[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2013-02-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 17 LIBYA: Libya arrests foreign 'missionaries'4 foreign nationals accused of distributing Christian literature, a charge that could carry the death penalty 4 foreigners have been arrested in Libya on suspicion of being missionaries and distributing Christian literature, a char

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GEORGIA

2013-02-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 17 GEORGIAimpending execution Last ditch legal battle to save 'mentally disabled' death row inmate who is set to be executed on TuesdayHill, 53, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday unless his lawyers can prove he is 'mentally disabled' within a reasonable doubt A fier

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2013-02-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 17 MALDIVES: Murder victim's parents approve death penalty The Criminal Court has taken statements from the parents of Abdul Muheeth of Veyru in Galolhu Ward who was murdered by a gang on February 10, 2012. According to local media present in the court today, Muheeth's father and

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GA., FLA., MONT., WASH.

2013-02-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 17 GEORGIAimpending execution Terror, Then Silence: Lake Juliette killer still a mystery Editor's Note: This story is based on information gleaned from investigative files, court documents, newspaper archives and interviews with detectives. On an October night in 1992, a teen

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., MD., OHIO

2013-02-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 17 TEXASnew execution date Pruett's execution set for May 21 Most of those in the courtroom Monday morning were armed security personnel when Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officers walked in with Robert Lynn Pruett. Senior District Judge Ronald Yeager sa