[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., DEL., W.VA., GA., FLA., MISS.

2016-01-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 29 TEXASnew execution date Robert Roberson has been given an execution date for June 21; it should be considered serious. (sources: MC/RH) *** Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present15 Executions in Texas: Dec. 7,

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----NEV., ARIZ., CALIF., WASH., USA

2016-01-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 29 NEVADA: Prosecutors likely to seek death penalty in double killing A Las Vegas prosecutor said Thursday there is "a substantial likelihood" he will seek the death penalty against a man charged in the execution-style slaying of 2 people. Authorities said the Nov. 16 deaths

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-01-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 29 TURKEY: Reinstituting death penalty but for whom? Turkey's "high society" of beauty parlor blondes was shocked over reports in social media that a 19-year-old female university student was raped in the backyard of a Bagdad Caddesi apartment by a "married man with 2 kids."

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, ARK., KAN., MO., S. DAK.

2016-01-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 29 OHIO: Study finds racial, gender bias in Ohio executions Ohio's 53 executions shown "vast inequities" in racial, gender and geography, a new study concludes. Research by Frank Baumgartner, a University of North Carolina political science professor, are not a revelation to