Cuban immigrant Juan Carlos Chavez was killed by lethal injection as punishment for his horrific crimes against Florida native, schoolboy Jimmy Rice, Reuters said in a report.
The constitutional court of Italy shut down the harsh drug law that classifies marijuana and cannabis at par with heroin and cocaine, and said the law was unconstitutional.
A former federal prosecutor said that the conviction of ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin could be a sign of change in the community of New Orleans, said a Christian Science Monitor report.
The proposed change in Belgium's existent euthanasia law will include awarding of the right to do in children as long as parental consent and other tight restrictions had been complied, said a report by the Guardian.
