July 9
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Mental Illness Claims Fail; Death AwaitsAfter a 2005 murder,
Clifton Williams is set to be executed
East Texan Clifton Williams heads to the gurney next Thursday, July 16, after 9
years spent on death row for the murder of Cecelia
July 9
TENNESSEE:
Court Case Over The Method for Executing Prisoners Is Underway
After more than a year of delays, a trial challenging Tennessee's method for
executing prisoners has begun.
Steve Kissinger represents 33 death row inmates who say lethal injection is
unconstitutional.
July 9
ISRAEL:
The death penalty is making a comeback in IsraelBy sentencing Palestinians
convicted of murder to death, the Israeli Right will only bring the mutual
cruelty between Jews and Palestinians to another level.
No one really wants to look back and learn anything from
July 9
PENNSYLVANIA:
Wolf defends Pennsylvania death penalty moratorium, despite challenges
Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday he believes his death penalty moratorium is on
solid legal ground, despite court challenges by prosecutors including the state
attorney general, and he warned
July 9
NORTH KOREA:
Seoul: North Korean leader has so far executed 70 officials.
Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed 70 officials since taking
power in late 2011 in a reign of terror that far exceeds the bloodshed of his
dictator father's early rule, South Korean
