April 26
ARIZONA:
Brewer vetoes death penalties for smugglers
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have made drug or human smugglers
convicted of murder eligible for the death penalty.
Brewer said in a veto letter Thursday that the language in parts of House Bill
2313 was overl
April 26
BRUNEI:
Asian sexual health groups are alarmed about Brunei making homosexuality a
death penalty offenseAsian sexual health groups fear that Brunei's plans to
stone convicted homosexuals to death will hamper efforts to combat HIV among
men-who-have sex with men in South Ea
April 26
FLORIDA:
Florida must reform its flawed death penalty
Every once in a while an issue comes along that presents an opportunity for
genuine cooperation across the ideological chasm.
One such opportunity, a fix to part of Florida's broken death penalty system,
is now before the
April 26
INDIA:
MHA to appeal against clemency to death row convicts
With 20 cases commuted from death penalty to life imprisonment by the Supreme
Court, the Union Home ministry is holding consultation with the Ministry of Law
and Justice, to appeal against the verdict before a constitu
