[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., FLA., OHIO, ARK.

2016-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 TEXAS: Looming Texas execution illustrates urgency of forgiveness Next week Texas is scheduled to execute a death row inmate who never killed anyone, and who may not even have known a crime was going to be committed. The execution is not only out of touch with Pope Francis and t

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----NEB., IDAHO, WASH., USA

2016-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 NEBRASKA: Attorney general disputes death penalty costs Attorney General Doug Peterson on Tuesday disputed the estimated $14.6 million annual cost of retaining the death penalty in Nebraska cited a day earlier in a study commissioned by supporters of ending capital punishment

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 MALAYSIA: Pain for mom of drug mule son on death row As a young South African woman prepares for her 1st court appearance in Thailand for drug trafficking, a mother, whose son faces the death penalty in Malaysia for the same crime, has appealed to parents to warn their childre

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-08-17 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 17 PAKISTAN: COAS confirms death sentence to 11 hardcore terrorists Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday confirmed death sentences awarded to another 11 hardcore terrorists. According to the ISPR, those who have been awarded death penalty were found