[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

2019-03-20 Thread Rick Halperin
March 20 SOUTH AFRICA: The call for the death penalty is getting louder South Africa needs a justice-based capital punishment, which should come with an automatic appeal process to ensure that if the death penalty is implemented, it is to deserving offenders and it will only apply to

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----COLO., UTAH, CALIF., USA

2019-03-20 Thread Rick Halperin
March 20 COLORADO: Debate over ending Colorado’s death penalty part of national conversationIf the bill clears the state Senate’s first floor debate, it’s nearly ensured a signature by Gov. Jared Polis The death penalty has been declared all but dead in Colorado, where no one

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, VA., N.C., FLA., ALA., TENN., IND.

2019-03-20 Thread Rick Halperin
March 20 TEXAS: Intellectually disabled man who murdered Dallas cop shouldn't be executed, DA says Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot announced Tuesday he no longer believes that a man sentenced to death for murdering a Dallas police officer in November 2005 should be