[Deathpenalty] death penalty news

2016-03-03 Thread Rick Halperin
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[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----N.H., ALA.

2016-03-03 Thread Rick Halperin
March 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE: NH Senate defeats death penalty repeal, tables suspension The New Hampshire Senate has defeated a measure to repeal the death penalty and tabled another that would have suspended its use until methods exist to ensure an innocent person isn't executed.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-03-03 Thread Rick Halperin
March 3 SAUDI ARABIAexecutions 5 executed in Saudi as toll hits 69 A Qatari and a Jordanian were among 5 people executed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, bringing to 69 the number of people it has put to death this year. The Qatari, Mohammed Jarboui, was executed in the eastern region

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----KY., ARK., MO., NEB., UTAH, IDAHO

2016-03-03 Thread Rick Halperin
March 3 KENTUCKY: Kentucky budget wasted on unused death penalty It is time for a change in how Kentucky law uses, or fails to use, the death penalty. Circuit Court Judge Pamela Goodwine made it clear during the conviction of Carlos Ordway for 2 counts of murder that, while the death

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.H., VA., N.C., ALA.

2016-03-03 Thread Rick Halperin
March 3 TEXASimpending execution Death Watch: Heat of the MomentCoy Wesbrook's mental deficiencies make his pending execution a "travesty," claims his lawyer Coy Wesbrook was 39 years old when he killed his ex-wife Gloria Coons and 4 of her friends at Coons' home just east