August 13
AUGUST 13, 2018:
TEXAS:
Closing arguments expected Monday in 'honor killings' death penalty trial
Prosecutors Monday are expected to weave together more than 20 years of bad
acts to convince a Harris County jury to sentence a Jordanian immigrant to
death for killing his
August 13
IRAN:
Iran Arrests 67 People In Drive Against Financial CrimThe decision comes
amid a plunging national currency that has lost about 1/2 of its value in past
weeks following a decision in May by U.S. President Donald Trump to leave the
2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reim
August 13
NEBRASKAimpending execution
Appeals court refuses to halt Nebraska execution
A federal appeals court has rejected a German pharmaceutical manufacturer's
attempt to prevent Nebraska from executing a death-row inmate using drugs that
the company says it produced.
The 8th
August 13
NEBRASKAimpending execution
Drugmaker: No more appeals in Nebraska execution
A German pharmaceutical company says it won’t ask the U.S. Supreme Court to
intervene after losing an appeal in a case that threatened to block Nebraska
from carrying out its first execution sin