May 15
USA:
Few federal inmates on death row have been actually put to death
Now that a death sentence was given Friday to convicted Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, many Americans may be surprised to know he could live a
relatively long time on federal death row.
That's pa
May 15
GLOBAL:
Islam, justice and the death penalty
Is it possible and necessary to have voices from Islam that are both against
and for a moratorium on the death penalty?
I think it is necessary, as what shapes discourse in the Muslim communities of
Muslim-majority countries can in
May 15
ALABAMA:
Alabama bought lethal injection drugs on black market, feds seized them, report
says
A year ago, Alabama officials admitted for the 1st time that the state had run
out of at least 1 of the 3 drugs it uses for lethal injections.
Now we know why.
Alabama, like sever
May 15
INDIA:
SC upholds death sentence to couple for killing 7 of girl's family
The Supreme Court Friday upheld the death sentence of a couple for
exterminating all the 7 members of the girl's family, holding that the "couple
indulged in such debased act of multiple murders driven by
May 15
TEXAS:
Dallas Case Has Appeals Court Looking At Mental Capacity & The Death Penalty
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that a Dallas County judge has the
right to hold a hearing to figure out whether an accused murderer has the
mental capacity to face the death penalty.
May 15
EGYPT:
Judge, lawyers rule out death sentence against MorsiVerdicts are due on
Saturday in the espionage and jailbreak cases brought against of the ousted
Muslim Brotherhood presidentEgypt's ex-president Morsi sentenced to 20
years in prison
A Cairo criminal court
May 15
TEXAS:
Texas obtains new supply of pentobarbital for execution use
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has purchased a new supply of drugs
that will allow the prison agency to at least carry out 2 executions scheduled
for June, officials said Thursday.
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