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Opinion: The Execution Of Mentally Retarded Individuals Such As Myself Runs Against Our Society’s Most Fundamental Moral Principles (by Warren Lee Hill)
Posted by admin on February 20th, 2013
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No Comments »Georgia inmate called “mentally retarded” granted stays of execution
Posted by admin on February 20th, 2013
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia man convicted of killing two people and described by his attorneys as mentally disabled was granted last-minute stays of execution on Tuesday by a U.S. federal appeals court and a state appeals court, his lawyer said. Warren Lee Hill, 52, was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday night for beating [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: called, execution, Georgia, granted, inmate, Mentally, retarded, Stays No Comments »Ga. inmates try to block execution because of drug
Posted by admin on February 15th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three death row inmates in Georgia are seeking a court order that would prevent the state from using a drug to execute them without a doctor’s prescription. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Pakistan carries out first execution in four years
Posted by admin on November 15th, 2012
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan executed its first prisoner in four years on Thursday, hanging a convicted murderer who was a former army serviceman, police said. Despite the execution of Muhammad Hussain in northwest Pakistan, activists do not expect the country’s moratorium on the death penalty to be lifted since this case involved [...]
Montana judge strikes down state execution method
Posted by admin on September 8th, 2012
(Reuters) – A judge has struck down Montana’s lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock did not question the constitutionality of the death penalty in Montana, which has two inmates [...]
Montana judge strikes down state execution method
Posted by admin on September 8th, 2012
(Reuters) – A judge has struck down Montana’s lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution because it lacked necessary safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock ruled that a three-drug program adopted by the Montana Department of [...]
UK says “deeply concerned” by Gambia execution reports
Posted by admin on August 25th, 2012
BANJUL (Reuters) – British Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said on Saturday he was “deeply concerned” by reports Gambia had executed nine prisoners and was preparing to execute others. The tiny West African country declined late on Friday to confirm or deny an Amnesty International report saying nine of its 47 death row inmates were [...]
American Voices: Norwegian Mass-Murderer Would Prefer Execution
Posted by admin on April 20th, 2012
Anders Behring Breivik, whose racially motivated killing spree left 77 dead in Norway, told an Oslo court he would prefer execution to the “pathetic” 21-year maximum prison term. Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: American, execution, MassMurderer, Norwegian, Prefer, Voices, Would No Comments »American Voices: Norwegian Mass-Murderer Would Prefer Execution
Posted by admin on April 20th, 2012
Anders Behring Breivik, whose racially motivated killing spree left 77 dead in Norway, told an Oslo court he would prefer execution to the “pathetic” 21-year maximum prison term. Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: American, execution, MassMurderer, Norwegian, Prefer, Voices, Would No Comments »
