[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2014-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 TEXASnew execution date Kent Sprouse has been given an execution date for April 9; it should be considered serious. * Executions under Rick Perry, 2001-present-279 Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982-present518 Perry #scheduled execution

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., DEL., OHIO, IND., NEB.

2014-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 PENNSYLVANIA: Pitt-Bradford students to hold symposium on death penaltyThe movie At the Death House Door, which will be shown Friday night as part of the criminal justice symposium on the death penalty Criminal justice students at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARIZ., NEV., CALIF., USA

2014-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 ARIZONA: Jodi Arias' lawyers say 3 witnesses on her behalf won't testify in open court Lawyers for Jodi Arias have asked a judge to take the death penalty off the table at her sentencing retrial because three witnesses on her behalf have refused to testify in open court. The

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----FLORIDA

2014-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 FLORIDA: FLORIDA GOVERNOR SIGNS NEW DEATH WARRANT Florida’s Governor has signed a death warrant in the case of Shane Kormondy, whose execution has been scheduled for 15 January. This would be the 21st execution under Rick Scott’s governorship, equaling the record for any