Dec. 11
FLORIDAimpending execution
Former Florida cop scheduled to be executed tonight
A former Florida police officer was scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the
murder of 9 people in a 1986 rampage over 3 months.
The execution by lethal injection of 56-year-old Manuel Pardo
Dec. 11
USA:
States put brakes on capital punishment
For just the second time since 1984, Virginia and Maryland will end the year
without executing a single death row inmate - reflecting a national trend of
states using capital punishment less often over the past decade.
Maryland has
Dec. 11
LIBYA:
Trial of Kadhafi's last premier opens in Libya
The trial of Moamer Kadhafi's last prime minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi,
accused of aiding the state to kill civilians and financial crimes, opened in a
Libyan court on Monday.
A judge read out the charges against Mahmudi
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
- From Amnesty International USA
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For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF):
http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa35312.pdf
UA: 353/12
Issue Date: 11 December 2012
Country: The Gambia
ANTI-DEATH PENALTY IMAM
Dec. 11
FLORIDAexecution
Florida executes former police officer for killing 9 people during 3-month
crime spree in 1986
A former police officer who murdered 9 people during a 1986 crime spree was
executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected.
Manuel
