Oct. 3
TEXAS:
This Texas County Kills More People Than Any Other County In America
Since 1976, Harris County, Texas has executed more criminals than any other
U.S. county, according to a study from the Death Penalty Information
Center(DPIC). The county includes Houston, Texas' largest
Oct. 3
PENNSYLVANIA:
District attorney seeking death penalty for 2 men charged in slaying of man
near Pa. party bus
The district attorney will seek the death penalty against 2 men charged in the
shooting death of a man pulled off a western Pennsylvania party bus.
Attorneys for
Oct. 3
TENNESSEE:
DA to seek death penalty in slayings of 4 during botched pot sale
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing 4 people
in an alleged robbery during a botched pot sale on Renegade Mountain in
Cumberland County.
Jacob Allen Bennett, 26, of
Oct. 3
USA:
The Cost of Death Sentences: $25 Billion, Much of it Paid by Virginians, Study
Says; Study estimates cost of each execution at more than $20 million.
Prince William and Fairfax counties are among the 62 jurisdictions that have
prosecuted the most criminals executed in
Oct. 3
BANGLADESH:
Amnesty wants death verdicts overturned
The Amnesty International has called to overturn all the war crimes death
sentences, including the one awarded to BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
The human rights organization made the call on Wednesday a day after
Oct. 3
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan, with thousands on death row, rules against death penalty
Pakistan has scrapped plans to reinstate the death penalty, the government said
on Thursday, following threats by Taliban militants to step up attacks in
retaliation.
A 2008 moratorium on capital
