Dec. 6
INDIA:
Can stay execution of Chhattisgarh-based convict: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court today said it can hear and grant stay on the execution of
a man held guilty for murder of 5 persons, including 2 children, in 2004 in
Chhattisgarh, as the decision rejecting his mercy plea w
Dec. 6
GEORGIAexecution
Georgia executes William Sallie for 1990 murder of father-in-law
William Sallie, 50, has been executed by lethal injection at the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification Prison, making him the ninth inmate the state has
put to death this year.
Sallie's deat
Dec. 6
NIGERIA:
The faux outrage of Lagos state's death penalty for criminals
The Lagos State House of Assembly, incensed by the rising spate of kidnappings
in the state, has passed a bill that stipulates a death sentence for kidnappers
whose victims die in their captivity. On the surfa
Dec. 5
OHIOimpending execution
State rejects execution delay for man who raped, killed girl
The state has rejected a proposal to temporarily delay the January execution of
a man set to die for the 1993 rape and killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old
daughter.
Assistant Ohio attor
Dec. 6
TEXAS:
Families have exchange in capital murder hearing
The family of a 13-year-old shot on his grandparents' front doorstep and a
relative of the man accused of the killing faced each other in a court hearing
Monday.
David Davila appeared briefly before 148th District Judge
