[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., N.C., VA., FLA., ALA.

2015-09-26 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IND., OKLA., KAN., CALIF., USA

2015-09-26 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-09-26 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, USA

2015-09-26 Thread Rick Halperin
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. James