Feb. 10
TEXAS:
Let execution proceed:
Re: "Woman set to die is given reprieve -- Judge allows 60 days for appeal that
would focus on possible discrimination in jury selection," Jan. 30 news story.
On Jan. 29, Kimberly McCarthy was scheduled to be executed by the state of
Texas for th
Feb. 10
INDONESIA:
Death row Briton Lindsay Sandiford set to launch her appeal.
A British grandmother facing the firing squad in Bali for drug smuggling will
appeal against her sentence tomorrow, her lawyer has revealed.
Lindsay Sandiford was caught smuggling almost 5kg of cocaine w
Feb. 10
INDIA:
No rubber stamp, Pranab acts fast on mercy please
Barely 6 months after he moved into Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Pranab
Mukherjee has rejected the two most talked about mercy petitions in recent
times, resulting in the hanging of terror convicts in both cases.
The r
Feb. 10
MARYLAND:
Maryland death penalty already effectively dead, some prosecutors say; State
has one of the most restrictive capital punishment laws in the country
A bill that would repeal the death penalty in Maryland appears to have the
votes needed to clear the Senate, adding mom
