July 16
INDIA:
Supreme court reserves order in Yakub Memon case
The supreme court on Tuesday reserved its order on the plea of Yakub Razzak
Memon, a death-row convict in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case, seeking to
convert death penalty into life imprisonment.
A 5-judge constitutio
July 16
TEXAS:
Judge discounts condemned man's impact of new DNA tests
A Texas judge has ruled that DNA evidence probably would not have cleared
convicted killer Henry Skinner of the 3 murders that sent him to death row.
Skinner, 52, was condemned for the 1993 New Year's Eve murders o
July 16
GHANA:
Do you want the Death penalty abolished?
Ghanaians will answer 3 questions during the upcoming referendum expected to be
held later this year as part of the amendment processes of the existing
Republican Constitution.
The 2 questions to be posed are whether or not
July 16
MISSOURI:
Appeals court to take up Missouri inmate's case after last-minute stay puts
execution on hold
A last-minute stay from a federal judge has put a Missouri inmate's execution
temporarily on hold.
John Middleton was scheduled to die one minute after midnight Wednesday f
