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UK acts to restrict the exportation of propafol for use in lethal injections

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/11/propofol-export-ban-vince-cable-lethal-injection_n_1664282.html

http://www.libdems.org.uk/latest_news_detail.aspx?title=Alistair_Carmichael_-_Propofol_ban_important_step_in_fight_against_death_penalty&pPK=e18eb625-7fdb-4d64-92dc-1c5d5b1531c9

Warren Hill is set to be executed despite his low IQ of 70, due to Georgia's strict criteria for "mental retardation". John Eley, a former death row inmate in Ohio had his sentence commuted to LWOP due to Eley's limited mental capacity. Executing mentally retarded prisoners was ruled as cruel and unusual punishment by the US Supreme Court, but the Court has left it up to individual states to produce their own definition.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/execution-of-killer-with-low-iq-delayed-1.1343840

http://www2.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/press-release-me-let-me-go/warren-hill-case-it%E2%80%99s-beyond-reason-execution-should-go-ahead?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=deathpenalty&utm_content=DPblog180712

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/10/us-usa-deathpenalty-ohio-idUSBRE8691GU20120710

http://www.aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/ohio-governor-john-kasich-stops-second-consecutive-execution

Nine out of ten of the remaining Connecticut death row inmates are suing the state over alleged racial and geographical biases. They are calling for the trial of this case to be held within the prison; currently it is planned to be held in a courthouse and shown to prisoners on a TV screen.

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/newsnow/x1245786523/Connecticut-death-row-inmates-back-holding-trial-in-prison#axzz213mJzDWW

Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary-General has called for a universal moratorium on the death penalty.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-love/moving-towards-a-worldwid_b_1663200.html

Philip Davies MP, a Conservative MP who supports the death penalty, has travelled to Florida to visit their death row. Discuss the death penalty in UK history, and recent attempts to reinstate the death penalty due to claims of public support, particularly through the use of e-petitions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18858496