June 9
CHINA:
China orders retrial of murder case of man executed 21 years ago
More than 2 decades after a young Chinese man's execution, the country's
supreme court on Wednesday informed his mother of a new trial, shining a
spotlight on an old murder case viewed by many as a symbol of
June 9
NORTH CAROLINA:
Judge steps aside in Racial Justice Act appeals
A Superior Court judge agreed Thursday to allow another judge to hear the
appeals of four convicted killers in their renewed bid to get off death row.
Judge Jim Ammons was upset that defense attorneys questioned
June 9
PENNSYLVANIA:
Top court says judge should have stepped aside in death penalty case
The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with a death row inmate, ruled on Thursday that
Pennsylvania's former top judge should have stepped aside when his court heard
a case in which he earlier as a prose
June 9
PHILIPPINES:
DUTERTE EYES 50 EXECUTIONS A MONTH Pro-death penalty bill could be passed
in 3 to 4 months
A bill calling for the revival of the death penalty may be passed by the House
of Representatives within the year, after President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, its
staunch p
June 9
OHIO:
Dad charged in toddler's torture death faces possible death penalty
The father of a toddler who died after prosecutors say she was tortured
rejected a plea deal Wednesday that would have avoided the death penalty.
Now Glen Bates returns to a Hamilton County courtroom July
June 9
TEXAS:
Bell County Capital Murder TrialAttorneys question neuroscientist in penalty
phase of Bell County trial
David Risner's defense attorneys spent Wednesday bringing character witnesses
to the stand to tell what a good husband, father, friend, church member and
police offi
