May 16
AFGHANISTAN:
The Taliban Is Publicly Executing Women Again
When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they would shoot women for so-called "moral
crimes" in front of stadium crowds. Activists fear that the terrorist group is
going back to the bad old days of public executions.
The Ta
May 16
NORTH CAROLINA:
Judge: DA can seek death penalty in 2014 beating, burning of Greensboro man
3 aggravating factors have moved the Guilford County District Attorney's Office
to pursue the death penalty against a Greensboro man for a 2104 slaying.
Garry Joseph Gupton, 27, of 1312
May 16
JAMAICA:
The death penalty is not the answer
National Security Minister Robert Montague recently said that his ministry is
taking steps "to determine if there are any legal impediments to the resumption
of hanging in Jamaica". He further stated that persons who intend to break
May 16
INDIA:
7 given death penalty in 2012 'witch' lynching case
7 persons, including a woman, were today sentenced to death and 6 others to
life imprisonment by a court in Ghatal for the 2012 lynching of 3 women of a
single family on suspicion of their being witches at a village in We
May 16
SINGAPORE
Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate Sentencing of Kho Jabing Violated Fair
Trial Rights
Singapore President Tony Tan should urgently grant clemency to death row
prisoner Kho Jabing, who is due to be executed on May 20, Human Rights Watch
said today. Jabing was co
May 16
OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma trial set in death of 'Cathouse' HBO star, 3 others
It's been almost 7 years since the bodies of a prostitute featured on the HBO
reality series "Cathouse" and 3 other people were discovered inside a burning
1-story brick Oklahoma City home that authorities lat
