August 7
IRANexecutions
5 Prisoners Executed at 1 Prison in 1 Day3 of them were identified by IHR
sources as Mohammadreza Shokri, Yousef Zakeri and Hossein Panjeh-Maryam.
5 prisoners were hanged for murder charges at the Iranian city of Karaj’s
Rajai-Shahr prison Wednesday.
August 7
NORTH CAROLINA:
Appeals Court Clears Path for Death-Row Exonerees’ Lawsuit Against North
Carolina Police Officers to Go to Trial
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a civil lawsuit by two North
Carolina death-row exonerees to advance to trial, rejecting a claim