March 2
GLOBAL:
Global war on drugs could harm efforts to abolish death sentences - study; Iran
reforms drive 90% fall in death penalty worldwide, but report warns hardline
approach to minor cases violates human rights
Global efforts to abolish the death penalty are in danger of be
March 3
TEXAS:
Texas still doesn’t have a law on intellectual disability and the death
penalty. Will that change this year?
Texas judges have begged the state Legislature for years to come up with a
process for determining whether death penalty defendants are intellectually
disable
March 3
NEBRASKA:
Prosecutors: Boswell, Trail began looking for someone to murder months before
meeting Loofe
Prosecutors now allege Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell began conspiring to
commit murder more than four months before they met Sydney Loofe, according to
court documents.
March 3
BANGLADESHexecution
Bangladesh hangs man for 2012 murder of Saudi embassy official Khalaf
A condemned killer of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali was hanged at
Kashimpur High Security Central Jail here on Sunday night.
Saiful Islam Mamun was hanged at 10:01pm, said j
March 4
TEXASimpending execution
"Texas 7" Inmate Patrick Murphy, Jr., Given Execution Date of March 28, 2019
Patrick Henry Murphy, Jr., is scheduled to be executed on 6pm CDT, on Thursday,
March 28, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas
March 4
INDONESIA:
French drug suspect faces death penalty in Indonesia
A French man faces execution under Indonesia's strict drug laws after he was
caught using a false-bottomed suitcase to smuggle narcotics into the Southeast
Asian nation, an official said on Monday (Mar 4).
Prosec
March 5
PENNSYLVANIA:
Could the Supreme Court kill Pennsylvania's death penalty?
In the past 15 years, courts in 5 states have struck down the death penalty.
Could Pennsylvania become the 6th state?
That’s a question that is suddenly in play, after the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court r
March 6
COLORADO:
Colorado Democrats introduce bill to abolish capital punishmentCurrently 3
men facing death penalty in Colo.
Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers have put up a proposal that would make the
Centennial State the 21st state in the United States to ban the death penalty
March 6
BAHAMAS:
Govt Urged To Abolish Death Penalty
The Executive Director of Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) Raphael
Chenuil-Hazan, urges the Bahamian government abolish the death penalty and
break away from what he calls the “fake solidarity” that seems to be preventing
March 6
CHINA:
‘Politically biased’: China rejects UN recommendations on death penalty,
freedoms in Xinjiang and Tibet
China has not accepted 62 of the 346 recommendations made at the United Nations
(UN) 2018 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), saying they are inconsistent with
national
March 6
ALABAMA:
Alabama Prisoner Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review of Attorney Conflict of
Interest Case
Whose interests does a lawyer represent, the capital defendant whose life is at
stake or the abusive father paying for his defense? Alabama death-row prisoner
Nicholas Acklin is se
March 6
MALAWI:
Malawi Adopts Death Penalty Law for Killers of People with Albinism, Opposition
DisapprovesThe callous murder of Albinos for diabolical purposes in Malawi
must stop, we hope this helps.
The increase in the number of cases involving the brutal and gruesome murder
March 7
NEW HAMPSHIE:
Death penalty repeal bill up for vote in House
The New Hampshire House is set to vote on a bill to repeal the state's death
penalty.
A similar bill passed both the House and Senate last year only to be vetoed by
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu. It's unclear whe
March 7
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas panel backs expanding execution drug secrecy lawThat approval
comes despite criticism that it would give officials broad power to withhold
information about executions.
An Arkansas Senate panel has advanced a proposal to expand the state's secrecy
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TANZANIA:
Tanzania teacher sentenced to death by hanging for killing pupil
A court in Tanzania has sentenced to death by hanging a 51-year-old school
teacher who beat to death a 14-year-o
--562
45-Apr. 24John King---563
46-May 2--Dexter Johnson------564
47-Aug. 21Larry Swearingen---565
48-Sept. 4Billy Crutsinger566
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BELARUS:
Belarus Orders Expulsion Of Christian Convert Facing Death Penalty In Iran
Belarusian authorities have ordered the expulsion of an Iranian man who has
converted to Christianity and is wanted by Tehran for apostasy and alleged
murder, despite warnings by internationa
March 17
PENNSYLVANIA:
Jurors mull death penalty in gun collection theft slaying
Jurors in western Pennsylvania are hearing testimony on whether a man convicted
in a slaying 6 years ago should be executed or spend life in prison without
possibility of parole.
