Feb. 19
EGYPT:
In a final verdict, 4 sentenced to death for 2006 rape in EgyptThe verdict
sentences also 5 to life, and a minor to 15 yrs in prison on in the same case
in Kafr El-Sheikh in 2006
Egypt's Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentence on 4 defendants to
death, 5 o
Feb. 19
PENNSYLVANIA:
Dealing out death in PennsylvaniaIt is not a punishment humans are equipped
to administer
Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf announced he would stop all executions in
Pennsylvania, citing deep concerns about errors and biases inherent in the
system.
Studies consis
TEXAS:
NEW DOUBTS ABOUT CONVICTION AS EXECUTION SET
Rodney Reed is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 5 March. He was
sentenced to death in 1998 for
a murder he says he did not commit. Three leading forensic experts have
added their voices to the
serious doubts about the reliability
Feb. 19
PAKISTAN:
Nawaz orders immediate hanging of death convicts
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned
that all cases of death penalty in which mercy petitions had been rejected
should be proceeded further for execution of the convicts.
He urg
Feb. 19
LEBANON:
Samaha may appear before Hariri court: Lebanon justice minister
Arrangements are being made for terror suspect Michel Samaha to appear before
the international tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime
Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's justice minis
Feb. 19
UTAH:
Judge says death penalty an option for St. George man
A judge is upholding a ruling that would allow southern Utah prosecutors to
seek the death penalty if a man charged with 1/2 of a 2010 double murder is
convicted.
The Spectrum of St. George reports (http://bit.ly/1v
Feb. 19
PENNSYLVANIA:
Hugo Selenski avoids death penalty, sentenced to life in prison
A jury on Wednesday spared the life of the man convicted of strangling a
pharmacist and his girlfriend in 2002 and burying their bodies in his yard,
granting a defense request to show mercy despite th
