[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, CONN., FLA., TENN.

2015-08-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 15 TEXAS: Death penalty foes to hold vigil Aug. 26 The Lubbock chapter of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty will host a vigil from 5:45-6:15 p.m. Aug. 26 at the corner of University Avenue and 15th Street, in front of St. John's United Methodist Church. The prayer

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IND., COLO., CALIF., USA

2015-08-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 15 INDIANA: Convicted murderer Wayne Kubsch's bid for new trial rejected A federal appeals court panel has rejected a bid for a new trial by convicted murderer Wayne Kubsch, who is on death row for a triple slaying in Mishawaka in 1998. Kubsch was sentenced to death for the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-08-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 15 IRAN: At least 32 prisoners executed in past few weeks The machinery of execution and torture in clerical regime is running non-stop and claims victims from people of different cities. In addition to the brutal execution of Sirvan Najavi, the Kurdish political prisoner who was