[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 LEBANON: Lebanon Indicts 11 over Terror-Related Charges Lebanon Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan on Monday issued 8 indictments against 11 individuals over terror-related charges, including forming armed cells to carry out attacks. The indictment also accused the me

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----CONN., FLA., LA., COLO.

2015-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 CONNECTICUT: Top legislative Republican wants 2012 research Malloy used on death-penalty repeal Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano on Monday asked Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to give reasons for his 2012 stance that the repeal of the death penalty would not affect the 11 murderers

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2015-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 TEXAS: The Trials of Ed GrafIn 1988, he was convicted of killing his stepsons - based on arson science we now know is bunk. A quarter of a century later, Texas granted him a new trial, one that pitted modern forensics against old-fashioned Texas justice. Ed Graf was a ba