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
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
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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
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