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Governor Phil Bredesen has commuted Gaile Owens' 1986 death sentence to life in prison, effectively halting her scheduled execution on September 28. The decision was based on two major considerations: the possibility of abuse and psychological conditions resulting from the abuse in her marriage, and the fact that Owens
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A court in Sharjah has imposed the death penalty on an Indian man, S.S., 35, found guilty of premeditatedly beating another man to death in a labour accommodation in the Al Saja'a Industrial area of Sharjah. The victim was reportedly beaten by S.S. after a group
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Mumbai special court judge M.L. Tahiliyani sentenced Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, to death by hanging for murder, conspiracy, terrorism, and waging war against India. The trial was marked by a 90-minute sentencing hearing and was widely anticipated by the public,
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In the state of Haryana, India, a bloody conflict is brewing between the government and the khap panchayats, traditional caste councils that govern villages and enforce strict social norms. The recent death sentence handed down to five family members for murdering a young couple who married in violation of an
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Amnesty International has expressed concerns over potential executions in Gaza, as high-ranking officials have signaled their intention to carry out death sentences against those convicted of "collaboration" with Israel and "murder". This could be the first time executions are carried out in Gaza since 2005. Since
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In a significant ruling, a Haryana court has awarded capital punishment to five individuals and a life sentence to another for the murder of a young couple who were killed by their own kin for marrying against societal norms. The couple, Manoj (23) and Babli (19), were brutally murdered in
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In a significant development, the Supreme Court has stayed the death sentence of Surendra Koli, the accused in the Nithari rape-cum-murder case. Although the court has granted relief to Koli, its bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B S Chauhan made it clear that the society abhors
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The five former military officers convicted in the historic Bangabandhu Murder Case have been given a seven-day window to submit mercy petitions to the President of Bangladesh, after receiving their death warrants. The convicts, whose names are Lt Col (sacked) Syed Farooq Rahman, Lt Col (retd) Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan,
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The Allahabad High Court has upheld the life sentences given to five accused in the murder case of Jayalakshmi Venugopal Manjunath Shanmugam, a sales officer with the Indian Oil Corporation who was murdered in 2005 for exposing an adulteration racket. The court commuted the death sentence of the main convict,
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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court commuted the death sentence of Pawan Kumar Mittal, the main accused in the murder of Indian Oil Corporation officer S Manjunath. The court ruled that the conviction did not fall in the category of "rarest of rare" cases, changing his
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has delivered a verdict affirming the death sentences of two individuals convicted of murder and armed robbery. Suleiman Olawale Arogundare was found guilty of killing his father in 1990, while Aminu Tanko was convicted of conspiracy and armed robbery. The court upheld the death sentences
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In a gruesome case, Xiong Zhenlin, a 35-year-old junk collector, was sentenced to death for killing eight people in Luoyang Town, Suizhou, China. The Intermediate People's Court of Suizhou found Xiong guilty of the murders, which included a 2-year-old boy, and deprived him of his political rights for
