August 18
INDIA:
Andhra serial killer who hammered four to death in Nellore last year to be
hangedVenkatesh had been nabbed by the Nellore district police in July last
year.
A notorious serial killer in Andhra Pradesh was sentenced to death by a Nellore
court on Thursday,
August 18
MISSOURI:
Secret sedative: How Missouri uses pentobarbital in executions
Missouri will use 2 of its 34 vials of the sedative pentobarbital on Tuesday
when it executes Marcellus Williams, who was convicted in the 1998 killing of
Felicia Gayle, former St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 18
TEXASnew execution date
Ruben Cardenas has been given an execution date for November 8; it should be
considered serious
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Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present25
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-543
