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France Footballer Paul Pogba's Brother Sentenced To Year In Prison In Extortion Case
A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.
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Dismiss 26/11 Attacks Accused's Petition Against India Extradition: US To Supreme Court
The United States government has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, to avoid his extradition to India.
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US State Of Indiana Carries Out First Execution In 15 Years
The US state of Indiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Wednesday, putting to death a mentally ill man convicted of murdering four people in 1997, including his own brother.
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Indian Murder Convict Extradited From UK To Serve Life Sentence In Surat
In a rare and unprecedented case, an Indian national convicted of murder in the United Kingdom has been extradited to India to serve the remainder of his life sentence.
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Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Penalty In Boy's Sexual Assault, Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the death sentence imposed on a convict in a sexual assault and murder case of a four-year-old minor boy in 2016, and substituted it with a 25-year jail term without remission.
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Adivi Sesh Introduces Mrunal Thakur As Female Lead In Dacoit. See Poster
Directed by Shaneil Deo, Dacoit follows the journey of an angry convict, who plots revenge against his former girlfriend after being betrayed by her
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US Woman Awarded $34 Million For Wrongful Conviction After 16 Years In Jail
A Nevada woman, who spent nearly 16 years in jail for a crime she never committed, was awarded $34 million by a federal jury after it concluded that local police deliberately caused her emotional suffering during their investigation.
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Setback For US President-Elect Donald Trump In Hush Money Case
A New York judge ruled Monday against a bid by US President-elect Donald Trump to have his conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star thrown out on immunity grounds, local media reported.
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US President Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Nearly 1,500 Criminals: White House
Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
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"Harassment Not Sufficient...": Big Top Court Order Amid Techie Suicide Row
Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold someone guilty of abetment to suicide, the Supreme Court has said, adding that there must be evidence of direct or indirect incitement for conviction in such cases.
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Father, Stepmother Convicted Of Pakistani Girl's Brutal Murder In UK
The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her home in Britain, were on Wednesday convicted of her murder after a trial which heard harrowing details of her treatment before her killing.
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"Delay In Death Sentence Execution Can Violate Convicts' Rights": Supreme Court
An inordinate delay in the execution of a death sentence has a dehumanising effect on the accused, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
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Trump Touts Aggressive Opening Of New Term With Tariffs, Mass Deportations Plans
American President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to implement sweeping changes, such as pardons for those convicted for the US Capitol attack, impose trade tariffs and carry out mass deportations, immediately after taking office on January 20.
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Bengal Man Gets Death Penalty 2 Months After He Raped, Killed 10-Year-Old Girl
A 19-year-old man has been convicted of rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district and sentenced to death.
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700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday.
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France Footballer Paul Pogba's Brother Sentenced To Year In Prison In Extortion Case
A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.
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Dismiss 26/11 Attacks Accused's Petition Against India Extradition: US To Supreme Court
The United States government has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, to avoid his extradition to India.
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US State Of Indiana Carries Out First Execution In 15 Years
The US state of Indiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Wednesday, putting to death a mentally ill man convicted of murdering four people in 1997, including his own brother.
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Indian Murder Convict Extradited From UK To Serve Life Sentence In Surat
In a rare and unprecedented case, an Indian national convicted of murder in the United Kingdom has been extradited to India to serve the remainder of his life sentence.
-
Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Penalty In Boy's Sexual Assault, Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the death sentence imposed on a convict in a sexual assault and murder case of a four-year-old minor boy in 2016, and substituted it with a 25-year jail term without remission.
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Adivi Sesh Introduces Mrunal Thakur As Female Lead In Dacoit. See Poster
Directed by Shaneil Deo, Dacoit follows the journey of an angry convict, who plots revenge against his former girlfriend after being betrayed by her
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US Woman Awarded $34 Million For Wrongful Conviction After 16 Years In Jail
A Nevada woman, who spent nearly 16 years in jail for a crime she never committed, was awarded $34 million by a federal jury after it concluded that local police deliberately caused her emotional suffering during their investigation.
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Setback For US President-Elect Donald Trump In Hush Money Case
A New York judge ruled Monday against a bid by US President-elect Donald Trump to have his conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star thrown out on immunity grounds, local media reported.
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US President Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Nearly 1,500 Criminals: White House
Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 criminals and pardoned 39 others convicted of non-violent crimes, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
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"Harassment Not Sufficient...": Big Top Court Order Amid Techie Suicide Row
Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold someone guilty of abetment to suicide, the Supreme Court has said, adding that there must be evidence of direct or indirect incitement for conviction in such cases.
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Father, Stepmother Convicted Of Pakistani Girl's Brutal Murder In UK
The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her home in Britain, were on Wednesday convicted of her murder after a trial which heard harrowing details of her treatment before her killing.
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"Delay In Death Sentence Execution Can Violate Convicts' Rights": Supreme Court
An inordinate delay in the execution of a death sentence has a dehumanising effect on the accused, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
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Trump Touts Aggressive Opening Of New Term With Tariffs, Mass Deportations Plans
American President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to implement sweeping changes, such as pardons for those convicted for the US Capitol attack, impose trade tariffs and carry out mass deportations, immediately after taking office on January 20.
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Bengal Man Gets Death Penalty 2 Months After He Raped, Killed 10-Year-Old Girl
A 19-year-old man has been convicted of rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district and sentenced to death.
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700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday.
