[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., N.C., LA., OHIO, IND.

2015-11-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 10 PENNSYLVANIA: A Practitioner's 5-Point Plan to Improve the Pa. Supreme Court They are reform-minded. They are energetic. They are (relatively) younger. They are the 3 newly elected Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, who are set to join the court in January 2016, returning

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., OKLA., USA

2015-11-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 10 TEXAS: Condemned Killer of Houston Girl, 2, Loses Court Appeal A federal appeals court has refused an appeal from a 56-year-old Houston man on Texas death row for the rape and fatal beating of his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter 15 years ago. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of