[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, MAINE, GA., ALA., TENN., ARK., CALIF., USA

2017-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 TEXASVienna Convention issues for foreign national Court refuses to hear appealNo execution date set for Mexican man convicted of killing family found buried The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review an appeal from a Mexican citizen sentenced to death for the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 BANGLADESH: 6 get death penalty for killing city AL leader, his driver A court here on Tuesday sentenced 6 people to death and 2 others to life term imprisonment for killing an Awami League leader and his driver in 2011. The condemned convicts are-Raihan Khokon, Mohammad Hira

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 TEXAS: Lawyer says DNA, prints don’t prove Steven Thomas killed woman The judges on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals heard arguments Wednesday about the case of Steven Thomas who was given the death penalty in 2014 after he was convicted of the capital murder of a Williamson

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----GEORGIA (correction)

2017-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 GEORGIA: Friends in my earlier post, I wrote that "Ledford becomes the 13th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1453rd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977. Only Texas (542), Oklahoma (112), Virginia (112), Florida (92)