May 25
INDONESIA:
Child Rapists Face Death Sentence Now As President Approves New Law
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has approved a law prescribing the death
penalty as the maximum sentence for child rapists, after several brutal gang
rapes sparked public outrage in the country.
May 25
PENNSYLVANIA:
Jury To Mull Death Penalty Arguments In Sisters' Slayings
A jury must determine whether a Pittsburgh man deserves the death penalty or
life in prison for killing his next-door neighbors, 2 sisters of an Iowa state
lawmaker, while stealing a bank card from them in
May 25
TEXASnew execution date
Convicted killer in 1996 Kerrville slaying set to die
A convicted killer on death row for a January 1996 fatal robbery in the Texas
Hill Country is set to die later this summer.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Monday
May 25
GLOBAL:
Why Pointing a Finger at Countries With the Death Penalty for Drugs Is Not
Enough
The death penalty for drug offences has received much attention recently. Mass
executions last year in Indonesia, and the announcements of further killings,
have garnered world
May 25
OKLAHOMA:
Will Oklahoma Change Execution Methods?
Tucked inside last week's scathing Multicounty Grand Jury report was a
recommendation the state begin moving away from lethal injection. Instead
jurors suggested the state hire experts to take a look at moving to nitrogen
May 25
TEXASimpending executions
Charles Flores of Texas Receives Execution Date of June 2, 2016
Charles Don Flores is scheduled to executed at 6 pm CDT, on Thursday, June 2,
2016, at Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.
46-year-old Charles is
