[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----N.H., PENN., N.C., FLA., LA.

2018-04-06 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE: House takes up death penalty repeal bill passed by Senate The debate over repealing New Hampshire's death penalty statute moved from the Senate to the House in an emotional public hearing that brought out surviving family members of murder victims to testify in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----OHIO, TENN., MO., IOWA., OKLA., USA

2018-04-06 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 OHIO: Ohio's string of death penalty mistakes casts doubt over capital punishment's usefulnessAfter multiple mistakes in executing capital punishment, opinion writer Tim Zelina argues it's time to leave the death penalty behind. More than 100 countries have abolished th

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2018-04-06 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 MALAWI: Mutharika calls for dialogue on death penalty implementation: President urges Malawi police to go deeper in probing albino killers President Peter Mutharika has called for a "honest national dialogue" if the country should resume capital punishment in response to mur