May 10
TAIWANexecution
Taiwan executes subway killer
Taiwan on Tuesday executed a former college student who killed 4 people in a
random stabbing spree on a subway 2 years ago, in an attack which horrified the
generally peaceful island.
Cheng Chieh, 23, was anaesthetised then
May 10
PAKSITANexecution
Death row convict hanged in Sahiwal
A death row prisoner involved in murder case was executed in the Central Jail
Sahiwal on early Tuesday morning, Dunya News reported.
According to details, prisoner Mansha had killed a man in 2001 during a robbery
May 10
IRELAND:
10 amazing Irish men and women who cheated the hangman
Ireland had a bitter history of the death penalty under the British. Famous
rebels like Henry Joy McCracken, Robert Emmet and Padraig Pearse were put to
death as a warning to other Irish people considering
May 10
TEXAS:
Houstonians show a change in support for death penalty
Have changes in attitudes, the law and forensic science combined to change
Houstonians' support for the death penalty?
A recent poll shows fewer Harris County citizens are in favor of the death
penalty, and
