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TEXAS (USA): NO DEATH SENTENCES IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS

September 17, 2015: So far in 2015, no one has been sentenced to death in Texas.
The last death sentence dates back to Dec. 17, 2014.
The death row population has dropped to 257, down from 460 at its peak in 1999. In that year, Texas sentenced 48 people to death, the most in any year since the death penalty was reinstated. Among the reasons for the decline in death sentences has been the adoption of the alternative sentence of life without parole (adopted in 2005), and a change in the political climate that had led politicians to compete in trying to appear "tough on crime." The Austin American-Statesman recently examined the cases of the 48 defendants sentenced to death in 1999.
Harris County (Houston) handed down more of the sentences (11) than any other county, even though the number of murders there had been declining. Of those sentenced to death in 1999, half have been executed. One, Michael Toney, was exonerated in 2009. Two died of natural causes. Six had their sentences reduced when the Supreme Court banned the execution of juveniles in 2005 - all six were 17 at the time of their crimes. The rest remain on death row.
Kathryn Kase, executive director of the Texas Defender Service, said county-level decisions to seek the death penalty are often determined by budgetary concerns: "What it has always boiled down to is which counties have the money to put people on death row and keep them there... Who is going to be executed and who is going to be left alive can be like a lightning strike." (Source: Austin American-Statesman, DPIC, Hands off Cain, 17/09/2015)

KUWAIT: FAKE COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
EGYPT: TWO YEARS OF TERROR, 1,695 DEATH SENTENCES SINCE 2013
DR CONGO: MILITARY COURT COMMUTES OFFICER'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR ACTIVIST MURDER
IRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN SANANDAJ
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
OKLAHOMA (USA): COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HALTED THE EXECUTION OF GLOSSIP
PAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED IN DIFFERENT JAILS, ANOTHER ESCAPES THE NOOSE
IRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED IN BIRJAND AND TABRIZ PRISONS
EGYPT: 8 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
KUWAIT: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHIITE MOSQUE BOMBING
INDONESIA: MALAYSIAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
IRAN: AT LEAST 4 PRISONERS HANGED IN GHEZELHESAR PRISON IN KARAJ
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN GILAN FOR DRUG POSSESSION
AFGHANISTAN: COUPLE STONED TO DEATH BY TALIBAN ON ADULTERY CHARGES
EGYPT: COURT RATIFIES 'ISIS' DEATH SENTENCES
CUBA: 3,522 PRISONERS PARDONED AHEAD OF POPE FRANCIS VISIT
PAKISTAN: FOUR DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED
SAUDI ARABIA: KENYAN GIRL SENTENCED TO HANG
SAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
INDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO MAN FOR MURDER OF MINOR
PAKISTAN: FOUR MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDERS
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS FOR DRUG RELATED CHARGES
INDONESIA: DEATH PENALTY NO LONGER A PRIORITY
IRAN: 11 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
EGYPT: 9 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN ZABOL PRISON
PAKISTAN: ONE MORE MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN SAHIWAL
PAKISTAN: SEVEN MORE MURDER CONVICTS HANGED
OKLAHOMA (USA): DEATH PENALTY OPPONENTS URGE GOVERNOR TO DELAY GLOSSIP’S EXECUTION

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