April 26
GEORGIAimpending execution
The state parole board has denied clemency for a Georgia death row inmate
scheduled to die this week
The state parole board has denied clemency for a Georgia death row inmate
scheduled to die this week.
Daniel Anthony Lucas is set to be put
April 26
PAKISTAN:
Grant Clemency to Abdul Basit (UA 96/16)
A Pakistani man convicted and sentenced to death for murder in 2009, Abdul
Basit, is at risk of execution. His execution has been stayed 3 times, all at
the last minute, in July, September and November 2015. He became
April 26
TEXAS:
Death Sentence Handed Down After 'Expert' Testifies That Black People Are
Dangerous
There's no question that Duane Buck is to blame for the 1995 double-murder of
his ex-girlfriend and her friend on July 30 in Houston. According to The
Intercept, Buck forced his way
April 26
MAURITANIA:
UN rights office deplores death sentence against Mauritanian blogger
The United Nations human rights office today deplored the confirmation of the
death sentence for apostasy against a Mauritanian blogger, Mohammad Ould
M'Kaitir, by the appellate court on 21
April 26
CALIFORNIA:
Trial delayed for man accused of killing Sierra LaMar
A trial has been delayed to next month for a man charged with kidnapping and
murdering 15-year-old Sierra LaMar nearly four years ago. Antolin
Garcia-Torres, now 25, is accused of killing Sierra, who was last
April 26
OHIOnew death sentence
Ohio man gets death penalty for his mother's fatal beating
A northeast Ohio man who was convicted in the 2013 beating death of his mother
has been sentenced to death.
A Medina County judge sentenced 30-year-old James Tench on Monday after he
April 26
TEXAS:
Did An Innocent Man Just Die On Texas' Death Row?
Most death row inmates may be racing against time when it comes down to their
final days, waiting for a court to halt their execution often just hours before
it's scheduled. But it was a different kind of race for Max
