[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 12 RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Kremlin-backed militants threaten death sentences for prisoners A spokesperson for the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has claimed that the militants are not holding any civilians or anybody else illegally. All those in custody, Darya Morozova asserts

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, CALIF.

2016-02-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 12 TEXAS: Alleged devil worshiper charged with murder A Houston man has been charged in the death of a 16-year-old who went missing in January. Edward O'Neal Jr., 18, is charged with murder in the death of Ryan Robert. On Jan. 15, Christina Roberts reported her son Ryan missing

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 12 VIETNAM: 2 Vietnamese arrested for smuggling meth near China border Police in the northern province of Cao Bang on Thursday arrested a man and a woman for smuggling more than 1 kilogram of methamphetamine in a box of snack cakes near the China border. The 55-year-old man and hi

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OKLA., KAN., S.DAK., WYO., USA

2016-02-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 12 OKLAHOMA: AG Talks Creating A State-Run Lethal Injection Drug Pharmacy In the middle of a controversial investigation into the state's lethal injection, Attorney General Scott Pruitt is talking about the future. He wants the state to open its own compounding pharmacy to mix and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., N.C., FLA., ARK.

2016-02-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 12 TEXAS: Prosecutors Are Almost Never Disciplined For MisconductSometimes the prosecutor needs to be prosecuted. In 1994, Anthony Graves was convicted on charges of setting a fire that killed 6 people in south Texas. He spent the next 18 years in prison -- 12 of them on de