May 7
MISSISSIPPIimpending execution blocked
Death Row Prisoner Manning Gets a Stay
The Mississippi State Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for death
row inmate Willie Jerome Manning. Manning was scheduled to be put to death this
evening at 6 p.m. at Mississippi State
.
Parr becomes the 11th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA
and the 1331st overall since the state resumed executions on December 7, 1982.
(sources: Associated Press Rick Halperin)
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May 7
SAUDI ARABIAexecution
Saudi beheaded for killing woman after rape bid; His beheading brings to 37
number of people executed this year
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword on Tuesday a national convicted of
murdering a woman after he tried to rape her, the interior
May 8
TEXASnew death sentence
Jurors sentence courthouse killer to death; Bartholomew Granger convicted in
Minnie Ray Sebolt's death
A Houston man was sentenced to death Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a
79-year-old woman outside a Southeast Texas courthouse.
Bartholomew
May 8
FLORIDAnew death sentence
Pasco jury recommends death penalty for brutal 2010 murder
A Pasco County jury recommended Tuesday that John Sexton receive the death
penalty for the brutal September 2010 murder and mutilation of a 94-year-old
Pasco woman.
The jurors found
May 8
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Berget Sentenced To Die For Murder Of Correctional Officer
Inmate Rodney Berget is sentenced to death for killing a correctional officer.
Second Circuit Judge Bradley Zell has denied Rodney Berget's request for a new
sentencing hearing and has imposed the death
May 8
UNITED KINGDOM:
Student inspired by death row injustice wins music competition
The case of a man condemned to death for the murder of a police officer in
America could be considered an unusual source of inspiration for the Higher
Music composition of an Edinburgh student.
May 8
FLORIDA:
Attorney told by judge he must represent death row inmate
A Jacksonville attorney is scrambling today after being told that he must
represent condemned prison guard killer William Van Poyck even though he says
he has neither the expertise nor the resources needed to
May 8
IRAN:
Iranian man granted mercy by victim's family moments after execution begins
A man sentenced to death for murder in Mashad, northeastern Iran, was granted
mercy at the very last moment just as he was being hung from the scaffold.
According to Iranian Mehr news agency, Vahid
May 9
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: New Appeal Argues Mental Impairment; New appeal argues Williams'
mental impairment
It was 9:07pm on May 19, 1990 when undercover Houston Police Officer Troy
Blando ran a check through the mobile data terminal in his unmarked Jeep
May 9
ALABAMAfemale may face death penalty
Bond denied: Judge denies bond for grandmother accused of killing her
granddaughter
A judge refused to set bond Tuesday for a 48-year-old woman charged with
capital murder in the death of her granddaughter, who prosecutors say was run
May 9
BANGLADESH:
Bangladesh Jamaat leader sentenced to death; War tribunal convicts Mohammad
Kamaruzzaman on charges of genocide and torture of unarmed civilians during
1971 war.
A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has convicted and sentenced assistant
secretary-general of the
506
(sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin)
PENNSYLVANIA:
Murphy sentenced to death in killings of mother, sister and aunt
A Westmoreland County judge this afternoon sentenced convicted triple-murderer
Kevin Murphy to death by lethal injection.
Offered a chance to make a statement, he declined
May 9
SAUDI ARABIAexecution
Man beheaded for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia; 38 people executed in
kingdom this year
Saudi authorities on Wednesday beheaded a Pakistani man found guilty of
smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the interior ministry said.
The man was caught
May 10
TEXAS:
Granger appeal will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands
It could take a decade and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on
appeals before Bartholomew Granger reaches a Texas death chamber for killing a
Deweyville grandma in a 2012 shooting spree.
Death
May 10
GEORGIA:
Defense calls no witnesses in mass murder trial; Jury expected to begin
deliberations Friday
Jurors are scheduled to begin deliberations today in a 2004 mass murder case in
which the alleged triggerman is facing 5 murder counts.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys
May 10
BANGLADESH:
B'deshi Islamist gets death penalty
A Bangladesh tribunal convicted a top Islamic party politician today of
atrocities stemming from the nation's 1971 independence war and sentenced him
to death, triggering fears of another wave of deadly street violence between
May 11
TEXAS:
Racism in a Texas Death Case
In the annals of racism in the Texas criminal justice system, 7 death penalty
cases are in a class by themselves. In 2000, after the Supreme Court ordered a
new sentencing hearing in 1 of them, Senator John Cornyn, who was then the
state
May 11
LOUISIANA:
Angola 5 trial delayed again
Over the objections of a prosecutor, the last defendant awaiting trial in the
1999 beating death of a Louisiana State Penitentiary security officer won his
4th trial delay Thursday.
