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

2017-04-01 Thread Rick Halperin
April 1 ARKANSAS: Harvard Law: Executions challenge 'legitimacy and integrity' of Ark. death penalty law A report from the Harvard Law School's Fair Punishment Project concludes that Gov. Asa Hutchinson should halt 8 executions set for April so that "legal deficiencies" in the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., GA., FLA., LA., OHIO

2017-04-01 Thread Rick Halperin
April 1 TEXAS: As execution looms, juror in Hurst Putt-Putt murder hopes to change law When Sven Berger looked around at the other jurors in the deliberation room during a 2008 capital murder trial, he knew that the majority wanted the death penalty. He also knew he didn't. But he