[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GEORGIA

2017-05-15 Thread Rick Halperin
May 15 GEORGIAimpending execution Murderer denied clemency; will be executed Tuesday The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for J.W. Ledford Jr., who will be executed Tuesday for the January 1992 murder of 73-year-old Dr. Harry Buchanan Johnston Jr. in Murray Co

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GEORGIA

2017-05-15 Thread Rick Halperin
May 15 GEORGIAimpending execution Condemned killer’s family asks parole board to stop Tuesday execution Advocates for condemned killer J.W. “Boy” Ledford asked the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to stop his execution set for tomorrow and give him a chance to continue supporti

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-05-15 Thread Rick Halperin
May 15 INDIA: Should the 'collective conscience' override the spirit of the Constitution? The principle of justice demands that law cannot rely on or be influenced by any delusionary sense or mood of the people There are times when the actions of human beings are so grotesque and so

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

2017-05-15 Thread Rick Halperin
May 15 FLORIDA: Supreme Court orders Ralph Wright Jr. to be acquitted of 2007 St. Pete killings The Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentences Thursday of Ralph Wright Jr., exonerating the former Air Force sergeant of the 2007 killings in St. Petersburg of his