Sept. 13
TEXAS:
Why the Death Penalty is Dying in Texas
Kathryn Kase, executive director of the Texas Defender Service in Houston, says
nationwide, there's been a huge drop in death sentences. Texas has had many
fewer executions this year than in years past. In 1999, the state sent 30
Sept. 13
OKLAHOMA:
Tulsa plea deal reflects challenges of death penalty
The killings last year of five members of a Broken Arrow family would seem to
constitute a case tailor made for the death penalty. The deceased - a mother
and father, and 3 of their 7 children - were stabbed to d
Sept. 13
JAPAN:
Death sentence upheld for killer of 5 in rural Japan
The Hiroshima High Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a 66-year-old
man convicted of killing 5 neighbors and setting fire to 2 of their homes in a
remote community in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 2013.
In Jul
Sept. 13
FLORIDA:
State to seek death penalty on man accused of killing girlfriend, her
uncle2 killed July 7 in Southside mobile home park; suspect arrested in
Georgia
A man accused of killing his girlfriend and her uncle on the Southside in July
will face the death penalty if co
Sept. 13
ETHIOPIA:
UN Human Rights Chief 'Deeply Concerned' Over Ethiopia Abuses
The UN's human rights chief has used a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council
to criticise Ethiopia for a recent crackdown on opposition which has included
the kidnapping and sentencing to death of a Bri