April 12
BANGLADESH:
They turned into animalsObserves HC about killers of Sylhet boy Rajon,
upholds death sentence of 4
The perpetrators had turned into a group of animal characters devoid of
humanity when they tortured Sheikh Md Samiul Alam Rajon to death in Sylhet in
2015, sa
April 12
AFRICA:
Amnesty International: Death sentences on the rise in Africa
More than 1,000 death sentences were handed down in Africa in 2016. That's
according to the latest report by Amnesty International. Botswana was singled
out for resuming executions.
DW: Could you briefly t
April 12
ARKANSASimpending executions
7 executions in 11 days wouldn't allow due process, ABA president tells
Arkansas governor
ABA President Linda Klein has asked the governor of Arkansas to delay an
unprecedentedly accelerated series of executions scheduled for this month.
Th
April 12
PENNSYLVANIA:
Briggs Sentence Commuted
The death sentence for a man convicted in the 2004 murders of 2 Bradford County
deputies has been reduced.
A judge has changed Dustin Briggs sentence to life in prison without parole.
Briggs was sentenced to death for killing Christophe
