Aug. 19
CANADA:
5 reasons to fear that the death penalty isn't, well, dead
Here in Canada, the death penalty was abolished by Parliament in July, 1976 -
exactly 40 years ago this summer. Then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's speech
helped push through the close vote, at a time when mo
Aug. 19
CONNECTICUT:
Ex-Connecticut death row inmates transferred to Pennsylvania
2 former death-row inmates convicted of killing a mother and her 2 daughters
during a 2007 Connecticut home invasion have been transferred to separate
facilities in Pennsylvania.
Joshua Komisarjevsky an
Aug. 19
INDIA:
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy petitions of 3 more death-row
convicts, taking his tally of rejections to 37
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected on August 7 mercy petitions from three
death-row convicts, Shabnam, Jasvir Singh and Vikram Singh. The information
Aug. 19
NEBRASKA:
Nebraska senators: Death penalty study validates repeal vote
Nebraska senators who voted to abolish the death penalty say a recent analysis
of the program's costs validates their argument that it's wasteful and
ineffective.
The death penalty opposition group, Reta
Aug. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Jeff Wood's family trying to stop his execution
A petition to stop a death row inmate's execution is now on the governor's
desk.
42-year-old Jeff Wood never took a life, but the state is trying to take his
next Wednesday.
A petition to stop the
