October 9
EUROPE:
10 October: European Day against the Death Penalty
The 47-nation Council of Europe and the 28-member European Union have published
a joint declaration to mark the European and World Day against the Death
Penalty on 10 October.
The declaration underlines the 2
October 9
NORTH CAROLINA:
From death row to preacher, man changed NC's death penalty law has died
James Woodson, a man whose case led to the overturn of an automatic death
penalty in North Carolina, died last week at the age of 67.
Woodson was convicted in 1974 of 1st-degree murder