[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-11 Thread Rick Halperin
May 11 PAKISTAN: SC stays execution of 3 convicted by military courts The Supreme Court stayed on Tuesday execution of 3 convicts handed down death sentences by military courts and ordered office of the Attorney General to respond to allegations mentioned in a petition. The order

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ALA., OHIO, MO., KAN.

2016-05-11 Thread Rick Halperin
May 11 ALABAMAimpending execution Stay of Execution denied for death row cop killer A Mobile County Circuit Judge denied a stay of execution for Vernon Madison. He's one of Alabama's longest serving death row inmates. Madison was convicted of the 1985 killing of Mobile Police

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-11 Thread Rick Halperin
May 11 INDIA: Outfit seeks death penalty in Santhal woman's murder case All India Manji Pangana Mahal (AIMPM), a national Santhal tribe outfit, here today staged a sit-in protest demanding death penalty for the killer of a B.Ed student who was shot dead outside her college last week.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-11 Thread Rick Halperin
May 11 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: UN wants death penalty off the books Several countries at the United Nations (UN) have recommended that the government of Antigua & Barbuda establish a formal moratorium on capital punishment. The recommendations, which came from among approximately 44

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TENN., LA., OHIO, MO., ARK., CALIF., USA

2016-05-11 Thread Rick Halperin
May 11 TENNESSEE: Follis found guilty of 1st-degree murder in death penalty case An Anderson County man who is facing the death penalty as a possible sentence was found guilty of 1st-degree murder on Tuesday for killing his uncle in Claxton more than 4 years ago. A jury of 8 women