Aug. 26
PENNSYLVANIA:
Death penalty considered for Rostraver man accused in bludgeoning death of
sister's boyfriend
Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck said Tuesday he will soon
decide whether to seek the death penalty against a Rostraver man accused of
bludgeoning to
Aug. 26
KANSAS:
It is time for repeal of death penalty
James Latham and Ronnie York were army deserters barely out of their teens when
they went on a cross-country killing spree. One of their seven murder victims
was killed in Kansas. For that, they were sentenced to death and on June
Aug. 26
IRAQ:
UN denounces death penalty in Iraqi KurdistanRecent executions break 7-year
'informal moratorium' in autonomous Kurdish region
UN rights officials are denouncing the execution of a man and his 2 wives in
Iraq's Kurdish region over the kidnapping and murder of 2
Aug. 26
TEXASnew execution date
Gustavo Garcia has been given an execution for Feb. 16, 2016; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present10
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-528
Abbott#scheduled execution
