[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-04-04 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 INDIA: Nirbhaya case: SC begins hearing on death convicts' plea Almost 2 years after staying execution of death sentence of 4 convicts in the December, 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Monday began final hearing on their appeal challenging their

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

2016-04-04 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 TEXASnew execution date Execution date set for killer in Houston vice officer's death A Harris County judge on Monday signed a death warrant for 58-year-old man who fatally shot a Houston police officer in 1988. State District Judge Denise Collins set Sept. 14 as an

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-04-04 Thread Rick Halperin
April 4 BANGLADESH: Nizami's hearing not this week Condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami's petition seeking review of his death penalty has been lined up for hearing at the Appellate Division next week following a time petition by the defence. A 3-member bench of the Appellate