[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2015-10-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 24 INDIA: Should discuss death penalty,timeframe for execution: Maharashtra CM Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said with around 300 persons on the death row, we must ponder whether the capital punishment should be retained, and if yes, must determine a ti

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MO., KAN., NEB., NEV., CALIF., USA

2015-10-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 24 MISSOURIimpending execution Remnants of brain tumor could stop Ernest Johnson execution The remains of a brain tumor may halt the execution of a convicted Columbia killer. Attorneys for Ernest Lee Johnson filed the complaint Thursday in Missouri's federal Western Distric

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., FLA., OHIO

2015-10-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 24 TEXAS: Texas execution drug shipment seized by federal authorities The U.S. Food and Drug Administration intercepted an international shipment of an unapproved lethal injection drug called sodium thiopental that was ordered by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a federal