty case In Mauritania, an appeals court is set to review on Wednesday the case of a young blogger sentenced to death after posting a 2014 article challenging the use of religion to support social

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLORIDA

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 FLORIDAimminent execution Appeals Court Rejects Patrick Hannon Stay, Will Be 26th Executed On Gov. Scott’s Watch Patrick Hannon is to be executed at 6 p.m. Wednesday at a Florida state prison near Starke. Just hours before the scheduled execution of Death Row inmate

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 8 TEXASexecution Texas executes Mexican national despite international ire Texas executed a Mexican national late Wednesday night despite a flurry of last-minute appeals and objections from his native country and United Nations human rights experts. Death row inmate

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLORIDA

2017-11-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov., 8 FLORIDAexecution Florida executes killer Patrick Hannon after Supreme Court rejects last-ditch appeal lorida has executed an inmate who was convicted of slashing one man’s throat and fatally shooting another in 1991. The office of Gov. Rick Scott said inmate Patrick