May 4
NIGERIA:
20 Condemned Convicts Escape Death as Ambode Commutes Sentences • Frees 14 who
had spent 20 years in prison
No fewer than 20 condemned prisoners in Lagos were saved from the hangman when
the state government commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment just
as
May 4
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
Sununu vetoes bill to repeal death penalty
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has vetoed a bill to repeal the death penalty,
but the measure is expected to prevail in the Legislature, which passed it with
veto-proof majorities this session.
The Republican
