Sept. 26
PENNSYLVANIA:
2 death penalty cases to begin next week
The Allegheny County Courthouse will be the setting for 2 death penalty cases
next week.
Jury selection will begin Monday for Antoine Ward, 39, accused of killing 2
people in Allentown nearly 2 years ago.
Testimony
Sept. 26
INDIANA:
Indiana man's death penalty upheld in slaying-mutilation
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the death penalty Thursday for a man convicted
of killing a family friend and mutilating her body in a slaying the justices
called "beyond horrendous."
The court affirmed
Sept. 26
IRANexecution
A Prisoner Hanged In Sanandaj
A prisoner, who had been accused of murder and sentenced to death, was executed
in Sanandaj prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA),
Rauf Hassani who was sentenced to death for
Sept. 26
TEXAS:
Questions raised after shock belt used at Texas murder trial
A potential death penalty trial in East Texas is set to resume on Monday after
it was put on hold when a judge was said by a TV station to have had a shock
belt used on the defendant for misbehaving.
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