Jan. 1
IRELAND:
30 years ago most Irish people wanted garda killers to be executedThe death
penalty wasn't abolished in Ireland until 1990.
Back in the mid-1980s, a debate was underway around the death penalty, sparked
by international pressure to abolish the outdated and no
Jan. 1
NORTH CAROLINA:
NC child killer asks NC high court to overturn death penalty
One of North Carolina's most infamous killers is asking the state's highest
court to overturn his convictions because his attorneys shouldn't have told
police where they could find his 5-year-old