Urgent Action
TEXAS EXECUTION SET FOR SHOOTINGS AT AGE 18
Clinton Young is due to be executed in Texas on 26 October. He was convicted of
capital murder in
2003 in relation to two fatal shootings which occurred over the course of two
days in November 2001.
He was 18 at the time of the
Oct. 2
NORTH CAROLINA:
Death penalty trial starts Monday in Greensboro
A Greensboro man fought for his life and survived a mortar attack in Iraq only
to die 9 years later after being set on fire in a hotel room.
Now another Greensboro man, 29-year-old Garry Joseph Gupton, faces
Oct. 3
TEXASimpending executions
2 Texas inmates set to die this month lose at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused appeals from 2 convicted killers
facing execution in Texas this month, including 1 inmate set to die next week.
The high court, without comment,
Oct. 1
MALAYSIA:
The 2 women 'pawns' facing death penalty over assassination of Kim Jong-un's
brother
2 young Asian women are expected to plead not guilty to one of the most
audacious crimes of the year on Monday, when they stand trial in a Malaysian
court for the murder of the
Oct. 1
GEORGIA:
5 things to know about high court's stunning stay of execution
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday evening issued an extraordinary stay of
execution more than 3 hours after condemned killer Keith Tharpe had been
scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.
Oct. 3
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi Arabia Death toll reaches 100 as authorities carry out execution spree
The Saudi Arabian authorities executed a man today, bringing the total number
of people put to death so far in 2017 to 100, with 60 people executed in the
past 3 months alone, said
Oct. 2
SAUDI ARABIAexecutions
Pakistani 'drug trafficker' among 6 beheaded in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabia government on Monday executed 6 people, including a Pakistani
citizen, convicted of drug trafficking and homicide, the highest number of
executions in a single day this
