מקרה: Belfast to host death row exhibit
The global campaign to save death row inmate Troy Davis - executed in the US in 2011, while still protesting his innocence - has been documented in a photo exhibition to be staged in Belfast. Davis was found guilty of murdering a police officer in Savannah, Georgia, in…
Japan executions show ‘chilling’ escalation in death penalty
The execution of two death row inmates in Japan shows that a "chilling" escalation of death penalty use under the new Liberal Democratic government is intensifying, Amnesty International said. Yoshihide Miyagi, 56, and Katsuji Hamasaki, 64, were hanged in Tokyo today. …
Wrongly convicted man wins settlement 26 years later
After more than 26 years of fighting, Randy Steidl is ready to put the past behind him. The Paris, Ill., man spent 17 years on Illinois’ death row for a double murder he didn’t commit, but last week Steidl finally got some closure…
