[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-03-22 Thread Rick Halperin
March 22 BANGLADESH: Ready to execute Mufti Hannan after receiving government order, says IG Prisons Jail authorities say they are prepared to carry out the death sentences of Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) chief Mufti Hannan and his two accomplices as soon as they get the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-03-22 Thread Rick Halperin
March 22 BELARUS: 1st death sentence in 2017 FIDH and its member organisation in Belarus Human Rights Centre "Viasna" denounce the first death sentence in 2017 and regret the Belarusian authorities continue to ignore calls to render Europe a death penalty-free zone. On 17 March

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARK., NEV., CALIF., USA

2017-03-22 Thread Rick Halperin
March 22 ARKANSASimpending executions State hunting for volunteers to witness April's 8 executions A shortage of required citizen witnesses to watch 8 lethal injections over a 10-day period next month prompted the state prison director Tuesday to call on Rotary Club members to

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., GA., FLA., ALA.

2017-03-22 Thread Rick Halperin
March 22 TEXAS: Fill gaps in capital case trial lawyers The shrinking list of lawyers qualified to handle the growing list of capital murder defendants in Bexar County does not bode well for the criminal justice system. With 68 capital murder cases pending and only 11 lawyers