The (Washington) Observ
March 17
IRANexecution
Man Hanged at Tabriz Central Prison
A prisoner was hanged at Tabriz prison for a murder charge last Tuesday.
According to IHR sources, a prisoner was hanged at Tabriz Central Prison on the
morning of Tuesday, March 12. IHR could identify the prisoner as Esl
March 18
CALIFORNIA:
California and the death penalty
Gov. Gavin Newsom has not only acted swiftly to save 737 souls on California's
death row, but he has also had the courage to call state-sponsored executions
what they are: uncivilized.
"I do not believe that a civilized society c
March 18
IRANexecutions
Iran hangs 12 prisoners on the eve of Persian new year
Since the beginning of March, Iranian regime has executed more than 13 inmates
in various prisons.
A prisoner identified as Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad was publicly hanged in
Jahrom, south of Iran, the
March 19
TEXAS:
Lawmakers consider death penalty procedures
A bill filed in the Texas House would require a judge, when the death penalty
is on the table, to determine before the case is tried whether a defendant has
an intellectual disability, a change in procedure that has garnered
March 19
OHIO:
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart talks about the death penalty, bail
bond reform, efficiency
“There are some counties in this state who have never prosecuted a case with
death-penalty specifications. If a heinous crime is death-penalty worthy, then
it’s death
March 19
INDIA:
Gujarat HC Sets Aside Death Penalty Imposed On A Woman For Lack Of Inquiry
About Her Mental Condition
The Gujarat High Court has set aside the death sentence imposed by the Trial
court on a lady accused in a double murder case and directed it to ascertain
her mental
March 20
TEXAS:
Intellectually disabled man who murdered Dallas cop shouldn't be executed, DA
says
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot announced Tuesday he no longer
believes that a man sentenced to death for murdering a Dallas police officer in
November 2005 should be exec
March 20
COLORADO:
Debate over ending Colorado’s death penalty part of national conversationIf
the bill clears the state Senate’s first floor debate, it’s nearly ensured a
signature by Gov. Jared Polis
The death penalty has been declared all but dead in Colorado, where no one has
March 20
SOUTH AFRICA:
The call for the death penalty is getting louder
South Africa needs a justice-based capital punishment, which should come with
an automatic appeal process to ensure that if the death penalty is implemented,
it is to deserving offenders and it will only apply to
-Donnie Johnson---Tennessee
1500---Aug. 15Stephen West-Tennessee
1501---Aug. 21Larry Swearingen-Texas
1502---Sept. 4Billy Crutsinger-Texas
(source: Rick Halperin)
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death Row Inmate’s Appeal Resu
March 20
OHIO:
Ohio attorney general chastises judge over death penalty
A federal judge improperly praised Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's decision to delay an
execution based on the judge's scathing critique of the state's lethal
injection method, the state attorney general said.
In a cour
March 21
COLORADO:
Lawmakers in Colorado Should Abolish the Death Penalty
In July 2012, Coloradans were devastated by the now-infamous murder of 12
moviegoers in the town of Aurora. Despite the trauma and grief that crime
caused, a local jury 3 years later refused the prosecutor’s re
March 21
SOUTH AFRICA:
IFP promises to reopen debate on reinstatement of death penalty
The Inkatha Freedom Party promised safety of Gauteng residents and to reopen
the debate on the reinstatement of the death penalty as a way to fight crime.
The party held its provincial manifesto la
March 22
VIRGINIA:
Could A Moratorium On The Death Penalty Be Coming For Virginia?Considering
the waning use of the death penalty in the Commonwealth, a stay on executions
may not even be needed.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced last week that he would take
execu
March 22
SOUTH AFRICA:
Buthelezi says there should be debate on bringing back death penalty
IFP leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, has said that there should be a debate around
bringing back the death penalty in order to combat violent crime. He made the
comments at the party's manifesto
March 23
PENNSYLVANIA:
Mom to daughter Grace Packer as she's choked to death: It's 'OK to go'
The mother of a girl who was raped, murdered and dismembered testified
Wednesday that she helped plot the attack and carry it out, telling her
daughter before her death that "I can't help y
March 23
PHILIPPINES:
Justice for Christine: VACC calls for reimposition of death penalty
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Raza and Vice Mayor Marcial Ycong joined Oponganons
during the Mass held at noontime today, March 23, at the Sto. Niño de Mactan
Parish in Barangay Mactan.
