Oct. 5
MALAYSIA:
SA drug mule to plead for royal pardon from Malaysian king
A South African man on death row for drug smuggling in Malaysia may ask the
king for a presidential pardon.
This will be the case should the final appeal of Deon Cornelius fail after he
was bust with about 2
Oct. 5
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set To Execute Inmate Who Murdered A Man Over $8Juan Garcia is
scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday for fatally shooting a man
during a 1998 robbery in which he stole $8.
Texas is set to execute Juan Martin Garcia on October 6
Oct. 5
AFGHANISTAN:
Step up on Human Rights, Stand down on Death Penalty
The Afghan Government - recently celebrating its 1st year in office - has
announced an ambitious reform program in the judicial sector. This was
confirmed at the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on September 5 in Ka
Oct. 5
VIRGINIA:
EU Sharply Critical Of Prieto Execution In Virginia
The European Union has sharply criticized the execution of Alfredo Prieto in
the US state of Virginia on October 1, 2015, despite indications that Prieto
was suffering from a mental disability.
Numerous calls for cl
