[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., MISS., OHIO

2017-05-20 Thread Rick Halperin
May 20 TEXAS: Inmate facing death penalty appears in Bowie County court A Texas prison inmate accused of bludgeoning a correctional officer at the Barry Telford Unit to death in 2015 appeared in court Friday for a pretrial hearing. Billy Joel Tracy, 39, was flanked by a cadre of Tex

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

2017-05-20 Thread Rick Halperin
May 20 ARKANSAS: Judge who blocked Arkansas lethal drug retracts probe plea A judge who blocked Arkansas' use of an execution drug, effectively blocking the state's lethal injections, has retracted his request for a professional conduct investigation of state Attorney General Leslie

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-05-20 Thread Rick Halperin
May 20 SOMALIA: Somalia military court executes Al-Shabaab militant Somalia's military court on Thursday executed Al-Shabaab militant who was found guilty for carrying out a terror attack in Waberi district in November last year. The car bomb attack, which was carried out on Nove