Tag : execution
Prison title : Two Dozen Former Corrections Officials Ask Arkansas Governor to Not Proceed With Risky Execution Schedule
summary : Today, 23 former corrections officials and administrators urged Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas to reconsider his plan to execute eight prisoners at the unprecedented rate of two-per-day on four execution days over a ten-day period.
date : Mar 30, 2017 02:33 PM EDT
Religious Persecution, Iran Christians title : Christian Converts in Iran Sentenced to 80 Lashes for Drinking Communion Wine
summary : Three Christian converts in Iran are appealing their sentences after they were charged earlier this month with "acting against national security" and consuming alcohol during Holy Communion.
date : Oct 11, 2016 12:07 PM EDT
Prison title : Ohio To Resume Executions in January After Three-Year Pause
summary : The state of Ohio plans to resume the execution of condemned inmates in January, ending a three-year pause in carrying out death sentences, under a new lethal-injection protocol designed to meet U.S. Supreme Court approval, prison officials said on Monday.
date : Oct 04, 2016 09:45 AM EDT
Persecution title : Christian Man Executed In Iran Reaffirmed Faith, Jesus' Power Over Devil Before Death
summary : Days before he was executed, an Iranian Christian man reaffirmed Jesus' power over the devil and called his relationship with Christ the "best experience" of his brief life.
date : Sep 08, 2016 10:39 AM EDT
Jeff Wood title : Evangelical Leaders Call for Halt to Texas Execution Demand New Sentencing Hearing for Jeff Wood
summary : Dozens of Evangelical leaders in Texas and across the nation have sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons calling for the scheduled execution of Jeff Wood to be stopped. Wood has been on death row 18-years for being the getaway driver in a deadly convenience store robbery even though he did not kill anyone.
date : Aug 08, 2016 12:06 PM EDT
Refugee Crisis title : Shocking Images of ISIS Flags, Severed Heads, Violent Executions Found on Refugees Seeking Asylum in Norway
summary : Hundreds of refugees entering Norway have been discovered with images of Islamic State flags, executions, and severed heads on their on their mobile phones, exacerbating widespread concerns the terrorist group may be using the refugee crisis to smuggle extremists into Europe.
date : Dec 16, 2015 11:55 AM EST
James Wright Foley title : Obama Promises Justice in Journalist James Foley Beheading, Calls ISIS 'A Cancer'
summary : President Barack Obama recently addressed the nation concerning the beheading of American journalist James Foley at the hands of the terrorist group ISIS.
date : Aug 20, 2014 03:23 PM EDT