Sept. 28
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
Addison attorney challenges death penalty lawMotion argues that death
penalty is unconstitutional
An attorney for New Hampshire's only death-row inmate is challenging the
constitutionality of the state's death penalty law.
In a recently filed motion, a
Sept. 28
VIRGINIAimpending execution//foreign national
Virginia Plans For Thursday Execution
The Commonwealth is scheduled to execute a man this week at its prison near
Jarratt. 49-year-old Alfredo Rolando Prieto is slated to die at 9 p.m. Thursday
at the Greensville Correctional
Sept. 28
INDIA:
Delhi High Court awards life term to servant, commutes death penalty in double
murder case
Negating a local court ruling, the High Court on Friday commuted death penalty
and awarded life term to a domestic help for murdering an elderly woman and her
12-year-old
Sept. 28
INDIA:
When It Comes To Terror, Law Commission Flinches At Its Own Findings
The Law Commission's recommendations to abolish death penalty for all offences
except terror has been much lauded - but the fact is that it has stepped back
from its own conclusions about judicial
Sept. 28
TEXAS:
Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms
In a move that surprised many in the prison reform community, the president of
the local chapter of a Texas prison guards' union wrote a letter to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on January 20, 2014,
