April 21
NEW YORK:
Professor Lectures on Consequences of Death Penalty
Prof. John Blume, law, argued that the United States should abolish the death
penalty because of its racial bias and global ineffectiveness at a debate on
Tuesday.
Blume - who said he has spent the past 30 years
April 21
OHIO:
Ohio high court upholds death penalty for former Toledoan
The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence for a former Toledo man
who shot a convenience store clerk during a 2008 robbery.
The high court rejected the argument that Anthony Belton, 30, should have
April 21
SAUDI ARABIA:
President Obama Can Help Save Saudi Youth Facing BeheadingHe can save lives
and help ease religious tensions in the region.
One concrete outcome that President Obama could pursue on his visit to Saudi
Arabia is saving the lives of three Shia youth sentenced
April 21
TEXAS:
Closing arguments in capital murder trial set for Thursday
The prosecution and the defense have rested their cases in the capital murder
trial of Demond Bluntson, who is facing the death penalty.
Closing arguments will be delivered to jurors in the 49th District Court o
April 21
TEXAS:
Texas is using "Of Mice and Men" to justify executing this man. Seriously.
Bobby James Moore has an intellectual disability, yet he sits on death row
because of deeply unscientific evidence
Bobby James Moore has a lifelong intellectual disability, yet he sits on
April 21
BANGLADESH:
Youth gets death penalty for friend's murder
A court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a young man to death for the 2011
murder of his friend in the Lalkhan Bazar area of the port city.
Jahed Mahmud, 26, a resident of Baghmoniram area of the city, is said to ha