Steven Lemoine and Nick Trenticosta, attorneys for
May 11
COLORADO:
Judge will allow James Holmes' attorneys to argue for 'heightened standards of
fairness'
The judge overseeing the movie theater shooting case has granted a defense
motion to add a hearing about fairness to next week's court schedule.
Accused shooter James Holmes
May 11
INDIA:
'Abolish death penalty'
In 1996, Bheru Singh, suspecting his wife of infidelity, killed her and their 5
children. The Supreme Court sentenced him to death. 2 years later, Shaikh Ayub,
found guilty of killing his wife and five children, was given life imprisonment
by
May 12
PENNSYLVANIA:
Jury to resume mulling Philly murder trial Monday
Federal court jurors resume deliberations next week in the murder and
racketeering trial of a convicted Philadelphia drug kingpin.
The panel deliberated all last week without reaching a verdict in the case of
May 12
THAILAND:
Shackles off on Bang Kwang death row
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been invited to preside over a ceremony
to remove the shackles from convicts on death row at the Bang Kwang Prison in
Nonthaburi province on Wednesday, according to Pol Col Suchart
May 13
TEXAS:
Testimony to begin Monday in trial of man accused of drowning sons; prosecutors
seeking death penalty
Testimony is expected to begin Monday in the capital murder trial of a
34-year-old man accused of kidnapping and drowning his 2 sons in August 2011.
Dallas County
May 13
NEBRASKA:
Man on death row in 'Boys Don't Cry' case is engaged to be married
A Nebraska death row inmate whose killings were depicted in the movie Boys
Don't Cry is engaged to be married.
John Lotter and a woman from Washington state recently applied for a marriage
license at
May 13
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
Palestinian collaborators sentenced to death; Many informants handed themselves
in during the 2 month amnesty that ended on Sunday, says Hamas
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has condemned the death sentence
passed by the Gaza Military
May 14
TEXASimpending execution
Texas to execute man for Houston officer's slaying
When Houston police arrested Jeffrey Demond Williams for gunning down a
plainclothes officer working an auto theft assignment, the slain officer's
handcuffs dangled from one of Williams' wrists.
May 14
GEORGIA:
Alday Murders: 40 years later
Tuesday marks the anniversary of one of the worst crimes in the history of
Georgia; the Alday family murders in Seminole County.
6 members of the Alday family were brutally murdered by a trio of prison
escapees, on May 14, 1973.
9 days
May 14
NEBRASKA:
Nebraska death penalty repeal bill dead for year
A proposal to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska died on Tuesday after
supporters failed to win a two-thirds majority required to quash a legislative
filibuster.
Lawmakers voted 28-21 to end the filibuster, which
May 14
CHINA:
Death penalty prudently applied, declares white paper
China has enforced strict controls over and prudently applied the death penalty
while protecting the rights of detainees, according to the white paper released
on Tuesday detailing the country's progress in human
May 18
INDIA:
Teen's rapist gets death penalty
A trial court here on Friday sentenced to death a 45-year-old motor mechanic,
Mustafa, who was found guilty of raping and throttling to death a minor on the
intervening night of September 28 and 29, 2012.
The prosecution case was that
May 20
COLORADO:
CO's Death Penalty System Too Broken to Use: Commute Dunlap's Sentence
In the 20 years I spent with the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office, I
prosecuted dozens of homicides, including three death penalty cases. Based on
my experiences, I believe that Colorado
becomes the 13th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the
USA and the 1333rd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17,
1977.
(sources: Associated Press Rick Halperin)
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Elmer Carroll executed for 1990 Apopka murder
The man convicted of brutally
May 29
KANSAS:
'In Cold Blood' DNA testing inconclusive, so far
DNA testing so far has been inconclusive on whether 2 men executed in Kansas
for the 1959 killings that inspired the book In Cold Blood can also be linked
to the unsolved slayings of a Florida family weeks later, a
May 29
UNITED KINGDOM:
63% back death penalty for terror
Almost 2/3 of people in the UK believe we need more stringent terrorism laws
and would support the death penalty for terrorists, a poll conducted since the
murder of soldier Lee Rigby found.