Members of
March 24
INDIANA:
Appeal sought on death penaltyDansby seeks high court ruling
A man facing the death penalty for the alleged murders of 4 people – 1, his
unborn child – wants the Indiana Supreme Court to decide whether an Allen
County judge erred when she rejected a request to e
March 24
IRAQ:
Iraq sentences alleged terrorist to death for suicide bombing attempt against
local forces
An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced an alleged terrorist to death for attempting
to blow himself up on security forces in the province of Salahuddin.
The ruling was issued by t
e response
from society.
We absolutely must become better than the worst acts of our worst offenders.
Stop seeking death sentences and abolish the death penalty now.
Rick Halperin, Dallas,
Director, SMU Human Rights Program and Amnesty International
(source: Letter to the Edi
March 25
KENYA:
HE ARGUED HIS OWN CASESentenced to hang in 1998, ex-convict becomes a
lawyer and secures freedom; He believes he was sentenced through made-up
evidence
He went to prison a naïve villager immediately after clearing form four when he
was sentenced to hang, but c
-563
46-May 2--Dexter Johnson--564
47-Aug. 21Larry Swearingen565
48-Sept. 4Billy Crutsinger566
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
DELAWARE:
Rehoboth Reads to host death penalty discuss
Christopher Pike--Alabama
1497---Apr. 24John King--Texas
1498---May 2--Dexter JohnsonTexas
1499---May 16-Donnie Johnson---Tennessee
1500---Aug. 15Stephen West-Tennessee
1501---Aug. 21
March 26
EGYPT:
The world closes its eyes to the death penalty in Egypt
After June 8, 2014, when General Abdel Fattah Al Sisi came to power in Egypt,
displacing President Morsi (who was elected by popular vote), a total of 42
people were executed in Egypt. Turkey strongly condemns th
March 27
TEXAS:
Man sent to death row for murdering Dallas officer could get punishment changed
The widow of murdered Dallas Police Officer Brian Jackson is angry that the
killer's death sentence may soon be changed to life without parole.
The move comes after a ruling by the U.S. Su
March 27
OHIO:
Man facing death penalty in double-slaying of Cleveland car dealership owners
wanted quick cash, prosecutors say
Michael Kuznik and Trina Tomola wanted to close up their used car dealership
and pick up fish dinners for their 2 kids before they returned home on Good
Fr
March 27
IRAN:
Execution of Women, Juveniles and Foreigners in 2018
A part of the 11th Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran, by IHR, deals
with the execution of Women, Juveniles and foreign citizens in the country.
Juvenile executions: Trends and legislative reforms
In Februa
March 28
TEXASimpending execution
Board Denies Clemency for Texas Man Convicted Under Law of Parties Who Was Not
Present When Killing Occurred
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for Patrick Murphy
(pictured) on March 27, 2019, moving the state one step closer
March 28
NIGERIA:
Ex-Deputy Gov’s daughter: Ondo will execute convicted murderers, says
Attorney-General
The Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adekola
Olawoye, has said the state has no plan to abolish death sentence.
There have been calls from some quar
March 28
PAKISTAN:
Pashto Singer Brother Gets Death Penalty For Raping His Minor Nieces
A local court on Wednesday awarded death penalty and a fine of 0.6 million
rupees to a rapist uncle of Pashto singer Nazia Iqbal’s daughters.
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahi
---Mark Robertson--561
44-Apr. 24John King---562
45-May 2------Dexter Johnson--563
46-Aug. 21Larry Swearingen564
47-Sept. 4Billy Crutsinger565
(sources: TDCJ & Ri
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March 29
BRUNEI:
George Clooney calls for hotel boycott over Brunei LGBT death penalty
Film star George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine hotels because of
their links to Brunei, where homosexual acts will from next week be punishable
by death.
