April 7
SOUTH AFRICA:
'Never again,' Mabuza pledges at commemoration of Mahlangu's hanging
The death penalty will "never ever happen again" in South Africa.
Deputy President David Mabuza made this vow minutes after he emerged from the
formerly notorious Pretoria Central Prison.
April 7
NEBRASKA:
Deadline may have doomed one appeal option for Nebraska death-row inmates
The clock may have run out on one avenue pursued by defense attorneys on behalf
of inmates on Nebraska's death row.
Death penalty opponents argue a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision in a
April 7
TEXAS:
Anthony Graves on Texas request for faster death penalty appeals: "I would have
been executed"Death row exoneree Anthony Graves, along with capital defense
lawyers, legal groups and former federal judges, criticized Texas' request to
speed up federal death penalty
