[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2018-07-19 Thread Rick Halperin
July 19 FRANCE: Who Buys a Guillotine? Someone Who Wants an 'Amusing Acquisition' Christophe Fevrier, a businessman and father of 4 from the small town of Chateau-Gontier in northwest France, decided in 2014 that there was something he must have: a guillotine. He had seen one offe

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TENN., ARK., WASH., USA

2018-07-19 Thread Rick Halperin
July 19 TENNESSEE: Should convicted criminals with severe mental illnesses be eligible for the death penalty? The death penalty in Tennessee already has lots of discussion surrounding it. But what about criminals who can't remember their crimes? The life of Billy Ray Irick hangs i

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----MASS., N.C., FLA., LA., OHIO

2018-07-19 Thread Rick Halperin
July 19 MASSACHUSETTS: Should cop killers face the death penalty? Following the death of Weymouth Police Sgt. Micheal Chesna, Governor Charlie Baker renewed his call for the death penalty for cop-killers. Sgt. Chesna was shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday morning. Prosecuto