In an opinion piece written for
March 30
TEXAS:
Brett Kavanaugh Explains Why He Voted to Grant Buddhist Inmate's Stay of
ExecutionThe Supreme Court ruled 7–2 Thursday night to grant Patrick
Murphy's petition for a stay.
Patrick Murphy, whose case I wrote about yesterday, was convicted under Texas'
law of partie
March 30
BRUNEI:
OutrageMike Pompeo and Trump Administration ‘Concerned’ About Brunei’s Law
to Stone LGBT People to Death
On April 3, Brunei will legalize the stoning to death of LGBT people. A new law
in the southeast Asian country imposes death by stoning or whipping for sodomy,
March 31
INDIANA:
Indiana man sentenced to die must be re-sentenced
A man sentenced to die for the murders of a Lapel woman and her daughter will
be sentenced again. A circuit court of appeals overturned Frederick Baer's
punishment for the 2004 killings, so now it's back to court for
March 31
PHILIPPINES:
VACC: Road-rage crimes call for revival of death penalty
The founding chairman of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) on
Saturday again pushed for the reimposition of the death penalty in the
Philippines over the recent spate of road-rage crimes i
April 1
TEXASimpending executions
Texas Gives Mark Robertson Execution Date of April 11, 2019
Mark Allen Robertson is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CDT, on Thursday,
April 11, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas. 50-year-old Mark is
April 1
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan scraps trials before military courts after 4 years
Pakistan scrapped terrorism trials before special military courts after the
tribunals’ mandate expired on Monday, ending a measure that had been in place
for over four years to help authorities curb militant
April 2
NEW YORK:
Death row survivor to keynote Bona’s 159th CommencementDick Kearns, Fr. Joe
Nangle will also be honored May 19
Anthony Ray Hinton will deliver the keynote address May 19 at St. Bonaventure
University’s 159th Commencement ceremony, almost 4 years after he left a
April 2
ARKANSAS:
Drugmakers object to Arkansas execution secrecy measure
2 pharmaceutical companies objected to legislative efforts to expand the
secrecy surrounding the source of Arkansas’ lethal injection drugs, saying the
proposal would hamper their ability to ensure their prod
April 2
BRUNEI:
Brunei sultan seeks conservative support with hardline sharia laws
Brunei's imposition of harsh sharia laws, including death by stoning for gay
sex and adultery, is a bid by the country's ruler to boost support among
conservatives and highlights a steady drift away fr
April 3
TEXASimpending execution
Dallas death row prisoner files appeal over trial attorney’s ‘racist ideology’
A Dallas County man scheduled to die this month for a 1989 triple killing is
now lobbing a last-minute appeal arguing that his trial lawyer relied on
"racist ideology" t
April 3
ARKANSAS:
Execution sought in killings of mom, 2 kids at Little Rock
homeDeath-penalty request in 2017 slayings is Pulaski County’s first in
decade
The older of 2 brothers accused of killing a 24-year-old woman and her children
-- arrested with blood from the slayings on
April 3
CALIFORNIA:
Assemblyman Tom Lackey Amends Bill To Review Commutations Of Death Sentence
Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, amended a bill Monday, which he introduced
in February, that would extend the review time before the governor would make
the decision to approve or deny
April 3
VATICAN CITY:
Sanctuary of truth or brothel of error? More papal controversy on the death
penalty
Pope Francis aroused more controversy this week, making even more explicit his
apparent belief that the death penalty is always and everywhere wrong, while
frankly acknowledging
April 3
BRUNEI:
Brunei will implement the Sharia laws from Wednesday, punishing sodomy,
adultery and rape with the death penalty
The United States on Tuesday criticized Brunei's decision to implement Islamic
laws that would allow death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality and
April 4
TEXAS:
Texas bars all spiritual advisers from death chambers after Supreme Court order
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will bar chaplains, ministers and
spiritual advisers from execution chambers in the wake of a Supreme Court
ruling last week that halted the executio
April 4
ALABAMAnew death sentence
Convicted murderer given death penalty in Tuscaloosa court
A judge has sentenced convicted killer Michael Belcher to death for his role in
the torture and beating death of Samantha Payne.
Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge Brad Almond followed
April 4
COLORADO:
Death penalty repeal not happeningSupporters can't pin down votes in
Colorado Senate
Colorado's rarely used death penalty will remain in place after state Senate
Democrats on Tuesday, April 2 abandoned an effort to repeal it this year.
The bill was banning ca
April 4
PAKISTAN:
Killer gets death in Faisalabad
The court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to an accused involved in a
murder case of Samanabad police station.
According to the prosecution, accused Naseemullah along with his brother Asghar
and sister Sughran Bibi had killed Kh
April 5
NORTH CAROLINA:
James Bradley escapes death penalty in third murder conviction
A New Hanover County jury could not come to a decision as to whether James
Bradley should be sentenced to death or spend life in prison for the murder of
Elisha Tucker.
Instead, the judge declared
April 5
SRI LANKA:
Sri Lanka seeks international assistance in training new hangmen
The Sri Lankan government will seek international assistance in training new
executioners, reports AFP, as the government gears towards re-implementing the
death penalty.
A reported 47 applicants a
April 6
FLORIDA:
Murderer's parents take the stand as he fights to avoid death penalty
On Friday, the parents of an accused killer took the witness stand trying to
save his life.
The resentencing trial for Michael Bargo will continue into next week.
Bargo's mother took the stand
April 6
ABKHAZIA:
Breakaway Abkhazia to reintroduce the death penalty for drug crime from 2020
Breakaway authorities in Abkhazia plan to lift its moratorium on capital
punishment in 2020 as tougher sentences are brought in against drug crime.
The de facto parliament of breakaway Abkh
April 7
TEXAS:
The death row killers who refused to die quietly and had to be gassed out of
their cells then strapped down during executionFormer crime reporter
Michelle Lyons, who witnessed nearly 300 executions in Texas, US, reveals the
desperate acts of death row prisoners who r
April 7
INDIA:
BJP promises 'New Odisha', capital punishment to sexual offenders in its
manifestoReleasing the New Odisha Sankalpa Patra, BJP national president
Amit Shah said Odisha is one of the worst performing states in the country due
to all-round failures of BJD government.
April 8
ARKANSAS:
'In The Executioner's Shadow' Film Screening at 5 p.m. April 10 in Giffels
Auditorium
A showing of the documentary film, "In The Executioner's Shadow," will be shown
at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Giffels Auditorium in conjunction with the
CRIM/SOCI 4013: Death
April 8
SOUTH AFRICA:
CapeTalk callers debate the return of the death penalty
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNOCD), South
Africa had the 5th highest murder rate in the world in 2015.
The rate of crime in the country sparked a discussion between CapeTalk
ial, McFarland has not shown that a different
strategy would have ended in a different result. It is regrettable that Benn
slept through trial. That does not change the fact that the court of criminal
appeals did not misapply the law."
(source: Houston Chronicle)
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Executi
April 9
OHIO:
New lawyer named in Lebanon inmate death penalty case
A new lawyer has been appointed to help defend a prison inmate facing the death
penalty for strangling his cellmate in their cell at the Lebanon Correctional
Institution.
Last week, Judge Donald Oda II appointed Rya
April 9
INDIA:
SC accepts plea challenging accused's acquittal in 2012 rape and murder case
The Supreme Court on Monday accepted a plea challenging the acquittal of the
accused in the sensational case of rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Nainital
in 2012.
The plea challenges the
April 10
ILLINOIS:
Innocence Project founder seeks 'conviction integrity unit'
The co-founder of a group that has cleared a dozen people wrongfully convicted
of crimes said Tuesday that the Illinois attorney general should create a
"conviction integrity unit" to investigate innocence
April 10
GLOBAL:
Death penalty in 2018: Facts and figures
Amnesty International recorded at least 690 executions in 20 countries in 2018,
a decrease of 31% compared to 2017 (at least 993). This figure represents the
lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded
April 10
ABKHASIA:
Abkhazia reintroduces death penalty for drug dealingA moratorium was placed
on the death penalty back in 1993
Abkhazia has passed a law reintroducing the death penalty for drug dealing.
