[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-08-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 28 SAUDI ARABIA/CANADA: What's behind surge in Saudi beheadings?Saudi Arabia has executed 1 person every 2 days since last August, new Amnesty International report finds One person has been executed in Saudi Arabia every 2 days since last August, making the Gulf kingdom "one

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ALA., OKLA., NEB., CALIF.

2015-08-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 28 ALABAMA: Charge against Columbiana man in death of girlfriend changed to capital murder A Columbiana man now faces the possibility of a death penalty if convicted in the July death of his girlfriend. The Shelby County District Attorney's Office late Thursday filed a document i

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-08-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 28 IRANexecutions 7 Prisoners Executed in Western Iran According to unofficial reports, at least 7 prisoners charged with murder were hanged to death at Kermanshah's Dizel Abad Prison on the morning of Wednesday August 26. 2 of the prisoners have been identified as Behrouz Nou

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MO., KAN., OKLA., COLO., USA

2015-08-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 28 MISSOURIimpending execution Doubting Jennifer Herndon An appeals lawyer who has represented more than a half-dozen men put to death in Missouri faces questions about her competency. In 6 days, on Sept. 1, Missouri is scheduled to execute 50-year-old Roderick Nunley, w

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, DEL., N.C., ALA., OHIO, TENN., MISS.

2015-08-28 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 28 TEXAS: Scheduled Execution Date Withdrawn for Joe Franco Garza The scheduled execution date for Joe Franco Garza has been withdrawn. Garza was scheduled for execution on September 2. He was found guilty of the 1998 murder of Silbiano Rangel and sentenced to death. There is an