May 21
ISRAEL:
Israel plans death penalty for Palestinian militants
Israel is poised to introduce the death penalty for Palestinian militants after
Binyamin Netanyahu invited an ultra-nationalist party to join his coalition
government.
The rightwinger Avigdor Lieberman made
May 21
NEVADA:
Convicted killer to get new trial after 30 years on death row in Nevada
A convicted killer who has been on Nevada's death row for nearly 3 decades will
get a new penalty hearing after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled his public
defender was deficient in representing him.
May 21
KENTUCKY:
Champion murder trial delayed until 2017
Ryan Champion's trial is now scheduled for February 2017. He could face the
death penalty in the October 2014 deaths of his mother, father, and the man
police believe Champion hired to kill them.
He's charged with 4 counts of
May 21
TEXASimpending execution
Charles Flores, the next person in America scheduled to be executed, has filed
his final appeal
The next person in America scheduled to be executed has filed his final appeal,
arguing that his conviction for murder was based on "flimsy" evidence
