[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-10-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 12 GAZA: Gaza Strip executions need to stop, argues European Union Hamas must stop meting out death penalties in violation of Palestinian law, argued the European Union Tuesday as it sharply criticized the latest death sentence issued by the de facto government of the Gaza

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----N.MEX., UTAH, CALIF., USA

2016-10-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 12 NEW MEXICO: New Mexico Wants to Bring Back the Death Penalty While California has been in the news for competing death penalty measures, New Mexico quietly brought a bitter House debate to an end, passing HB7, a measure to restore the death penalty in certain circumstances.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLA., TENN., ARK., OKLA., KAN., NEB.

2016-10-12 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 12 FLORIDA: Death penalty ruling delayed in Sievers case Mark Sievers, the man accused of planning the murder of his wife Teresa Sievers, fought for his life Tuesday in a Lee County courtroom. His lawyer asked that the death penalty not be on the table for Sievers's 1st-degree