May 19
ISRAEL:
Death penalty for terrorists deal infuriates former AGFormer Attorney
General Yehuda Weinstein says capital punishment 'not ethical,' calls on
current AG to threaten to resign in protest.
Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has roundly condemned the reported
May 19
TEXASbook review
"The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City"
It is not often that I find a book about Brownsville included on a list of
books being talked about as the most anticipated titles being released by the
major New York publishing
May 19
IRAN:
13 executions in a single day
Javad Larijani, the regime's head of human rights, acknowledges a "torrent of
executions" and justifies torture and brutal punishments under the pretense of
Qisas describing them as "holy verdicts".
The mullahs' antihuman regime hanged 13
May 19
UNITED NATIONS:
UN's rights chief urges firms to follow Pfizer's lead on death penalty
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein praised Pfizer on
Thursday for banning sales of its chemicals that have been used for lethal
injections in some U.S. states, and
May 19
ARIZONA:
Judge allows inmate challenge to death penalty to proceed
A court challenge to the way the state of Arizona carries out the death penalty
will proceed, according to a court order filed late Wednesday.
The plaintiffs in the case are death row inmates and the First
May 19
FLORIDA:
Lawyers in Sievers, Rodgers cases: Trial long way off, no death penalty
decision
Lawyers involved in the Lee County murder cases of Mark Sievers and Jimmy
Rodgers said Wednesday that they're a long way from trial, with thousands of
pages of records still to be shared
