April 16
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man convicted in carjack slaying set to die
When police in North Texas arrested Ronnie Threadgill for a carjacking and
fatal shooting, he was hiding under a semitrailer, clinging to an axle.
Blood on his clothing matched the blood of a
April 16
USA:
Sr. Helen Prejean to Receive National Social Justice Leadership
AwardIgnatian Solidarity Network, a national social justice organization
that partners with Catholic Jesuit institutions will present the award on May
7, 2013, in New Orleans, in recognition of Sr.
April 16
ARKANSAS:
Jury seated in Randy Gay's murder trial in Connie Snow's death
A jury has been seated to hear a capital murder case against a Pearcy man
accused of killing a woman from Hot Springs.
Opening statements are set Tuesday as prosecutors pursue the death penalty
against
April 16
BANGLADESH:
Bangladesh SC rejects Jamaat leader Mollah's pleas
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the petitions of convicted
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah seeking its intervention so that 2
judges abstain from the proceedings of appeals against his
April 16
TEXASexecution
Texas executes convicted killer for 2001 slaying
A North Texas man was executed Tuesday evening for fatally shooting a teenager
during a carjacking outside a nightclub 12 years ago.
Ronnie Threadgill, 40, received lethal injection in Huntsville less than 2
April 16
INDIA:
No assurance against death penalty to marines: Govt in SC
The Centre on Tuesday refused to assure Italy that its 2 marines, accused of
killing two fishermen off Kerala coast last year, will not be charged under a
specific law that entailed mandatory death penalty on