The survey found 64% of voters
May 31
MASSACHUSETTS:
DA: Neo-Nazi murderer deserved death penalty
The Brockton neo-Nazi who raped a woman, murdered her sister and shot an
elderly homeless man to death shows why Massachusetts needs the death penalty,
said Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
Keith
May 31
OKLAHOMA:
Prosecutors seek death penalty against 2 men in Cushing woman's slaying
Prosecutors say they're seeking the death penalty against 2 men accused of
stabbing a Cushing woman to death.
The Payne County District Attorney's Office filed 2 bills of particular
Wednesday
May 31
SUDANexecutions
4 Hanged in El-Obeid Prison for Farmer's Murder
Authorities in El-Obeid prison in Northern Kordofan State have hanged 4 people
convicted of killing a farmer in Hamra Al-Sheikh locality.
According to Akhir Lahza newspaper, the hanging took place amidst tight
June 1
BOTSWANA:
When The State KillsDeath Sentence Debated
Last month Botswana rejected pleas from other countries to abolish the death
penalty during the country's appearance before the United Nations Human Rights
Council in Geneva.
The British High Commissioner Nick Tyle added
June 2
NORTH CAROLINA:
Racial Justice Act should stay
Chapter 15A-2010 of the N.C. General Statutes reads: No person shall be
subject to or given a sentence of death or shall be executed pursuant to any
judgment that was sought or obtained on the basis of race. It's a statement
added
June 2
MALAYSIA:
Malaysia probes death in custody
The wife of a man who died in custody in Malaysia accused officers yesterday of
torturing her husband before beating him to death, in the latest alleged act of
police brutality.
Truck driver N Dhamendran died on May 21 in a police
June 3
MASSACHUSETTS:
Judge Michael Ponsor pens The Hanging Judge, shedding light on the legal
system and death penalty
It didn't come easily. 5 hours of writing each Saturday for 7 years when he
could have been mowing his lawn or playing with his kids - and with a couple of
June 3
OKLAHOMA:
Trial set for man accused in 2 deaths
A man accused of killing 2 people in Comanche County is to be tried on 2 counts
of 1st-degree murder.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 32-year-old Mica Martinez, who is
accused in the 2009 beating deaths of Carl and
June 3
SINGAPORE:
Myanmar worker charged with murder
A Myanmar worker is facing the death penalty after he was charged yesterday
with murdering an engineer, who was also from Myanmar, in Jurong.
Nay Aung, 24, a deckhand on board a ship, is alleged to have killed Mr Ko Ko
Maung, 51,
June 3
PENNSYLVANIA:
Judge makes it official: death penalty for Kaboni Savage
A federal judge on Monday imposed 13 death sentences on Kaboni Savage, sending
the former drug kingpin off to await an execution that almost certainly is
years away, if it happens at all.
Flanked by his
June 3
CHINA:
Women Lawyers to Campaign for China's Sex Abuse Victims
In the wake of a string of child sex abuse scandals in recent months, and the
jailing of an activist who launched a campaign against them, a group of top
Chinese women lawyers from across the country has joined
June 4
TEXAS:
Jury Selection Underway In Capital Murder Case
Waco prosecutors and a local district judge were in Georgetown Monday as
individual interviews were underway to seat a jury in a Waco capital murder
trial.
Albert Love, of Waco, will stand trial in Georgetown after Judge Ralph
June 4
OHIO:
Discernment would be welcome in Cuyahoga County death-penalty cases
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty's expressed intention to be
choosy about when to pursue the death penalty is refreshing.
He should follow through in practice.
McGinty's predecessor, Bill
June 4
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
EU urges PNG to keep moratorium on death penalty
The European Union has denounced the recent decision by the parliament of Papua
New Guinea to reactivate the death penalty.
The EU says PNG has been observing a moratorium on the death penalty since
1954.
