Feb. 23
MALAYSIA:
Execution Date Set For Malaysian Brothers (Malaysia: UA 53/17)
Urgent Action
February 23, 2017
Suthar Batumalai and B. Rames Batumalai are scheduled to be executed on Friday,
24 February 2017. The brothers were convicted of murder in 2010 on the basis of
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
High court denies Texans' appeals
2 Texans on death row for separate slayings in the Dallas- Fort Worth area have
lost appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Without comment, the justices refused Monday to review the cases of 52-year-old
Joseph Lave and 54-year-old
Feb. 23
PHILIPPINES:
'Thou Shall Not Kill': Lawyers say death penalty endangers the poor
Lawyers here expressed their objection to the re-imposition of the death
penalty in the country, saying that it would endanger and a disadvantage to the
poor because of the "corrupt" criminal
Feb. 23
MISSOURI:
Death Penalty Discussion: Distinguished Lecturer sheds light on Missouri's
death penalty
Roman Catholic Nun and state execution opposer Helen Prejean led the Northwest
Missouri State community in conversation about the death penalty.
The Distinguished Lecture
