Tag: Death penalty controversy
Appeals court won’t review denial of firing squad request
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider its earlier ruling that rejected the request by a man on Georgia's death row...
Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the...
Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the...
Appeals court won’t review denial of firing squad request
<p>ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider its earlier ruling that rejected the request by a man on Georgia's death row...
Activists call for IOC to sanction Iran Olympic program
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A group of athletes and human rights activists is calling on the IOC to sanction Iran's Olympic program for what it...
Activists call for IOC to sanction Iran Olympic program
<p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A group of athletes and human rights activists is calling on the IOC to sanction Iran's Olympic program for what it...
Texas’ longest serving death row inmate has sentence tossed
HOUSTON — An appeals court has overturned the sentence of Texas’ longest serving death row inmate, whose attorneys say has languished in prison for...
Texas’ longest serving death row inmate has sentence tossed
<p>HOUSTON — An appeals court has overturned the sentence of Texas’ longest serving death row inmate, whose attorneys say has languished in prison for...
Court delays execution of inmate who slipped through cracks
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday delayed the execution of a convicted killer whose case federal public defenders said slipped through...
Court delays execution of inmate who slipped through cracks
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday delayed the execution of a convicted killer whose case federal public defenders said slipped through...