[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-24 Thread Rick Halperin
May 24 INDONESIA: 8 drug suspects handed over to prosecutors The National Narcotics Agency ( BNN ) on Monday handed over 8 drug suspects, who had allegedly attempted to traffic almost 100 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, to the Semarang Prosecutor's

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-05-24 Thread Rick Halperin
May 24 GAZA: Hamas announces public executions that will 'take Gaza past Saudi Arabia' The Palestinian militant group Hamas is to carry out a string of public executions in the Gaza strip, the patch of territory it controls. The executions were announced by Hamas's attorney general in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----KAN., NEB., UTAH, CALIF., ORE., USA

2016-05-24 Thread Rick Halperin
May 24 KANSAS: Freed man says Kansas should end the death penalty A man who spent nearly 16 years in prison for a rape and killing to which his brother confessed wants Kansas to pull the plug on the death penalty. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 39-year-old Floyd Bledsoe