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Will Parent-Killing Menendez Brothers Be Freed? Court Hearing From Today
Lyle and Erik Menendez are set to face a judge Monday as the campaign to free them from their life sentences for the shotgun murders of their parents gathers pace.
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Delhi High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Death Penalty Petition For Yasin Malik
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A Delhi High Court judge on Thursday recused himself from hearing NIA's plea seeking the death penalty for Yasin Malik, the chief of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), who is undergoing a life sentence in a te
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"Well-Reasoned": Top Court Declines Stay Ex-Professor Saibaba's Release
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the acquittal last week of former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, who was serving a life sentence, and five others - who were accused of Maoist links and charged under-terror law UAPA.
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Supreme Court Orders Rape Convict Asaram To Approach High Court For Bail
The Supreme Court has ordered jailed rape convict Asaram to return to the Rajasthan High Court with his request on staying the sentence against him. The top court also ordered the high court to hear the matter.
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Activist Sharjeel Imam's Bail Plea Rejected By Delhi Court
A court here on Saturday dismissed the plea of student activist Sharjeel Imam seeking bail on the grounds that he had been in custody for the last four years, which was more than half of the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence.
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Madras High Court Convicts Tamil Nadu Minister In Disproportionate Assets Case
Madras High Court Justice G Jayachandran convicted the Minister and his wife and directed them to be present in the court on December 21 for pronouncing the sentence after hearing them.
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Pervez Musharraf's Appeal Against Death Penalty In Court Months After His Death
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an appeal by now-dead former military dictator Pervez Musharraf against the special court majority judgment that handed him a death sentence on treason charges in 2019.
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Soumya Vishwanathan Murder Case: Hearing For Arguments On Sentencing On November 7
A Delhi court today deferred to November 7 the hearing on the quantum of sentence for the five men convicted for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008.
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UK Prisons Full: Judges Ordered to Delay Sentencing, Criminals May Be Released Early
The judge emphasized that their "greatest concern" revolved around defendants convicted of rape being allowed to remain on bail rather than being swiftly jailed.
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After Nurse Case, UK Eyes New Law To Force Criminals To Attend Sentencing
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed new legislative plans to hand power to judges to order "horrendous criminals" to attend their sentencing hearings and face justice, by force if necessary.
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Pakistan Court Refuses To Suspend Imran Khan's Sentence In Corruption Case
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's bid to get his conviction suspended in a corruption case did not succeed today as the Islamabad High Court adjourned the hearing but assured him that his case would be decided in four to five days.
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'That '70s Show' Actor Danny Masterson Found Guilty Of 2 Counts Of Rape
Actor Danny Masterson could face 30 years to life in prison. A sentencing hearing is expected on August 4.
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Centre, Gujarat Agree To Produce Papers On Release Of Bilkis Bano Convicts
Bilkis Bano case: The hearing of a clutch of petitions challenging the release of the 11 men convicted for rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was postponed today.
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Rahul Gandhi's Request For Stay On Defamation Conviction Being Heard
A sessions court in Surat city of Gujarat on Thursday commenced hearing on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea for a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark in which he has been sentenced to two years in jail.
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Husband Pleads Guilty To Murder Of Indian Nurse, Their 2 Kids In UK
A suspect charged with the triple murder of an Indian nurse and her two children pleaded guilty to the murders at a court hearing in eastern England on Wednesday and was remanded in judicial custody until his sentencing in July.
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Will Parent-Killing Menendez Brothers Be Freed? Court Hearing From Today
Lyle and Erik Menendez are set to face a judge Monday as the campaign to free them from their life sentences for the shotgun murders of their parents gathers pace.
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Delhi High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Death Penalty Petition For Yasin Malik
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A Delhi High Court judge on Thursday recused himself from hearing NIA's plea seeking the death penalty for Yasin Malik, the chief of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), who is undergoing a life sentence in a te
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"Well-Reasoned": Top Court Declines Stay Ex-Professor Saibaba's Release
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the acquittal last week of former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, who was serving a life sentence, and five others - who were accused of Maoist links and charged under-terror law UAPA.
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Supreme Court Orders Rape Convict Asaram To Approach High Court For Bail
The Supreme Court has ordered jailed rape convict Asaram to return to the Rajasthan High Court with his request on staying the sentence against him. The top court also ordered the high court to hear the matter.
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Activist Sharjeel Imam's Bail Plea Rejected By Delhi Court
A court here on Saturday dismissed the plea of student activist Sharjeel Imam seeking bail on the grounds that he had been in custody for the last four years, which was more than half of the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence.
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Madras High Court Convicts Tamil Nadu Minister In Disproportionate Assets Case
Madras High Court Justice G Jayachandran convicted the Minister and his wife and directed them to be present in the court on December 21 for pronouncing the sentence after hearing them.
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Pervez Musharraf's Appeal Against Death Penalty In Court Months After His Death
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an appeal by now-dead former military dictator Pervez Musharraf against the special court majority judgment that handed him a death sentence on treason charges in 2019.
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Soumya Vishwanathan Murder Case: Hearing For Arguments On Sentencing On November 7
A Delhi court today deferred to November 7 the hearing on the quantum of sentence for the five men convicted for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008.
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UK Prisons Full: Judges Ordered to Delay Sentencing, Criminals May Be Released Early
The judge emphasized that their "greatest concern" revolved around defendants convicted of rape being allowed to remain on bail rather than being swiftly jailed.
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After Nurse Case, UK Eyes New Law To Force Criminals To Attend Sentencing
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday proposed new legislative plans to hand power to judges to order "horrendous criminals" to attend their sentencing hearings and face justice, by force if necessary.
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Pakistan Court Refuses To Suspend Imran Khan's Sentence In Corruption Case
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's bid to get his conviction suspended in a corruption case did not succeed today as the Islamabad High Court adjourned the hearing but assured him that his case would be decided in four to five days.
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'That '70s Show' Actor Danny Masterson Found Guilty Of 2 Counts Of Rape
Actor Danny Masterson could face 30 years to life in prison. A sentencing hearing is expected on August 4.
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Centre, Gujarat Agree To Produce Papers On Release Of Bilkis Bano Convicts
Bilkis Bano case: The hearing of a clutch of petitions challenging the release of the 11 men convicted for rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was postponed today.
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Rahul Gandhi's Request For Stay On Defamation Conviction Being Heard
A sessions court in Surat city of Gujarat on Thursday commenced hearing on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea for a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark in which he has been sentenced to two years in jail.
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Husband Pleads Guilty To Murder Of Indian Nurse, Their 2 Kids In UK
A suspect charged with the triple murder of an Indian nurse and her two children pleaded guilty to the murders at a court hearing in eastern England on Wednesday and was remanded in judicial custody until his sentencing in July.