The law also provides for life-imprisonment, and will come into force on 1
Ja
April 10
MIDDLE EAST:
Iran and Iraq lead way in reducing executions in the Middle EastExecutions
fell by 41 percent from 2017 to 2018, but Amnesty International says practice
still taking place
The Middle East saw far fewer executions in 2018 than it did the previous year,
drive
April 11
TEXAS:
GOP Texas lawmaker reintroduces bill to allow death penalty for women who have
abortions
A Republican state lawmaker in Texas has reintroduced a bill that would
criminalize abortion without exception, making it possible for women to be
convicted of homicide and se
April 11
PHILIPPINES:
Admin candidates seek to reimpose the death penalty to curb drug smuggling
With the recent seizure of nearly P800 million worth high grade cocaine off the
coast of Siargao and Dinagat Islands, Hugpong ng Pagbabago candidates are
convinced that the bill reimposin
Texas
1496---May 16-Donnie Johnson---Tennessee
1497---Aug. 15Stephen West-Tennessee
1498---Aug. 21----Larry Swearingen-Texas
1499---Sept. 4Billy Crutsinger-Texas
1500--Sept. 12---
April 12
GLOBAL:
People Do Not “Deserve to Die”: Injustice of Death Penalty Persists
While figures have dropped, the “inhuman” use of the death penalty still
remains too common worldwide, a human rights group said.
In a new report, Amnesty International found that global executions f
April 12
ALABAMA:
Over 3 A.M. Dissent, Supreme Court Says Alabama Execution May Proceed
A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled early Friday morning that the execution
of an Alabama death row inmate could proceed. The vote was 5 to 4.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s anguished dissent, issu
e
1498---Aug. 15Stephen West-Tennessee
1499---Aug. 21Larry Swearingen-----Texas
1500---Sept. 4Billy Crutsinger-Texas
1501--Sept. 12Warren Henness---Ohio
(source: Rick Halperin)
ALABAMA:
The Supreme Cou
April 13
TENNESSEE:
Tennessee death row inmates bring legal challenge to U.S. Supreme Court
Death row inmates who challenged their method of death lost their case in
Tennessee, but that's not the end of it. The case is now headed to the United
States Supreme Court and could bring pl
April 13
BANGLADESH:
5 teachers arrested over death of Chattogram madrasa boy
The father of Md Habibur Rahman, an 11-year-old boy whose body was recovered
from a mosque inside a madrasa in Chattogram, has initiated a murder case.
Police showed 5 people, including the madrasa's teache
April 14
TEXAS:
Department of Criminal Justice should permit clergy in execution chamber
Whatever Texans think of the death penalty – and most vigorously support it –
we've never questioned the right of condemned prisoners to have a clergy member
in the execution chamber.
Never, un
April 14
IRAN/IRAQ:
Iran, Iraq still among world’s top 5 executioners: Amnesty
Iran and Iraq remain among the world’s top 5 executioners despite an overall
drop in the number of death sentences, according to a new report by human
rights monitor Amnesty International.
Although the
April 15
TEXASimpending execution
Final Execution Set in James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 Murder Case
On a spring night 21 years ago, James Byrd Jr. was looking for a ride back to
his Jasper, Texas, home. The men who offered it to him viciously murdered Byrd
in a crime that shocked the nat
April 15
GLOBAL:
China remains the world’s top executioner-Amnesty International
Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at
least a decade, Amnesty International said in its 2018 global review of the
death penalty published today.
The statistics
April 16
NORTH CAROLINA:
After being spared death sentence for killing neighbors, Wake Forest man pops
off in court
A Wake Forest man who avoided a death sentence for the murders of 3 of his
neighbors 3 years ago insisted Monday that he was framed, blasted prosecutors
and his defens
April 16
TAIWAN:
Drunk Drivers Who Kill People To Be Punished With Death Penalty In This Country
Some countries believe that the death penalty is the right way to go for
certain reprehensible crimes. Whether they are the sexual assault of a child or
murder, every country has its own r
April 17
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
Keep the death penalty
To the Editor:
It would be a 2nd mistake for the State of New Hampshire to go with other
states in repealing the death penalty. The 1st mistake was not making use of
the penalty which is leading to its own demise.
Think about it. The
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