July 26
BAHAMAS:
Former BCC president comes out against capital punishment
Former Bahamas Christian Council (BCC) President Bishop Simeon Hall said
yesterday that he is no longer a supporter of the death penalty.
“I am no longer a supporter of that kind of dealing with our crime
July 26
USA:
AG Barr Reinstates Federal Death Penalty, Immediately Schedules 5
Executions“Additional executions will be scheduled at a later date,” the
DOJ said.
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday reinstated the federal death penalty,
which lapsed 20 years ago, and
July 26
TEXASnew execution date
Bastrop County man scheduled for execution amid claims of innocenceTexas
death row inmate Rodney Reed has been set to die by lethal injection on Nov.
20, 2019. He has maintained his innocence in the April 1996 abduction, rape and
strangling
