Aug. 24
TEXAS:
Judge Sees No Wrongs in Texas Executions
Texas' execution protocol is constitutional, a federal judge ruled, dismissing
a lawsuit from 5 death row inmates who say the state should retest its drugs
before killing them.
Texas revised its lethal-injection procedure in 2012
Aug. 24
IRANexecutions
2 Prisoners Executed in Southern Iran
A prisoner on death row for drug related charges was reportedly hanged at
Sirjan Prison (Kerman province, southcentral Iran), and 1 prisoner was
reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Prison (Hormozgan province, southern Iran)
Aug. 24
NEVADA:
I-Team: Nevada unable to carry out death penalties
The Clark County District Attorney's Office is getting called out for how it
handles death penalty cases. Harvard Law School's Fair Punishment Project
released a report alleging "an overly aggressive prosecutor" ... and
Aug. 24
OHIO:
Supreme Court affirms Trumbull County man's death sentence
The state's high court has affirmed the death sentence of a Trumbull County
man, re-sentenced for the 2001 murder of his then-girlfriend???s ex-husband.
In a 6-1 decision Wednesday, a majority of Ohio Supreme Cou
