[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA

2015-06-30 Thread Rick Halperin
June 30 USA: The Supreme Court Just Approved a Lethal Injection Drug that No One Understands The conservative justices of the Supreme Court were no more gracious in victory today than they were in defeat last week. They prevailed in Glossip v. Gross, a case about the legality of a dru

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-06-30 Thread Rick Halperin
June 30 PAKISTAN: Court announces death penalty of convict in murder case Session court in Lahore on Tuesday has sentenced a suspect to death penalty while another one has to bear life imprisonment for killing as many as 2 people during dacoity bid, Dunya News reported. As per detai

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA

2015-06-30 Thread Rick Halperin
June 30 USA: Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug The Supreme Court ruled on Monday against 3 death row inmates who had sought to bar the use of an execution drug they said risked causing excruciating pain. In the process, 2 dissenting members of the court - Justices Stephen G.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news---KAN., OKLA., NEB., ARIZ., CALIF.

2015-06-30 Thread Rick Halperin
June 30 KANSAS: U.S. Supreme Court to hear Carr brothers, Gleason appeals in October sessionKansas appeals state court decisions vacating death sentences The United States Supreme Court has allocated time periods for oral arguments in three cases in which the Kansas Supreme Court

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., VA., N.C., FLA., ALA., OHIO

2015-06-30 Thread Rick Halperin
June 30 PENNSYLVANIA: Capital Punishment Is Hard to Abolish. Pennsylvania's Death Penalty Battle Shows Why. The Republican-dominated Pennsylvania House recently voted in favor of a resolution condemning the death penalty moratorium enacted by Democratic Governor Tom Wolf in February