Dec. 7
IRANexecutions
2 Prisoners Executed
A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Dizel Abad Prison (Kermanshah province,
western Iran) on Tuesday December 6 on murder charges, and a prisoner was
reportedly hanged at Salmas Central Prison (West Azerbaijan province,
northwestern Iran)
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
State court reverses death penalty in Love murder case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the capital murder conviction and
death sentence of Albert Leslie Love Jr. Wednesday, ruling text messages were
improperly used against him because they were obtained
Dec. 7
TURKEY/SAUDI ARABIA:
Efforts to save 18 Turks facing execution in Saudi Arabia ongoing
2 Turkish lawmakers have met with Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as part of
efforts to save 18 Turkish citizens facing execution in Saudi Arabia over drug
possession.
Fevzi Sanverdi, a
Dec. 7
OHIO:
Ohio executions set to resume in January 2017
As Ohio resumes executions in the new year, death row inmate Ronald Phillips is
scheduled to die on January 12, 2017. Phillips was sentenced to death in 1995
for the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3 year-old
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
Love triangle dismemberment murderer found guilty; takes stand during
sentencing
Michael Scott Quinn was supposed to be begging jurors not give him the death
penalty. Instead, the San Antonio man made inappropriate jokes as he took the
stand in his own defense.
