Feb. 15
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Death penalty likely for drug smugglers who fired at police in Abu Dhabi2
accused confess to smuggling in 20kg hashish across the border
2 men accused of smuggling narcotics and firing at police officers while
resisting arrest could get the death pena
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Prisons running low on execution drugs again, but prison agency withholds
details
A new report surfaced on Tuesday that Texas again might be running out of a key
drug used to execute its condemned criminals, but state prison officials said
that they have enough to carry
Feb. 15
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan: Man sentenced to death for blasphemy: Muhammad Ishaq
UA: 41/12 Index: ASA 33/001/2012 Pakistan Date: 10 February 2012
URGENT ACTION
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani man, Muhammad Ishaq, who lives in New York State , USA, has been
sentenced to
Feb. 15
CHINA:
Financial fraud death sentence reviewed
China's Supreme People's Court is reviewing the death sentence handed down in
the case of a businesswoman who cheated investors out of multi-million dollars.
Wu Ying's case sparked debate nationwide over whether the sentence was t
Feb. 15
SOUTH CAROLINA:
More death penalty sentences in home invasion cases?
State Lawmakers are considering a bill that would add new crimes to the list of
offenses eligible for the death penalty.
The bill would make it easier for convicted home invaders responsible for a
murder to
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Prisons running low on execution drugs again, but prison agency withholds
details
A new report surfaced on Tuesday that Texas again might be running out of a key
drug used to execute its condemned criminals, but state prison officials said
that they have enough to carr
