[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OKLA., NEB., N.MEX., CALIF.

2016-09-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 21 OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma should develop execution protocol for nitrogen gas, AG Scott Pruitt says Oklahoma officials would be wise to develop an execution protocol that uses nitrogen gas, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said Tuesday. Pruitt said states across the nation, including

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-09-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 21 TOGO: Statement by the Spokesperson on Togo's accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty Togo's official accession to the 1989 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.H., N.C., FLA., OHIO, MO.

2016-09-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 21 TEXAS: Report highlights 'broken' death penalty appeals process A new report is raising concerns about an appeals system for death penalty cases in Texas. The analysis from the non-profit law firm Texas Defender Service found issues with the legal representation for defendan

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ALA., USA

2016-09-21 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 21 ALABAMA: "An eye for an eye makes us all blind." Photographer Toshi Kazama's photographs of execution chambers, death row inmates and victims' families show the reality of the death penalty that most of us don't see. He also asks a very important question to people who suppor