April 6
TEXASexecution
Texas executes inmate who said he drank 12-year-old victim's blood
An inmate in Texas convicted of killing a young boy in 1998 was executed
Wednesday night, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court declined his request to
halt the execution.
When asked if he
April 6
IRAN:
Amnesty: Iran regime executed nearly 1000 people in 2015
Iran's regime executed close to a thousand people, including juvenile
offenders, in 2015 and largely fueled the "dramatic global rise" in the number
of executions recorded last year which saw more people put to
April 6
ALABAMAnew execution date
May execution date set for convicted Mobile cop killer
Alabama has set the execution date for Vernon Madison, a death row inmate
convicted in the 1985 death of a police officer in Mobile County.
The Alabama Supreme Court issued the order setting
April 6
GLOBAL:
Countries that execute on wrong side of history
Aftab Bahadur was 15 years old when a Pakistani court found him guilty of
killing 3 people and sentenced him to death.
His sentence followed a farcical trial. Bahadur had always maintained his
innocence and said he was
April 6
TEXASimpending execution
U.S. Supreme Court denies petition to halt Texas execution
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to halt the execution planned for
Wednesday of a south Texas man who bludgeoned and slashed to death a
12-year-old boy, mutilated the corpse and
April 6
INDIANA:
Prosecutor may pursue death penalty for Kyle Parker
2 weeks ago, Kyle Parker, 22, allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered
15-month-old Shaylyn Ammerman in Spencer, Indiana. He was arrested after he
reportedly confessed to his stepfather that he hid the baby girl's
April 6
GLOBAL:
The Use of the Death Penalty Is at Its Highest in 25 Years, a New Report Says
More people were executed worldwide in 2015 than at any point in the last 25
years, according to a new report by global human rights group Amnesty
International released on Wednesday.
At
April 6
TEXASimpending execution
Bid To Block Execution Of 'Blood-Drinker' Pablo Vasquez was found guilty
of killing a 12-year-old boy and told police he also drank the victim's blood.
Pablo Vasquez, 38, a south Texas man who bludgeoned and slashed to death a
12-year-old boy,