June 4
TEXAS:
Complaint: Judge's Death Penalty Remarks Show Racial Bias
A federal appellate judge from Texas is facing a judicial misconduct complaint
over comments she made regarding race and the death penalty during a speech.
According to a complaint filed Tuesday by civil rights
June 4
INDIA:
Why the death penalty must end
Lawmakers are eager to appear resolute in the fight against crime, but seem to
forget that certainty of punishment, not severity, is the real deterrent.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, said Mahatma Gandhi.
The death penalty
-Oct. 9-Michael Yowell-507
(sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin) (sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin)
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Texas groups among those alleging racially discriminatory remarks made by
federal judge
A coalition of civil rights organizations filed
June 5
COLORADO:
Holmes can plead insanity in Colo. theater shooting
Mass shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes was allowed Tuesday to change his plea
to not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for an extensive
mental-health evaluation that could stretch into 2014.
Judge
June 5
INDIA:
Death penalty
The article Why the death penalty must end by Kanimozhi (June 5) was
thought-provoking. The death penalty is judicially sanctioned murder. It is a
form of revenge that is unacceptable to a civilised mind. India is the land of
the Buddha and Mahatma
June 7
TEXASimpending execution
Chester to die June 12
In all, Elroy Chester is responsible for at least 5 murders - including the
February 1998 murder of a well-regarded Port Arthur fireman, Willie Ryman III,
whom Chester shot after Ryman surprised him during a home invasion;
June 7
IRAN:
Even on Death Row, Sunni Prisoners Mistreated for Religious Beliefs
According to a source with information about the situation of Sunni prisoners
at Rajaee Shahr Prison, the 20 Sunni prisoners who have been sentenced to death
by Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court
June 6
TEXAS:
Judge Edith Jones reportedly sees the death penalty as some kind of mercy
The death penalty. You've heard it called many things: Vengeance, barbarism,
deterrence, justice. But even if you're a faithful, church-going Christian, you
may never have heard the death penalty
June 6
KENTUCKY:
Judge who angrily lectured appellate counsel in death-penalty case is suspended
with pay
A senior Kentucky judge has been suspended with pay after threatening last
year, as a figure of speech, to strangle a lawyer who was making an appellate
argument in a
June 6
LEBANON:
Syrian, 2 Lebanese Charged with Deadly Assault on Army
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged 3 people on
Wednesday for killing Lebanese soldiers in the northeastern town of Arsal last
month.
Saqr charged in absentia Mashhour Abdul Mawla
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/uaa13513.pdf
Further information on UA: 135/13 (22 May 2013)
Issue Date: 4 June 2013
Country:
June 8
TEXASimpending execution
Port Arthur firefighters to attend Chester execution
On Wednesday, a Port Arthur serial killer will be put to death by the State of
Texas for the murder of firefighter, Willie A. Ryman III.
In February of 1998, 37-year-old Elroy Chester admitted
June 8
OKLAHOMAimpending execution
Father weeps in court as his son asks for clemency less than 3 weeks before he
is set for execution
They are the tears of a desperate father, fighting to keep his condemned son
alive.
Solomon Davis had just given a heartbreaking plea to a
June 8
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi Arabia's jobs problem: Not enough executioners
Saudi Arabia can't find enough executioners to carry out its barbaric brand of
justice, according to reports.
The Kingdom is actively soliciting applicants who can be trained to behead
people sentenced to death
June 9
TEXAS:
Racist Federal Judge Has Absolutely No Clue What She's Talking About
Back in February, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones attended
an event at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The event, sponsored by
the Federalist Society, was supposed to be
June 9
NEBRASKA:
Court clarifies death-penalty issue; Supreme Court rules jurors don't always
need a non-death option
The U.S. Supreme Court used a Nebraska case Monday to clarify when jurors in
death-penalty cases need to have the option of conviction someone of a lesser
offense.
June 10
COLORADO:
Convicted Chuck E. Cheese killer returns to court for 1st time since getting
reprieve
Convicted killer Nathan Dunlap is returning to court for the 1st time since
getting a reprieve that virtually assures he won't be executed for at least 18
months.
