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

2016-02-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 13 TEXASimpending execution Plano man set for execution A Plano man is set to be executed Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his latest - and likely final - appeal. In December 1990, then-19-year-old Gustavo Garcia shot and killed store clerk Craig Turski,

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----KAN., NEB., MINN., UTAH, CALIF., USA

2016-02-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 13 KANSAS: Wrongfully convicted man now taking up death penalty After spending 16 years in a prison cell for a crime he did not commit, Floyd Bledsoe is making it his personal mission to abolish the death penalty. In 2000, Bledsoe stood trial in the shooting death of his 14-ye

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-02-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 13 GERMANYfilm festival entry Steve Coogan Film at Berlin Fest Puts Death Penalty on Trial Is it possible to discuss an emotive topic like the death penalty with both passion and reason? Steve Coogan hopes so. The British actor-comedian plays a lawyer battling to keep his cl