[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, USA

2019-09-25 Thread Rick Halperin
September 25 TEXASexecution Texas inmate executed for stabbing 2 stepsons to death Robert Sparks was executed via lethal injection for the September 2007 killings of 9-year-old Harold Sublet and 10-year-old Raekwon Agnew in their Dallas home. A Texas inmate who said he's

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TENN., MO., ARIZ., ORE.

2019-09-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 25 TENNESSEE: Tennessee Seeks Execution Dates for 9 Death Row InmatesTennessee's attorney general has asked the state Supreme Court to set 9 execution dates, bucking a national movement away from capital punishment. Tennessee's attorney general has asked the state Supreme

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2019-09-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 25 PHILIPPINES: CHR: Not all crime victims seek revenge via death penalty Not all victims of heinous or drug-related crimes are out for revenge by seeking the death penalty for those who have wronged them, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. CHR Commissioner Karen

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., VA., S.C., OHIO

2019-09-25 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 25 TEXASimpending execution Texas set to execute Robert Sparks after brutal deaths of his stepsons, wifeSparks was convicted in the 2007 stabbing deaths of his family members in his Dallas home. His lawyers have sought to stop his execution with arguments of