May 5
INDIA:
Why The Use Of The Death Penalty Needs To End
It is strange that we are currently governed by a system that directly relies
on the use of vastly differentiated standards of what makes the "rarest of
rare". The definition of the "rarest" is left to judges governed by person
May 5
FLORIDA:
Florida Supreme Court hears argument in landmark death penalty case
On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in a Pensacola murder
case that in January prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Florida's death
penalty statute unconstitutional. An attorney
May 5
PAKISTAN:
Convicted kidnapper: Man sentenced to death
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday handed down death sentence to a man
for kidnapping a jeweller, and taking ransom before releasing him.
Special Judge ATC-II Asif Majeed Awan convicted Amir alias "Teddy" for
kidnapp
May 5
TEXAS:
Vigils object to executions
Re: The Placido Rodriguez column "Bishop says God's gift of life is sacred,
abandon culture of death," A-J, April 30.
It was encouraging to read the column in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that
explained powerful reasons to abolish the death p
