Sept. 17
NIGERIA:
Appeal for death penalty to halt abductions
The Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) has called for the death sentence
to be imposed on kidnappers. This comes amid a spate of abductions that has
rocked the country.
"It has become very clear that the piecemeal le
Sept. 17
OKLAHOMA:
Tears And Hugs After Richard Glossip Reprieve A Sky correspondent invited
to watch an Oklahoma man put to death describes emotional scenes as the
execution is halted.
The prison official who checked my passport as ID told us: "This is a horrible
event but we'r
Sept. 17
CONNECTICUT:
Killing capital punishment in Connecticut
The old saw has it that "exceptions prove the rule." They prove the rule
precisely because they are exceptions.
In Connecticut's politicized Supreme Court, exceptions have BECOME the rule.
That is what happened when Jus
Sept. 17
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO:
CJ: Death penalty not denting serious crime but Let's talk about it
Chief Justice Ivor Archie has called for a serious and meaningful national
debate on the mandatory death penalty for murder. He made the plea yesterday in
his annual address at the opening
Sept. 17
TEXAS:
Executing Scott Panetti would be a moral failure for conservatives
We are still talking about executing Scott Panetti, the lifelong schizophrenic
who famously insisted on representing himself while on trial for his life
wearing a TV-Western cowboy costume. He attempted
