[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2018-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 CUBA: Cuba without Condemned to Death and against its Application Cuba expressed today in the context of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights its rejection of the death penalty and the disposition to eliminate from its legislation that sanction that has not

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----ILL., MO., NEB., USA

2018-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 ILLINOIS: Illinois governor's death penalty plan adds new flaws to old one During my 1st visit to a prison, a guard in the textile shop pointed out a little old man absorbed in operating some kind of machine. At 40-some years, he was then the longest-serving inmate at

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, PENN., N.C., IND., MICH., KY.

2018-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
May 17 TEXASexecution-and 2 new execution dates Texas executes "Lovers' Lane Killer," who has maintained innocence since 2003 slaying A Texas inmate who insisted he wasn't involved in a San Antonio "lovers' lane" killing more than 14 years ago has been executed for the