April 26
TEXASdeath sentence overturned
Christian Olsen's death sentence overturned
The death sentence of a 24-year-old Bryan man who fatally beat and strangled
his 68-year-old neighbor was overturned Wednesday after an appeals court ruled
that jurors should have heard from an
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April 26
TEXASimminent execution
Justices refuses stay for Texas man's execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt the scheduled execution of convicted
killer Beunka Adams.
The 29-year-old Adams faces lethal injection in Huntsville Thursday evening for
a slaying a decade
April 26
TRINIDAD:
Trinidad wants to withdraw from Britain's Privy Council
Trinidad and Tobago plans to stop sending appeals in criminal cases to
Britain's Privy Council, a move that could make it easier for death sentences
to be carried out in the Caribbean country.
Prime Minister
April 26
TEXASexecution
Texas man executed for role in robbery-shooting
A Texas man was executed Thursday for his role in a 2002 robbery in which three
people were shot, one fatally.
The lethal injection of Beunka Adams, 29, was carried out less than 3 hours
after the U.S.
April 26
IRANexecutions
13 prisoners, among them 5 Afghan citizens, were executed in Iran
5 prisoners were executed in the prison of Shahrud (northern Iran) Tuesday
April 25. reported the offcial Iranian sources. 8 other prisoners were hanged
in Karaj (west of Tehran) according
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
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UA 113/12
Issue Date: 26 April 2012
Country: Iran
IRANIAN-CANADIAN FACING EXECUTION
