[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
CORRECTIONthe execution of Taichin Preyor in Texas is the 543rd for the state since 1982.not the 544th as originally reported in the story below July 27 TEXASexecution Texas puts prisoner to death for killing woman in 2004 after breaking into her apartment A Texas

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 TEXASexecution Texas puts prisoner to death for killing woman in 2004 after breaking into her apartment A Texas prisoner has been executed for killing a San Antonio woman after breaking into her apartment more than 13 years ago. 46-year-old TaiChin Preyor was put to

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 TEXASimpending execution Appeals court refuses to halt Texas execution A federal appeals court Thursday refused to block the scheduled execution of a Texas prisoner who killed a San Antonio woman more than 13 years ago. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 JAPAN: Death penalty to stand for woman convicted of murdering 2 men The death sentence given to a woman convicted of murdering 2 men in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori in 2009 is set to be finalized after the Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings Thursday. The

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 PHILIPPINES: Death penalty dropped from list of urgent bills The death penalty bill is conspicuously absent from the list of 35 measures the Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to prioritize in the second regular session of the 17th Congress. Leaders of

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MISS., OHIO, MO., ARIZ., USA

2017-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 MISSISSIPPI: Jury to hear more evidence before deciding life or death for Scotty Street A Jackson County jury will hear a second day of evidence before heading back to a conference room and determining whether Scotty Street should receive the death penalty. That jury found