Nov. 16
GEORGIAexecution
Georgia executes 8th inmate this year -- most in nation
The State Parole Board denied a last-minute clemency request from the family of
Steven Spears.
The convicted killer was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in
Jackson at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 16
PHILIPPINES:
DoJ explains death penalty
The Justice department on Tuesday asked the House sub-justice committee on
judicial reforms to be given more time to defend its proposal to reimpose death
penalty in the country.
Appearing before the panel presided by Leyte Rep.
Nov. 16
ARKANSASnew death sentence
Sentence is death in killing of Arkansas boy, 6; abuse by father was fatal in
2015
Defense Tactics
The defense team for Mauricio Torres submitted a list of mitigating
circumstances for reasons not to impose the death sentence in his case.
Some
Nov. 16
TEXAS:
The Supreme Court Asks What It Means To Have An Intellectual
DisabilityResearchers say that Texas has invented a nonscientific diagnosis
based on a crude stereotype in order to execute people with an intellectual
disability.
In April 1980, 20-year-old Bobby James
