Alabama: Willie B. Smith III executed despite mental disability (IQ = 64)
After a delay of more than three hours, 52-year-old Willie B. Smith III was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Alabama on… Weiterlesen
186. innocent person exonerated in the USA: Sherwood Brown freed after 26 years on death row
Sherwood Brown was exonerated by the prosecution, which in 1995 put him on death row in Mississippi for a triple murder he did not committed,… Weiterlesen
Missouri executes Ernest Lee Johnson – despite mental disability and protest even from Vatican
On Tuesday night, 61-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson was executed by lethal injection by the state of Missouri. He was sentenced to death for a 1994… Weiterlesen
US state of Texas executes Rick Rhoades for double murder 30 years ago
On Tuesday night, 57-year-old Rick Rhoades was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville, Texas. He was sentenced to death for… Weiterlesen
Minors at the time of the crime are threatened with the death penalty in Sudan – disputed legal situation
Currently, four prisoners are awaiting execution in Sudan for crimes they are alleged to have committed and for which they were convicted when they were… Weiterlesen