[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., N.C., S.C., FLA.

2014-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
May 30 TEXAS: Official: Texas Can Keep Lethal Drug Source Secret Texas' prison system doesn't have to reveal where it gets its execution drugs, the state attorney general said Thursday, marking a reversal by the state's top prosecutor on an issue being challenged in several death

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARIZ., CALIF., USA

2014-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
May 30 ARIZONA: Trial reset for couple in death of Phoenix girl The murder trial of a Phoenix couple accused in the 2011 death of a 10-year-old relative who was locked in a small plastic trunk for hours was delayed Wednesday until early next year. Trial for John Michael Allen and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2014-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
May 30 SUDAN: Sudan husband's hope for wife's death sentence appeal Daniel Wani visited his children on Wednesday at the prison near Khartoum The husband of a woman facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith has told the BBC he is hopeful an appeal against

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GA., MISS., OHIO, USA

2014-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
May 30 GEORGIAimpending execution Clemency hearing set for Georgia death row inmate set to be executed next month A clemency hearing has been set for a Georgia man convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl set to be executed next month. The State Board of Pardons and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2014-05-30 Thread Rick Halperin
May 30 TAIWAN: Death penalty for kidnappings abolished The Legislative Yuan was to clear all legislation that has bipartisan consensus by midnight this morning after the last day of the current session yesterday. The legislature spent most of yesterday clearing bills in its final