March 5
INDIA:
Lower courts handed more death sentences
While local courts handed 136 death sentences last year, almost twice the
numbers given in 2015, acquittals by higher courts tripled, a new study has
found.
The "Death Penalty in India: Annual Statistics 2016" prepared by the
March 5
PENNSYLVANIA:
Execution stayed for York murderer
A York murderer's execution, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been
stayed, according to online court records.
Aric Shayne Woodard, 43, formerly of West Jackson Street, was sentenced to
death after being found guilty in
