Convicted Murderer
- All
- News
- Videos
-
Graham Staines Murder Convict Released From Jail After 25 Years
Mahendra Hembram, one of the convicts in the 1999 high-profile triple murder case of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, was released from Keonjhar jail in Odisha on Wednesday after serving 25 years.
-
Medical Boards Can't Act Like Postmen: Top Court On Nitish Katara Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed for its "casual approach" the AIIMS medical board, constituted to assess the condition of the relative of a convict in the Nitish Katara case.
-
No Phone, Cash Transactions: Former Army Man Who Killed Wife Evaded Cops For 20 Years
A former soldier of the Indian Army, who was convicted for the murder of his wife and escaped during parole, has been caught by the police after 20 years.
-
Man Accused Of Minor's Rape-Murder Found Dead In Navi Mumbai Jail
A man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl allegedly died by suicide at the Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai.
-
Deaths Were Required By "Our Religion": Afghan Court On Public Executions
Afghanistan's Supreme Court rejected on Saturday condemnation by the United Nations of the Taliban's use of capital punishment, a day after four convicted murderers were publicly executed.
-
Taliban Publicly Executes 4 For Murder: Afghan Supreme Court
Afghanistan's Supreme Court said four convicted murderers were executed by order of Taliban authorities on Friday, bringing to ten the number of men publicly put to death since their return to power, according to an AFP tally.
-
Japan's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Awarded $1.4 Million
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday.
-
Supreme Court Upholds Order Allowing Murder Convicts To Pursue Law Course
The Supreme Court said the Bar Council of India had no business to get into legal education, which should be left to jurists and academicians.
-
Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
-
US Man Executed By Firing Squad For First Time Since 2010
A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years, prison officials said.
-
Why The US Is Killing Someone By Firing Squad For The First Time In 15 Years
On Friday, Brad Sigmon, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriends parents in 2001, will face a firing squad, a method he chose over the electric chair and lethal injection.
-
Kim Kardashian Sued After Mistakenly Identifying US Man As Death Row Inmate In Instagram Post
Kardashian, a 44-year-old aspiring lawyer, posted about the death penalty sentence of convicted murderer Ivan Cantu.
-
Anti-Sikh Riots Case: Timeline Of Sajjan Kumar's Conviction
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar was on Tuesday awarded life-term imprisonment in connection with the murders of two persons during the anti-Sikh riots in 1984. Here's a timeline of events leading to the case's conclusion.
-
Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty For Sajjan Kumar In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case
The prosecution in the 1984 anti-sikh riots case sought the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on Tuesday, who is convicted murdering a father-son duo in Delhi's Saraswati Vihar area.
-
US Man Executed For 1997 Killing Of Couple In Front Of Toddler
A 64-year-old Florida man convicted of killing a couple at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by their young daughter was executed on Thursday.
-
Graham Staines Murder Convict Released From Jail After 25 Years
Mahendra Hembram, one of the convicts in the 1999 high-profile triple murder case of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, was released from Keonjhar jail in Odisha on Wednesday after serving 25 years.
-
Medical Boards Can't Act Like Postmen: Top Court On Nitish Katara Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed for its "casual approach" the AIIMS medical board, constituted to assess the condition of the relative of a convict in the Nitish Katara case.
-
No Phone, Cash Transactions: Former Army Man Who Killed Wife Evaded Cops For 20 Years
A former soldier of the Indian Army, who was convicted for the murder of his wife and escaped during parole, has been caught by the police after 20 years.
-
Man Accused Of Minor's Rape-Murder Found Dead In Navi Mumbai Jail
A man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl allegedly died by suicide at the Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai.
-
Deaths Were Required By "Our Religion": Afghan Court On Public Executions
Afghanistan's Supreme Court rejected on Saturday condemnation by the United Nations of the Taliban's use of capital punishment, a day after four convicted murderers were publicly executed.
-
Taliban Publicly Executes 4 For Murder: Afghan Supreme Court
Afghanistan's Supreme Court said four convicted murderers were executed by order of Taliban authorities on Friday, bringing to ten the number of men publicly put to death since their return to power, according to an AFP tally.
-
Japan's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Awarded $1.4 Million
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday.
-
Supreme Court Upholds Order Allowing Murder Convicts To Pursue Law Course
The Supreme Court said the Bar Council of India had no business to get into legal education, which should be left to jurists and academicians.
-
Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
-
US Man Executed By Firing Squad For First Time Since 2010
A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents was put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years, prison officials said.
-
Why The US Is Killing Someone By Firing Squad For The First Time In 15 Years
On Friday, Brad Sigmon, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriends parents in 2001, will face a firing squad, a method he chose over the electric chair and lethal injection.
-
Kim Kardashian Sued After Mistakenly Identifying US Man As Death Row Inmate In Instagram Post
Kardashian, a 44-year-old aspiring lawyer, posted about the death penalty sentence of convicted murderer Ivan Cantu.
-
Anti-Sikh Riots Case: Timeline Of Sajjan Kumar's Conviction
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar was on Tuesday awarded life-term imprisonment in connection with the murders of two persons during the anti-Sikh riots in 1984. Here's a timeline of events leading to the case's conclusion.
-
Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty For Sajjan Kumar In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case
The prosecution in the 1984 anti-sikh riots case sought the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on Tuesday, who is convicted murdering a father-son duo in Delhi's Saraswati Vihar area.
-
US Man Executed For 1997 Killing Of Couple In Front Of Toddler
A 64-year-old Florida man convicted of killing a couple at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by their young daughter was executed on Thursday.
