[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-04-09 Thread Rick Halperin
April 9 IRAN: Stop the execution of Amanj Veisee - a juvenile offender in Iran At his retrial in December Juvenile offender Amanj Veisee was resentenced to death for the murder of his cousin - despite an official forensic report concluding that he had not attained 'mental growth

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OKLA., KAN., ARIZ., USA

2016-04-09 Thread Rick Halperin
April 9 OKLAHOMA: The Fallin Drug mix up Myth in Richard Glossip's case I will tell you - anyone who believes that Richard Glossip's execution was halted because of a drug mix up - is, well, mis-informed - and after reading this, if they still believe this myth - they are stone cold

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

2016-04-09 Thread Rick Halperin
April 9 TEXASdeath row inmate dies Oldest Inmate on Texas' Death Row Dies of Natural Causes Jack Harry Smith, 78, the oldest man on death row in Texas, has died of natural causes, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The oldest condemned man in Texas has died at