[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide----BARBAD., THAI., INDIA

2017-06-07 Thread Rick Halperin
June 7 BARBADOS: Be decisive on capital crimes IN 1993 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in the famous case of Pratt and Morgan that it is inhuman and degrading to keep a condemned prisoner on death row for more than 5 years after his conviction and therefore

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----KY., ARIZ., CALIF., ORE., USA

2017-06-07 Thread Rick Halperin
June 7 KENTUCKY: Clay County murder trial scheduled for 2018 Almost 2 years have passed since Trevor Dykes was killed at his home in Clay County. On Monday, family members found out Roscoe Henson, Ashley Lawson and Gilbert Henson will stand trial in June of 2018. We are told a

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----PENN., N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., OHIO, IND.

2017-06-07 Thread Rick Halperin
June 7 PENNSYLVANIA: Meet Larry Krasner: Civil Rights Attorney, Death Penalty Opponent and Democratic Philly DA Candidate Will a defense attorney with a long record of standing up to prosecutors and police soon head one of the nation's busiest district attorney offices? We speak

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-06-07 Thread Rick Halperin
June 7 TEXASnew execution date Judge signs execution warrant for Clinton YoungClinton Young was sentenced to death in 2003 for 2 murders committed in 2001. The 33-year-old has an execution date of Oct. 26 at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit. Judge