Jan. 22
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
Candidates for governor weigh in on Addison death sentence
2 of 4 candidates for governor this week ruled out any notion of commuting the
death penalty sentence of convicted cop-killer Michael Addison, while 1 said
new evidence might change his mind, and a 4th
Jan. 22
INDIA:
HC upholds death sentence to man who raped and murdered a minor girl
The Aurangabad bench of the Bomaby high court yesterday upheld the ruling of
the Jalna district session court giving capital punishment to the accused in
connection with rape and murder of a
Jan. 22
NORTH CAROLINA:
Accused triple-murderer facing rare death penalty trial in Cumberland County
Shawn Lee Legrand of Fayetteville goes to court on Feb. 1 for what has become
uncommon in North Carolina: A death penalty trial.
Legrand, 48, is accused of killing 3 people and of
Jan. 22
CONNECTICUT:
Capital punishment a waste of energy and money
As the 20th anniversary of the murder of my mom, Joyce Masury, approaches, I am
amazed that we are still going back and forth about the death penalty. When the
state Supreme Court declared the punishment
Jan. 22
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi executions for 2015 set 20-year record
Just 24 hours into 2016, Saudi Arabia made world headlines with the execution
of a dissident Shi'ite cleric - sparking violent protests in Iran, and a
breaking off of diplomatic relations. But this just punctuated a
Jan. 22
TEXAS:
Talking with Ivan, I found a flame of life on death row
I was finally about to meet the man I had been writing letters to for 11 years.
Separated by glass, and unable to hug or shake hands, we would have to use
phone receivers to talk to each other. To my right and
Jan. 22
USA:
Breyer renews call to review constitutionality of death penalty
Justice Stephen G. Breyer has used an Alabama capital case to renew his call to
examine the constitutionality of the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay of execution for the
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