[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 TEXASexecution Texas executes Christopher Wilkins A Fort Worth jury sent Christopher Wilkins to death row for killing 2 men he admitted shooting over a $20 phony drug deal after Wilkins said he didn't care whether he was sentenced to death. "Look, it is no big deal," Wi

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 TEXASimpending execution Supreme Court declines to block Texas execution The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block the scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate who killed two men after one of them mocked him for falling for a fake drug deal. The court's ruling on

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 BAHRAIN: Urgent Action3 Men Face Imminent Execution January 11, 2017 On 9 January the Court of Cassation in Bahrain upheld death sentences against three Bahraini men. It also upheld life sentences against 7 others and the revocation of the nationality of 8 of them. All 10

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, USA

2017-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 TEXASimpending execution Texas Killer Christopher Wilkins Tries to Stop Year's 1st Execution A Texas man who claims his lawyers did a bad job of defending him against charges he callously murdered 2 men could become the 1st prisoner executed this year if the U.S. Supreme Cou

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., VA., OHIO, USA

2017-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 TEXASimpending execution Texas man set to die for killing pranksters who told him gravel was crack cocaine A Fort Worth jury sent Christopher Wilkins to death row for killing 2 men he admitting shooting over a $20 phony drug deal after Wilkins said he didn't care whether

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-01-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 11 THAILAND: NRSA approves death penalty for corruption exceeding 1 billion baht worth of ill-gotten gains The National Reform Steering Assembly unanimously endorsed by 155 votes with 7 abstentions a report by its political reform panel which proposed stiffer penalties, includin