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US Man, Wrongly Convicted For 22 Years, Says Prison Saved His Life
Convicted in 1995 of a double homicide, Calvin Buari was sentenced to 50 years to life for the deaths of two brothers, Elijah and Salhaddin Harris, in the Bronx.
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Indian-Origin Man Wrongly Jailed For 38 Years For Murders Dies In US Prison
Kris Maharaj was wrongly convicted in 1986 for the murders of Derrick and Duane Moo Young, and his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2002.
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Nirbhaya Convicts May Not Hang On January 22 Over Mercy Plea, Court Told
The execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts "will surely not take place" on January 22 because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the Delhi government told the High Court today. But the court refused to set aside the death warrant put out by a trial court judge, saying there was "nothing wrong with it".
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In Kerala Law Student Rape And Murder, Migrant Worker Sentenced To Death
The 23-year-old migrant labourer convicted of rape and murder has been awarded a death sentence by a court in Kochi today. Ameer-ul-Islam was found guilty of raping and murdering Kerala law student Jisha in April last year. A migrant worker from Assam, he was convicted of murder, rape, wrongful confinement and trespassing.
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China Court Gives Out New Death Penalty After Wrongful Execution
A court in China sentenced a man to death on today for crimes including the murder and rape of a woman in 1996 which another person was wrongly executed for before being exonerated last year, state media reported.
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Chinese Man Seeks $2.4 Million For Wrongful Death Sentence
A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking $2.4 million in compensation, state-media said today, amid public anger over the country's flawed legal system.
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Executed Teenager Found Innocent 18 Years On
A Chinese teenager executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago was declared innocent by a court on Monday, in a rare re-examination of a wrongful conviction.
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Egypt Death Penalties 'Obscene', Wrong to Jail Al Jazeera Journalists - United Nations
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that Egypt's death penalty convictions and mass trials are "obscene and a complete travesty of justice".
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US Man, Wrongly Convicted For 22 Years, Says Prison Saved His Life
Convicted in 1995 of a double homicide, Calvin Buari was sentenced to 50 years to life for the deaths of two brothers, Elijah and Salhaddin Harris, in the Bronx.
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Indian-Origin Man Wrongly Jailed For 38 Years For Murders Dies In US Prison
Kris Maharaj was wrongly convicted in 1986 for the murders of Derrick and Duane Moo Young, and his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2002.
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Nirbhaya Convicts May Not Hang On January 22 Over Mercy Plea, Court Told
The execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts "will surely not take place" on January 22 because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the Delhi government told the High Court today. But the court refused to set aside the death warrant put out by a trial court judge, saying there was "nothing wrong with it".
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In Kerala Law Student Rape And Murder, Migrant Worker Sentenced To Death
The 23-year-old migrant labourer convicted of rape and murder has been awarded a death sentence by a court in Kochi today. Ameer-ul-Islam was found guilty of raping and murdering Kerala law student Jisha in April last year. A migrant worker from Assam, he was convicted of murder, rape, wrongful confinement and trespassing.
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China Court Gives Out New Death Penalty After Wrongful Execution
A court in China sentenced a man to death on today for crimes including the murder and rape of a woman in 1996 which another person was wrongly executed for before being exonerated last year, state media reported.
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Chinese Man Seeks $2.4 Million For Wrongful Death Sentence
A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking $2.4 million in compensation, state-media said today, amid public anger over the country's flawed legal system.
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Executed Teenager Found Innocent 18 Years On
A Chinese teenager executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago was declared innocent by a court on Monday, in a rare re-examination of a wrongful conviction.
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Egypt Death Penalties 'Obscene', Wrong to Jail Al Jazeera Journalists - United Nations
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that Egypt's death penalty convictions and mass trials are "obscene and a complete travesty of justice".
