[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----USA

2019-07-25 Thread Rick Halperin
USAimpending/scheduled executions With the execution of Marion Wilson Jr. in Georgia on June 20, the USA has now executed 1,500 condemned individuals since the death penalty was re-legalized on July 2, 1976 in the US Supreme Court Gregg v Georgia decision. Gary Gilmore was the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----USA

2019-07-25 Thread Rick Halperin
July 25 USA: Trump Justice Department to resume federal executions The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it will resume capital punishment for the first time in nearly 2 decades. Attorney General William Barr has directed that executions for 5 death-row inmates be

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, FLA., ALA., OHIO, UTAH, WYO.

2019-07-25 Thread Rick Halperin
July 25 TEXAS: Prosecutors to seek death penalty against accused serial killer of elderly peopleBilly Chemirmir is linked to the deaths of 19 people, according to criminal court records and civil lawsuits. Dallas County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a