[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 MYANMAR: Chinese National, Accused of Murder, Allegedly Executed in Mong La Accounts surfaced this week that authorities in Mong La, a special administrative region known as a hub for illicit activity on the Sino-Burmese border, may have executed a Chinese national after he was f

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., LA., OHIO, OKLA., UTAH

2016-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 TEXAS: Faces of Death Row Here is a look at the 252 inmates currently on Texas' death row. Texas, which reinstated the death penalty in 1976, has the most active execution chamber in the nation. On average, these inmates have spent 13 years, 11 months on death row. Though 12 % o

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 EGYPT: Death sentence for 149 suspected Islamists quashed The death penalty of 149 suspected Islamists accused of killing 13 Policemen in 2013 has been quashed by Egypt's Court of Cassation. Justice officials said the constitutional court ordered that the accused be retried

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARK., KAN., COLO., UTAH, CALIF.

2016-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 ARKANSAS: Additional discovery sought in death-penalty case Defense attorneys are seeking additional discovery in a 2013 capital murder case where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Howard Dallas Short II, 40, is being charged with capital murder in the death of 64-yea

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., OHIO

2016-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 TEXASimpending execution Texas Inmate Gustavo Garcia Receives Execution Date of February 16, 2016 Gustavo Julian Garcia is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, inside the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 4