Jan. 29
TEXASimpending execution
US Supreme Court asked to halt Texas execution this week
Attorneys for a Texas prisoner facing execution this week for killing a woman
in Dallas in 1999 are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment
after the top Texas criminal court
January 29
ISRAEL:
Knesset Considers Changing Law to Apply Death Penalty to Convicted Terrorists
Israel has confronted terrorist attacks for many decades, but in all of those
years, the Knesset and the public have not seriously considered whether the
justice system should sentence
Jan. 29
JANUARY 29, 2018:
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Support For Firing Squads Is Growing
South Carolina is 1 of 32 states which (like the federal government) allows for
capital punishment in response to certain offenses - however it no longer carry
out death sentences.
In fact it
