[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----TEXAS, FLA., ALA., LA., OHIO

2016-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 TEXAS: Texas death row inmate Danny Bible loses at US Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an appeal from Texas death row inmate Danny Paul Bible, who was convicted of the 1979 icepick slaying of a woman who went to his house in Houston to use a telephone

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Congo warlord surrenders 5 years after escape from prison A wanted warlord in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered, 5 years after he escaped from prison following his conviction for crimes against humanity, the provincial

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TENN., MO., KAN., IDAHO, CALIF., USA

2016-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 TENNESSEE: Nashville judge gives death row inmate new hearing A Nashville judge says a man on death row for nearly 3 decades will get a new hearing to determine if prosecutors discriminated against potential jurors based solely on their race. Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, 65, has

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, LA., IDAHO

2016-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 TEXAS: A story of Revenge, Change and Forgiveness He was a "Lone Wolf" - years before the term was appropriated to describe self-inspired individuals on a killing rampages who use religion as vindication of their actions. In the days following the 9/11 attacks, Mark Stroman

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 13 PALESTINE: PCHR: 20 Years Against Death Penalty; Facts on Death Penalty in Palestine and PCHR's Position "On the World Day against Death Penalty, we stress that our struggle will continue on all levels to abolish this penalty ... We believe, as everybody else do, the purpose