[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, CONN., MISS., NEB., N.C.

2012-01-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 28 TEXAS: Long-time Texas death row inmate loses appealMan on Texas death row since 1986 loses federal court appeal that challenged all-white jury A longtime Texas death row inmate from Houston has lost a federal court appeal that argued his trial lawyers were deficient for

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2012-01-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 28 INDIA: 1st death penalty in a drug crime case In the 1st ever case of capital punishment in a drug crime, a special Narcotics court in Chandigarh has awarded death penalty to a person while sentencing an African national to 15-years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI). The court of