July 13
RWANDA:
Petty Crime Suspects Summarily Executed
State security forces in Rwanda have summarily killed at least 37 suspected
petty offenders and forcibly disappeared 4 others since April 2016, Human
Rights Watch said in a report released today. Most victims were accused of
ste
July 13
ARKANSAS:
State fails to stop execution-drug suitJudge studies jurisdiction question
A lawsuit claiming that Arkansas prison officials duped a medical supplier into
selling them medication used to execute four convicted killers survived another
court challenge on Wednesday
July 13
JAPANexecutions
Japan executes 2 convicted murderers
Japan executed 2 convicted murderers on July 13, the justice ministry said,
ignoring calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment.
The hangings of Masakatsu Nishikawa and Koichi Sumida bring to 19 t
July 13
TEXAS:
Texas' slow, tortuous fight to kill a mentally ill manThe state's fight to
kill Scott Panetti is now in its 3rd decade.
Scott Panetti is very seriously mentally ill. He once buried his furniture in
his backyard in the belief that this would purge the devil, who P