At a hearing
June 10
PAKISTAN:
Death sentence awarded to Shahrukh Jatoi, Siraj TalpurRs. 500,000 penalty
imposed on criminals
Justice has been done to the aggrieved family of the brutally slain young guy,
Shahzeb Khan as the Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Ghulam Mustafa Memon Friday
sentenced
June 11
TEXAS:
Embattled Federal Judge Called For Texas To Execute 8 To 12 Times As Many
Inmates Per Year
According to a complaint filed last week against federal appellate Judge Edith
Jones, Jones suggested that African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed
towards violent crime
June 11
OHIO:
Death penalty sought for Derrick Brantley, Deshanon Haywood, Ohio quadruple
killers
2 Akron men accused of killing 4 people inside an Ohio townhouse could face a
death sentence as the indictments were announced in Summit County court.
Derrick Anthony Brantley, 21,
June 11
THAILAND:
Amnesty Int'l urges Thailand to stop using emergency decree in far South
Amnesty International has called on the Thai government to lift the emergency
decree in the Deep South in hopes to decrease violence in the region while also
urging Thailand to take care of
in the
USA and the 1334th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17,
1977.
(sources: Associated Press Rick Halperin)
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Prayer service Wednesday on scheduled execution of Van Poyck
A prayer service to abolish the death penalty will be held at 4 p.m.,
Wednesday, June 12
June 12
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death Penalty Still Possible in Sawyer Murder Case
Judge Dan Brabender granted more money, but not more time to the James Duncan
defense team in the upcoming murder trial in the brutal killing of Nikkia
Sawyer.
Sawyer was found bound, gagged, sexually assaulted
June 12
COLORADO:
James Holmes can wear street clothes during movie massacre trial
The judge in James E. Holmes' murder trial in the Aurora movie theater massacre
ruled Tuesday that the defendant can wear street clothes to court and that
prospective jurors will not be sequestered
June 12
GAZA:
Gaza May Bring Back Public Hangings
Gaza needs to bring back public hangings, senior court official Khaled
el-Batash argued this week in an interview with the local media outlet
Filistine.
Batash said courts should have their own police, who would implement court
June 12
BANGLADESH:
Rights Advocacy; Tackling violence against womenPunishment is not enough
Whenever a particular incident of violence against women catches the media
attention and is thrown in front of the public eye, the reactions that follow
fall into a similar pattern.
EXECUTION ALERT!
Andrew Reid Lackey - July 25, 2013
Friends, we are very sad to announce that we have just learned an execution
date has been set by
the Alabama Supreme Court for Andrew Reid Lackey. It has been over a year since
the last execution
date was set, and thankfully, that
June 13
TEXAS:
Defense seeks new judge in Holberg's death penalty case
Attorneys for convicted capital murderer Brittany Holberg are seeking to have
251st District Judge Ana Estevez recused from the case, citing evidence of bias
and claims the judge has denied Holberg full and
June 13
NEBRASKA:
Schumacher: Death penalty issue not 'crystal clear'
Nebraska lawmakers didn't get a chance to vote on a bill to abolish the death
penalty this session.
If they had, Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus likely would have voted against
the attempt to have it repealed.
June 13
MALAYSIA:
Malaysia Charges Pakistani With US Pastor's Death
Malaysian prosecutors filed murder charges Thursday against a Pakistani
security guard arrested after an American pastor was found dead.
Police have said Rev. David Ginter died of asphyxiation in his home in a
June 14
TEXASnew death sentence
Jury hands down death penalty in 1975 murder case
Jurors sentenced Willie Roy Jenkins to death after 4 hours of deliberations on
Thursday, the 1st death sentence handed down in more than 20 years in Hays
County.
Jenkins was convicted of capital
June 14
OKLAHOMAimpending executions
Killer set to die Tuesday
A convicted killer, and death row inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, is
set to be executed via lethal injection Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the prison's death
chamber. James Lewis DeRosa, 36, was convicted Oct. 19,
June 14
TRINIDAD TOBAGO:
Anti-hanging lobbyists may meet in TT
Efforts are in the works for TT to be the venue for a meeting of the
abolitionist movement to establish a Pan-Caribbean Organisation For Life unit,
says Carmelo Campos Cruz of the Puerto Rican Coalition Against the Death
June 15
TEXAS:
Senate OKs Life With Parole for 17-Year-Old Murderers
The Senate on Friday approved a measure that would require judges and juries to
sentence 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder to life in prison with the
chance of parole after 40 years.
