March 22
USA:
Top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs
One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has taken steps to ensure
its drugs cannot be used to carry out executions by lethal injection.
UK company Teva, which describes itself as a “top 10 glob
March 22
TEXAS:
Advocates Claim Texas Death Row Inmate Was Victim of Racial Bias
After Duane Buck was convicted of murder for the 1995 shooting death of his
ex-girlfriend and her acquaintance in Houston, a psychologist testified that
blacks were more likely than whites to be violent re-o
March 22
INDIANA:
State seeks death penalty in S. Ind. teen's death
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a convicted sex offender
accused of sexually assaulting and killing a 17-year-old southern Indiana girl.
The News and Tribune reported Thursday that prosecutors made
March 22
INDIA:
'Death penalty can't be commuted to life term due to delay'
Convicts who are awarded death penalty cannot claim commuting of their sentence
on the ground of delay in the judicial process, the Supreme Court Thursday
said.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan
March 22
TEXASimpending female execution
Texas Women's Death Row Inmate Seeks Delay In Execution
Convicted killer Kimberly McCarthy, who's held on women's death row in
Gatesville, is asking a state district judge in Dallas to halt her execution,
which is now scheduled for April 3.
March 22
ARKANSAS:
Arkansas AG asks judge to dismiss prisoners' FOIA lawsuit about lethal
injection drug records
The attorney general's office on Friday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from
6 death row inmates who want the court to order the Arkansas Department of
Correction to tur
March 22
INDIA:
Death penalty for orphanage head
The sessions court on Thursday sentenced the director of a Panvel orphanage,
Ramchandra Karanjule, to death for the rape and murder of a mentally-challenged
minor girl.
Under the guise of running the orphanage, Kalyani Mahila and Balak