July 6
VIRGINIAimpending execution
U.N. experts urge McAuliffe to grant clemency for killer set to die by
injection Thursday
2 United Nations human rights experts are appealing to Gov. Terry McAuliffe to
halt Thursday's scheduled execution by injection of William C. Morva.
Lawy
July 6
INDIANA:
State challenges COA ruling that suspended death penalty
An Indiana Court of Appeals decision that suspended executions in the state
violated the separation of powers and resulted in new, unintended burdens that
could lead to "dysfunction" in carrying out executions,
July 6
SOUTH AFRICA:
Crime Death Penalty Won't Return But There Are Alternatives
Late last week we reported that ANC Women's League is lobbying to bring back
the death penalty in South Africa.
The league expressed that it's necessary to reinstate the capital punishment
and combat
July 6
VIRGINIA:
Va. governor declines to halt execution of killer whose mental illness spurred
clemency bid
William C. Morva is scheduled to be executed Thursday night in Virginia, after
supporters failed to convince Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) that Morva’s mental
illness merited cle
July 6
VIRGINIAexecution
William Morva executed by injection for murders in Southwest Virginia
William C. Morva was executed by injection Thursday night for the capital
murders of an unarmed security guard and a deputy sheriff during an escape in
Montgomery County in 2006.
Morva,
