Jan. 21
OHIO:
Death Row misfire casts Kasich as 'Avenger,' ACLU says stop executions
The fallout from an execution last week by Ohio prison officials that didn't go
well, when a new concoction of lethal drugs prolonged the life of the Death Row
inmate Dennis McGuire, is focusing
Jan. 21
UTAH:
Prosecutors will seek death penalty against St. George murder suspect
Prosecutors have declared they intend to seek the death penalty against a St.
George man accused of murdering a woman to keep her from testifying after a
fatal 2010 shooting.
Brandon Perry Smith, 32,
Jan. 21
IRAN:
Sunni prisoners end hunger strike in Iranian prison
4 Iranian Sunni prisoners in Qezel Hessar Prison have ended their hunger strike
after 75 days.
The Human Rights Reporters News Agency reports that the 4 prisoners began their
hunger strike to protest their death
Jan. 21
TEXASimpending execution of foreign national
Father of Mexican facing execution in U.S. prays for retrial
The father of Mexican inmate Edgar Tamayo, scheduled for execution in Texas on
Wednesday, insists his son is innocent, and that his family is praying for a
re-trial
Jan. 21
INDIA:
Behind death row judgment, prisoners in limbo between life and deathFound
guilty for terrible crimes, convicts spent years waiting for determination on
mercy petitions
Early one evening in June 2010, Maganlal Barela shouted out to his daughters to
come from the
