[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 28 NIGERIA: Father appeals against death penalty for 14-year-old Nigerian girl accused of killing husband The father of a 14-year-old child bride accused of murdering her husband said Thursday he was appealing to a Nigerian court to spare his daughter the death sentence. Wasil

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OKLA., NEB., ARIZ., ORE., USA

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 28 OKLAHOMA: Multiple trials probable in 'far-reaching' drug case involving Hoover Crips; Operation Battlefield involves 51 defendants facing 241 counts. The sheer enormity of a criminal case that involves murder, drug dealing, dog fighting and Hoover Crips gang members is begi

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., MISS., OHIO, KY.

2014-11-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 28 TEXAS: Texas must halt 'shameful' execution of man with severe mental disability; Scott Panetti, a 56-year-old man with a mental illness, is due to be executed in Texas on 3 December. The State of Texas should immediately halt its shameful plans to execute a man with severe m