April 25
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
2 men facing death penalty win retrial
The Abu Dhabi criminal court charged the 2 men, identified as B.K. and
I.N., with premeditated murder after they killed a man, identified as
I.K..
According to the prosecution, the 2 men came into I.K.'s shop when he w
April 24
TEXAS:
Texas lawmakers push possible death penalty for repeat sex offenders
The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a bill targeting sexual predators that
includes a possible death penalty for those who are twice convicted of
raping children under 14.
"I can think of no more solemn du
April 24
AUSTRALIA:
'Justice Must Not Kill'
The death penalty is nothing more than "institutionalised sadism" and must
be "opposed under all circumstances" a Brisbane Forum on the abolition of
capital punishment heard last week.
Speaking as a guest of forum organisers, Australians Agains
April 24
USA:
Bad Drugs: Lethal Injection Does Not Work as Designed
A new study shows that failure to inject proper dosages potentially leads
to slow, painful deaths from chemical asphyxiation
Lethal injection was invented in 1977 by Oklahoma state medical examiner
Jay Chapman, who, base
April 24
OHIOexecution
Ohio executes man who gunned down ex-wife
A man who lost attempts to challenge the state's lethal injection method
was executed Tuesday for chasing his ex-wife into a neighbor's house,
dragging her into a bedroom and fatally shooting her in the head 13 years
ago.
April 24
MALAWI:
Consensus on death penalty continuation against prisoners' wish
A consensus by Malawians to uphold death penalty was in sharp contrast to
wishes by some murder convicts who fought at the Constitutional Court to
have it abolished.
A Special Law Commission at the just ende
April 24
OHIOimminent execution
Ohio prepares to execute wife-killer
A man who gunned down his ex-wife 13 years ago was at Ohio's death house
Tuesday, a day after a federal appeals panel denied his late-hour request
for an emergency delay of his scheduled execution.
The execution of
