[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2016-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 TEXASstay of impending execution Battaglia again wins stay of execution days before he was condemned to die for killing daughters 2 weeks after a judge found John Battaglia mentally fit to be executed for killing his two daughters in 2001, the Dallas man has received anoth

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2016-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 CHINA: 'My son is innocent': Chinese man exonerated 21 years after execution More than 2 decades after her son was executed for rape and murder, Zhang Huanzhi has finally proven his innocence. China's top court overturned Nie Shubin's conviction Friday, in a landmark case th

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

2016-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 NEBRASKA: Nebraska Gov. Ricketts defends death penalty proposal Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts defended a proposal Tuesday that would allow the state to obtain lethal injection drugs without disclosing its supplier, saying it would provide greater flexibility to move forward with

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.J., N.C., FLA., ALA.

2016-12-02 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 2 TEXAS: Texas Defends Mental Standards in SCOTUS Death Penalty Case Another Texas death penalty case was argued at the United States Supreme Court this week. The 2 questions presented was whether executing someone 35 years after the imposition of a death sentence, and allegedly u