[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 18 PAKISTAN: Christian couple sentenced to death for sending 'blasphemous' texts to an Islamic cleric in Pakistan say they were tortured into confessing to the crime A disabled Christian man and his wife sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy have claimed they were

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLA., ALA., CALIF.

2016-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 18 FLORIDAfemale death sentence overturned Death Sentence Tossed for Florida Mom of 'Baby Lollipops' A Florida mother condemned to die for the beating death of her young son known as "Baby Lollipops" deserves a new trial because of inflammatory and improper statements made

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 18 INDONESIA: Jessica's lawyers file pretrial motion Lawyers of Jessica Kumala Wongso filed a pretrial motion with the Central Jakarta District Court to challenge her suspect status in the murder case of Wayan Mirna Salihin, who died after drinking cyanide-laced coffee. Yudi

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, COLO., ORE., USA

2016-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 18 OHIO: Jury selection begins in Eric Hendon's triple-murder trial; Hendon faces death penalty Jury selection began - for the 2nd time - in Eric Hendon's triple-murder trial Wednesday. Summit County Common Pleas Judge Amy Corrigall Jones dismissed the 1st jury last October

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, CONN., PENN., N.C., FLA., MISS., LA.

2016-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 18 TEXAS: Scalia's Final Order Was To Let This Texas Man Die After 15 years of court battles, Gustavo Garcia became the 6th person put to death in 2016, for the murder of a liquor store clerk. And he's the subject of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia???s final legal