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India executes man convicted in 1993 bombings
Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, was executed by hanging on Thursday at the Nagpur Central Jail. Memon's case has divided India, with many criticizing the decision to execute him. Former India Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju (More) |
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Former India Supreme Court judge: conviction of bombing suspect flawed
Former India Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday said that "there has been a gross travesty of justice in the case of Yakub Memon." Katju said that after thoroughly studying the judgment of the court, he believes that Memon was convicted (More) |
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DOJ indicts Dylann Roof for hate crime and firearms charges
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday announced the federal indictment of Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month. Roof has been indicted on 33 charges incl (More) |
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Egypt court sentences former prime minister to five years in prison
An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to five years in prison on during a retrial graft charges. Nazif served during the presidency of Hosni Mubarak until the start of the Egyptian Uprising in 2011, and was co (More) |
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EU agrees to aid Tunisia with security in light of attacks
The European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday agreed to several measures [text, PDF; materials] to provide assistance to Tunisia in the wake of the last month's attack that killed 38. The measures, agreed upon at a meeting in Brussels with Tunisi (More) |
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AI: Zambia commuting death sentences a good first step
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday commended President Edgar Lungu for commuting the death sentences of 332 men to life imprisonment, calling it "a laudable first step and a 'triumph' for the right to life." AI is now calling on President Lung (More) |
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South Carolina judge sets date for Charleston church shooting trial
A South Carolina judge on Thursday set July 11, 2016 as the trial date for Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month. Roof is charged with nine counts of murder, three c (More) |
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Tunisia increases security, worries rights groups
A government minister of Tunisia, Kamel Jendoubi, on Saturday announced an increase of 100,000 security personnel to help protect the country from future terrorist attacks. The strengthened security measures include doubling the security personnel (More) |
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Oklahoma sets executions in light of Supreme Court approval
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday set the execution dates of three inmates who had previously challenged the use of the drug that will be used in their lethal injections. This is the highest criminal court in Oklahoma. Although t (More) |
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Saudi news website reports investigation of TV Host
Sabq news , a Saudi government linked news website, reported on Thursday that King Salman ordered for an investigation and trial of a famous TV host and Muslim Brotherhood scholar. The order was reportedly motivated by an episode of Abdullah al-Mod (More) |
Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK
On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.