Gov. Rick Perry expanded
June 16
OKLAHOMA:
Testimony centers on past violence of Martinez
From the day Mica Martinez was charged with the 1st count of 1st-degree murder
and assault with a deadly weapon in the Oct. 12, 2009, attack on Carl and
Martha Faye Miller as well as their son Shawn Monk, the State has
June 16
JAPAN:
The Sayama Incident: Kazuo Ishikawa's half-century struggle against a wrongful
murder conviction and Japan's backward legal system
In 1963, Kazuo Ishikawa was convicted of the murder of a high school girl in
Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture. A member of the Buraku,
June 16
TEXAS:
Federal judges to investigate misconduct complaint against 5th Circuit Judge
Edith Jones
A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint
against a conservative judge who is alleged to have made racially
discriminatory comments.
Judge
June 16
INDIANA:
Ind. woman sentenced to death at 16 to leave prison; Paula Cooper, sentenced to
death at age 16 in the slaying of an elderly woman, will leave prison after 24
years. A legal challenge and international campaign to overturn her death
sentence saved Cooper's life
June 16
JAPAN:
Stalker sentenced to hang for double murder
The Nagasaki District Court on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old man to death for
the 2011 murders of 2 relatives of a woman he had been stalking, in a lay judge
trial.
The 3 professional and 6 citizen judges imposed the death
June 17
DELAWARE:
Serious introspection resulted in death-penalty opposition
As one of the folks working at the Delaware Citizens Opposed To The Death
Penalty/DE Repeal table during last month's Newark Day, I noted that one of the
more common and difficult questions for me to discuss
June 17
COLORADO:
Judge: 3,500 could be summoned for Holmes jury
As many as 3,500 prospective jurors will be summoned when Colorado theater
shooting suspect James Holmes goes on trial, another measure of the complexity
and sensitivity of the case.
Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. included
June 17
INDIA:
Trace records of death commutation: CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the government to trace
records of death convicts whose sentence has been commuted to life term by the
President since 1970 in order to disclose the details under the Right to
June 17
TEXAS:
What won't die: ControversyState remains defiant against death penalty
opponents here, abroad
The illuminated clock set in the red-brick facade of the Walls UInit might be
the most dreaded timepiece in Texas. Minute by minute, it ticks away dreary
years behind
June 17
AUSTRALIA:
Chances of return to death penalty remain almost nil
The rape and murder in Melbourne of ABC employee Jill Meagher has led to a call
to reintroduce the death penalty in Australia. Unusually, this has not come
from a politician or outraged member of the community, but
June 18
TEXAS:
2 inmates scheduled for execution for Lubbock murders
2 men found guilty of capital murder in Lubbock will soon face the death
penalty.
41-year-old Vaughn Ross and 43-year-old Michael John Yowell are both set to be
executed this year.
29-year-old Ross was found
June 18
INDIANA:
Indiana woman whose '86 death sentence at age 16 sparked international outcry
is freed
A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 for taking part in the torture and
murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher was released from an Indiana
prison Monday after
June 18
ARIZONA:
Jodi Arias Trial Update: Prosecution To Seek Death Penalty Yet Again
It looks like Jodi Arias' lawyers will have to convince yet another jury that
she deserves to live despite her heinous crime. Prosecutors have indicated
they'll once again seek the death penalty for
June 18
UNITED KINGDOM:
Healthcare firm receives award for action to prevent use of drug in executions
A pharmaceutical company which has taken steps to prevent its product from
being used in executions by lethal injection will today (18 June) receive an
award recognising its ethical
June 18
NIGERIA:
Death Penalty Won't Stop Kidnapping - Ajuyah,Delta Attorney-General
Interview
Wednesday April 17, 2013, has gone down as the day members of the 29-member
Delta State House of Assembly took the bull by the horns to override the veto
of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on
this year in the
USA and the 1336th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17,
1977.
(sources: Associated Press Rick Halperin)
INDIANA:
Man could face death penalty for deadly fire
A jury on Tuesday convicted a southwestern Indiana man of setting the fire that
killed his
June 19
TEXAS:
Judge Accused of Making Racial Comments Under Review
A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint
against a conservative judge who's alleged to have made racially discriminatory
comments.
Judge Edith Jones of the New Orleans-based
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