Death Penalty News
- Two years after Pittsburgh shooting, solemn anniversary marked online October 28, 2020 2:43 am Religion News Service (RNS) — Jews in Pittsburgh will mark the second anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting Tuesday (Oct. 27) as they did last year — with volunteer service projects and public Torah study sessions. But because of the coronavirus, those Torah studies will …
- Arizona finds pharmacist to prepare lethal injections October 28, 2020 2:14 am The Washington Times PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona has found a compounding pharmacist to prepare the drug pentobarbital for lethal injections, officials said Tuesday, moving the state closer to resuming executions after a six-year hiatus. Finding a pharmacist to prepare lethal …
- Rifat Murder Case: Children’s court jails 11, acquits 3 October 28, 2020 1:15 am Daily Star A Barguna court yesterday sentenced 11 juveniles to different jail terms in the much-talked-about Rifat Sharif murder case. It also acquitted three other juveniles of their crime. Of the 11, six were awarded 10 years of imprisonment, four were awarded five …
- Nebraska 'witch' seeks retrial ahead of potential death sentence for torture murder of Tinder date October 28, 2020 12:43 am Fox News Bailey Boswell, the Nebraska “witch” convicted of murdering and dismembering a woman she met on Tinder, is seeking a new trial to avoid a possible death sentence. According to KHGI in Kearney Nebraska, Bailey Boswell has filed a motion for a new trial …
- Jackson charged with capital murder October 27, 2020 10:11 pm Leavenworth Times - Kansas Updated 3:08 p.m. Oct. 27, 2020, with additional information. A the Leavenworth County man who was arrested over the weekend following an Amber Alert has been charged with capital murder. Donald "Donny" R. Jackson Jr., 40, has been charged with …
- Kansas man charged with capital murder in sons' deaths October 27, 2020 8:41 pm Beaumont Enterprise - Texas Margaret Stafford, Associated Press Updated 3:19 pm CDT, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man accused of killing his two sons and taking his two daughters from their home before being stopped in Oklahoma was charged Tuesday with …
- Pakistan Blast at School: At Least 8 Dead, 110 Injured October 27, 2020 7:38 pm Latin American Herald Tribune ISLAMABAD -- At least eight people were killed and 110 others wounded on Tuesday in a blast at a religious school in the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, according to official sources. "There was Quran lesson going on when the blast occurred …
- U.S. Christian groups spent $280m fighting LGBT+ rights, abortion overseas October 27, 2020 5:22 pm Reuters By Rachel Savage, Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Right-wing U.S. groups have put more than $280 million into campaigns against LGBT+ rights and abortion worldwide since 2007, almost $90 million of which focused on …
- France’s love affair with decapitation October 27, 2020 4:58 pm Middle East Monitor Fernand Meyssonnier was the last official French executioner in charge of beheading Algerians using a guillotine. He served in that capacity from 1947 to 1958, during which time he claims to have decapitated 200 Algerians. It was none other than the then …
- ‘Crazy, Not Insane’ Trailer: Alex Gibney’s HBO Serial Killer Doc Sets Release Date October 27, 2020 4:17 pm Indie Wire Alex Gibney is setting his sights on serial killers in “Crazy, Not Insane,” the latest documentary from the high-profile filmmaker. Per HBO, the documentary profiles Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a veteran psychiatrist who has studied various infamous murderers. …
- Drug trafficker shot dead in Indonesia October 27, 2020 3:58 pm PM News Indonesian police The Indonesian police shot dead a drug trafficker who wanted to bring 7.3 kg of crystal methamphetamine to Central Sulawesi province’s capital of Palu, a police officer said. “The police have taken stern measures against the suspect …
- US Consulate Staffer Reportedly Jailed in Turkey For Aiding 'Terror Group' October 27, 2020 3:51 pm Sputnik News World 14:35 GMT 27.10.2020(updated 15:09 GMT 27.10.2020) Get short URL According to a court ruling, an employee has been sentenced to more than five years in jail. A court in Turkey has sentenced a local staffer at the US consulate in Istanbul for helping …
- Letter to the Editor: Get all citizens the help they deserve October 27, 2020 3:21 pm Bakersfield Californian The Board of Supervisors always seems to take one step forward and two steps back. This vote to stop a planned program to send canvassers into areas of the county where there are many that don’t speak English is a good example (“Kern supervisors reject …
- New DOC Commissioner Looks To Close Prisons October 27, 2020 2:15 pm CT News Junkie - Connecticut Several of the state’s 14 prison facilities will likely close in the coming years, Correction Department Commissioner Angel Quiros said Monday during an appearance on WNPR’s Where We Live. Support authentic, locally owned and operated public service …
- Child killer is sentenced to death in PPE after murdering his girlfriend's toddler son in China October 27, 2020 2:02 pm Daily Mail At least he won't die of covid: Child killer dons face mask, goggles and full-body protective suit as he is sentenced to death Lin Jiancai killed his partner's two-year-old son after coming home drunk in 2019 He hit the baby's head with a …