June 24
TEXAS:
Texas march against legal lynchings
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement activists participated in the Juneteenth
parade and festival on June 18 in Houston's historic Third Ward at Emancipation
Park, which was bought and established by freed slaves in 1872. The Aboliti
24 June
Country: China
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now/china-release-whereabouts-of-lu-yuyu-and-his
-girlfriend-ua-14716
TWO PROMINENT BLOGGERS ARE MISSING
Lu Yuyu and his girlfriend, two bloggers who compiled and released data on
protests in China, have
been missi
June 24
SRI LANKA:
Foreign Minister Calls on Leaders to Have Courage to Abolish Death Penalty
According to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera Legislators and jurors in
Asian states including Sri Lanka, where the death penalty is yet to be
abolished are unwilling to take the necessary
June 24
NAMIBIA:
'Bring back the death penalty'
The family of 20-year-old Janet !Haoses who died under horrific circumstances
allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend in Otjomuise want government to amend
the constitution to bring back the death penalty.
A relative Claudia Namises, wh
June 24
UTAH:
There is no argument for keeping the death penalty in Utah
"Though justice be thy plea, consider this, that, in the course of justice,
none of us should see salvation: we do pray for mercy." -- William Shakespeare,
"The Merchant of Venice"
If justice costs more, we pay
June 24
VIRGINIA:
American Bar Association asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear Ricky Gray appeal
The American Bar Association is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the
appeal of condemned killer Ricky Javon Gray.
Gray and accomplice Ray Dandridge, both 39, killed 7 people in Richmo
