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China Executes Man Who Killed 35 People In Car Rampage
China on Monday executed a man who killed 35 people in a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, in the country's deadliest mass attack in years.
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Russian Court Imprisons 5 Men Over Anti-Israel Riots At Dagestan Airport
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.
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43 Get Lifetime Imprisonment In UAE Over "Terrorist" Links: Report
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, state media said Wednesday, after a mass trial heavily criticised by UN experts and rights groups.
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US LGBTQ Club Shooter Given Another 55 Life Sentences
A mass shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado pleaded guilty to hate crimes Tuesday over the horrifying 2022 massacre, and was given another hefty sentence.
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Iranian Pop Star Who Sang Popular Protest Anthem Gets 3 Years In Jail
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday.
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3 Rooms, An XBOX: How This Mass Murderer Serves His Sentence
Three private rooms, as many budgies and an Xbox: the lawsuit brought by Anders Behring Breivik against the Norwegian state's prison regime details conditions that would make many prisoners envious.
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Shooter In Colorado Gay Nightclub Attack Pleads Guilty, Gets Life In Jail
A 23-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty on Monday to killing five people in a 2022 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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UK Teen Jailed For 11 Years For Far-Right Videos Linked To US Killings
A judge on Friday sentenced a British teenager to more than 11 years in prison for videos promoting racist violence that have been linked to two mass killings in the United States.
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Japan Man Sentenced To Death For Killing 19 People At Care Home
A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday for the stabbing murder of 19 disabled people at a care home, in one of the country's worst mass killings.
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Punjab Ex-Senior Cop, 4 Others Get 8-Year-Jail In 2004 Mass Suicide Case
A former DIG and four others were sentenced to eight-year imprisonment by a local court in a 2004 case in which a family of five had committed suicide, blaming the accused for the extreme step.
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Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention In 1984 Riots Court Order On Sajjan Kumar
Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said
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Half Of US Adults Have Family Member Who Have Been Incarcerated: Report
Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a new study published Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the United States. The report comes as President Donald Trump has given his backing to a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming sentences imposed for drug of...
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Egypt Sentences 75 To Death Over Clashes, Journalist Gets 5 Years
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising, and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist.
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US Cop Jailed For 20 Years In Fatal Shooting Of African-American Man
A white former US cop was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist -- a case that sparked mass protests and anger over excessive use of force by police.
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Ram Rahim Gets 20 Years In Jail For 2 Rape Cases: 10 Facts
Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers in 2002, by a judge who flew by government helicopter to conduct court at a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect sat on the floor and wept as he was sentenced. Ahead of the ju...
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China Executes Man Who Killed 35 People In Car Rampage
China on Monday executed a man who killed 35 people in a car rampage in the southern city of Zhuhai in November, in the country's deadliest mass attack in years.
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Russian Court Imprisons 5 Men Over Anti-Israel Riots At Dagestan Airport
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region.
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43 Get Lifetime Imprisonment In UAE Over "Terrorist" Links: Report
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 Emiratis for "terrorist" links, state media said Wednesday, after a mass trial heavily criticised by UN experts and rights groups.
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US LGBTQ Club Shooter Given Another 55 Life Sentences
A mass shooter who killed five people at an LGBTQ club in the US state of Colorado pleaded guilty to hate crimes Tuesday over the horrifying 2022 massacre, and was given another hefty sentence.
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Iranian Pop Star Who Sang Popular Protest Anthem Gets 3 Years In Jail
An Iranian pop singer whose song became an anthem during mass protests more than a year ago has been sentenced to at least three years in prison, he said Friday.
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3 Rooms, An XBOX: How This Mass Murderer Serves His Sentence
Three private rooms, as many budgies and an Xbox: the lawsuit brought by Anders Behring Breivik against the Norwegian state's prison regime details conditions that would make many prisoners envious.
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Shooter In Colorado Gay Nightclub Attack Pleads Guilty, Gets Life In Jail
A 23-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty on Monday to killing five people in a 2022 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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UK Teen Jailed For 11 Years For Far-Right Videos Linked To US Killings
A judge on Friday sentenced a British teenager to more than 11 years in prison for videos promoting racist violence that have been linked to two mass killings in the United States.
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Japan Man Sentenced To Death For Killing 19 People At Care Home
A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday for the stabbing murder of 19 disabled people at a care home, in one of the country's worst mass killings.
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Punjab Ex-Senior Cop, 4 Others Get 8-Year-Jail In 2004 Mass Suicide Case
A former DIG and four others were sentenced to eight-year imprisonment by a local court in a 2004 case in which a family of five had committed suicide, blaming the accused for the extreme step.
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Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention In 1984 Riots Court Order On Sajjan Kumar
Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said
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Half Of US Adults Have Family Member Who Have Been Incarcerated: Report
Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a new study published Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the United States. The report comes as President Donald Trump has given his backing to a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming sentences imposed for drug of...
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Egypt Sentences 75 To Death Over Clashes, Journalist Gets 5 Years
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people, in one of the largest mass trials since the 2011 uprising, and gave a five-year jail term to an award-winning photojournalist.
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US Cop Jailed For 20 Years In Fatal Shooting Of African-American Man
A white former US cop was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist -- a case that sparked mass protests and anger over excessive use of force by police.
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Ram Rahim Gets 20 Years In Jail For 2 Rape Cases: 10 Facts
Self-styled spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Monday sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of two women followers in 2002, by a judge who flew by government helicopter to conduct court at a prison in Haryana's Rohtak. The 50-year-old chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect sat on the floor and wept as he was sentenced. Ahead of the ju...
