[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----S.C., FLA., ALA., TENN., IND., MO.

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Halperin
May 13 SOUTH CAROLINA: Dylann Roof's attorney OKs request for mental evaluation, pushes back on witness lists Defense attorneys for Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man accused of killing 9 black parishioners during a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church, say they will allow state pr

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Halperin
May 13 SINGAPOREimpending execution Kho Jabing to be hanged next FridayFamily of Sarawakian convicted of murder in Singapore told to make arrangements for his body to be flown back to Miri after execution. Sarawakian Kho Jabing is set to be executed by Singapore's prison aut

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----NEV., CALIF., ORE., USA

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Halperin
May 13 NEVADA: Las Vegas man indicted on charges that could get him the death penalty A convicted panderer has been indicted on charges that could get him the death penalty in a car-to-car shooting that killed 2 women and critically wounded a man near the Las Vegas Strip. A judge on

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., S.C., GA., ARK., CALIR., ORE., USA

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Halperin
May 13 PENNSYLVANIA: More than 25 years later, Cambria death row inmate still seeking new trial A Huntingdon County man on death row for the rape and murder of a toddler in 1989 brought his latest attempt for a new trial to the Cambria County Courthouse Friday. A Cambria County jur

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide----EGY., TAI., INDON., BELAR., CHINA, IRAN

2016-05-13 Thread Rick Halperin
May 13 EGYPT: Free Ibrahim Halawa, facing a death sentence for attending a political protest 1,000 days. That's how long Ibrahim has now been held in an Egyptian prison after being arrested in the wake of protest. He now faces the death penalty in a mass trial of 493 people, despite