[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2018-03-29 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 ZIMBABWE: Group Blasts 'Cruel' Judges Over Death Sentences A leading watchdog on parliamentary and judicial issues has scorned "cruel" local judges who continue to pass death sentences while ignoring signs that the government is keen on totally abandoning capital punishment.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ARK., KY., NEB., UTAH, ARIZ., NEV., USA

2018-03-29 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 ARKANSAS: Ark. says inmate working to 'frustrate' execution lawLawyers say an inmate is trying to "frustrate" the enforcement of the states's execution law by raising appeals the state and SCOTUS have already considered Lawyers for the state of Arkansas say an inmate is

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., FLA., OHIO, TENN.

2018-03-29 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 MARCH 29, 2018: TEXAS: Death penalty testimony paints violent portrait of officer's killer The jury that will decide whether to give the death sentence to Shaun Puente has heard days of testimony, before and during the punishment phase of his capital murder trial, about