July 21
ZAMBIA:
Lungu Congratulated for Death Penalty Amnesties
The following statement was circulated today by Zambians Against
Tribalism,Violence and Apathy (ZATVA):
We have learnt with excitement over the decision by President Edgar Lungu to
commute death sentences of 332 to life
July 21
TEXAS:
Judge recommends overturning death sentence in capital murder case
A former soldier sentenced to death in 2010 for killing his ex-girlfriend and
her brother could have his death penalty overturned after a district judge
recommended a redo of the trial's punishment
July 21
NEBRASKA:
Lethal injection drugs still not here
The expected arrival date of 2 drugs to be used in executions has come and gone
- a month ago.
But Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Director Scott Frakes said
Monday he is still confident the state will get the
July 21
PENNSYLVANIA:
Wolf asks court to uphold death-penalty ban
Gov. Wolf Tuesday asked the state Supreme Court to ignore Attorney General
Kathleen Kane's challenge to his death-penalty moratorium, arguing that the
justices already have decided to consider a similar petition
July 21
INDIA:
No relief for death row-turned-life convicts: Centre
The Centre today contended in the Supreme Court that state governments had no
power to reduce the jail terms of convicts whose death penalty had been
commuted to life sentence.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar made
