[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-01-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 13 JAMAICA: Capital punishment and justice Opponents of capital punishment often put forward the proposition that it doesn't deter murder. That proposition is unprovable. But more than that, it disregards the reason for capital punishment persisting throughout history: the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----IND., NEB., ARIZ., CALIF., ORE., USA

2017-01-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 13 INDIANA: Isom death penalty case back before Indiana Supreme Court A Gary man sentenced to death for murdering his wife and 2 stepchildren in 2007 may lose a final chance for state court review of his case because he refuses to sign a document required to seek post-conviction

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.H., PENN., GA., FLA., ALA., OHIO

2017-01-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 13 TEXAS: The Texas death penalty is dying The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP), a statewide grassroots organization working to end the death penalty, recently published its annual death penalty report, which illustrates that some Texans are re-thinking