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The child recovered swiftly after being removed from the mother's care.

Four prosecution witnesses, including the survivor, her mother and neighbour, were examined to prove the charges against the accused

The Kano State High Court on Friday sentenced Umar Auwal and Yakubu Dayyabu to death by hanging after finding them guilty of killing a housewife, Fatima Abubakar and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi, Kano State. Read More: https://punchng.com/kano-court-sentences-two-to-death-for-killing-mother-six-children/

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he will commute all current death row sentences to life in prison. Californians are divided on the decision.

Paul Mackenzie and accomplices were convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted all death sentences in the state to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, affecting 548 inmates on death row. Read More: https://punchng.com/california-commutes-548-death-sentences-to-life-imprisonment/

Court finds Au Kam-san guilty of spreading false information and subversion in bid to disrupt Macao’s 2024 elections.

Gavin Newsom, who is expected to make a run for the White House in 2028, has said capital punishment is "incompatible" with the values of California.

Gavin Newsom cites state values and flaws in the legal system as he grants largest mass clemency in US history.

Governor Gavin Newsom issued the broadest commutation of death sentences in modern American history. In an open letter, Newsom said he’ll reduce every death sentence in the state to life without the possibility of parole. NBC News’ Laura Jarrett has more on what happens next.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted the state's entire death row population to life in prison without parole. The decision could grant clemency to 548 people. Newsom had previously put a moratorium on executions in the state in 2019, but left hundreds on death row. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted all death sentences in the state, saying he opposes "state-sanctioned killing." NBC News' Danny Cevallos has details on the governor's decision.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he will commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates currently condemned to execution in his state, the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he'll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and a rumored presidential candidate, moved to commute the death sentences of 548 inmates in California for one of his last acts as governor of the state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll change all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole

There are 548 people on death row in California. Newsom’s decision announced Thursday comes as he prepares to leave office after eight years.

California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he’ll change more than 500 death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole, though the state Supreme Court will have the final say in hundreds of those cases.

The move does not repeal California's death penalty or prevent prosecutors from seeking it in future cases.

“I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values,” he said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is considering a run for president, called capital punishment morally objectionable. Though California hasn’t executed anyone for 20 years, that represents about a quarter of death sentences nationwide.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he'll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

It also imposes on him a fine of ₹2 lakh for the crime

The Queensland Police Union is calling for mandatory minimum sentences after a Mount Isa officer was allegedly assaulted, but legal experts say tougher penalties will not work.

The High Court of Karnataka has sentenced a man to three months’ simple imprisonment for criminal contempt after he was found guilty of forging a 2017 court order by changing the date and adding the names of some individuals as petitioners who had not filed any petition

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The three were among 47 French "Islamic State" suspects transferred from Syrian detention. So far, ten French nationals have received prison terms after being convicted of belonging to the group.

Analysis showed decision would lead to immediate release of 150 people, including convicts of violent and sexual crimes

Defendants handed ⁠life sentences amid tensions between Khartoum and Abu Dhabi over Sudan's war and the RSF.

Eight men were sentenced to life in jail by the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal over their involvement in an arms trafficking network connected to the Sudanese civil war. Rashid Omar Abdul Qadir Ali; Salah Abdullah Mohammed Mohammed Saleh, also known as Salah Gosh; Ahmed Abdullah, known as Abdullah Khalafallah; Ahmed Rabie Sayed Ahmed; Mohammed Fath Al Bei

The four men, members of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, were convicted of the murders of six people in western Kushtia district during the unrest, which led to the former premier's ouster.

<p>ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, to 10 years in prison each in the security breach case.</p> <p>Imaan and Hadi were being tried in jail in the 2024 case pertaining to the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1868422/imaan-mazari-husband-sent-on-3-day-phy

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced three more French nationals to life in prison for being part of ISIS, bringing to 10 the number of French citizens convicted this week. The three men were sentenced by the Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad under Iraq’s anti-terrorism law. Under Iraqi law, a life sentence is equivalent to 20 years in prison and is subject to

Klevi Pirjani, 38, and 35-year-old Nivalda Pirjani, murdered their baby, Miguel in 2024.

An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced seven French ISIS members to prison, in the first verdicts of a trial involving 47 of the country's citizens transferred from Syria , handing down sentences under terrorism laws. The court sentenced six people to 20 years in prison and one was jailed for 15 years. Judge Mohammed Salman, of the Karkh Criminal Court, read ou

Kuwait has sentenced three men to death for plotting to assassinate the deputy prime minister, collaborating with Iran and joining Hezbollah. The Kuwaiti Criminal Court also sentenced eight others to five years in prison with hard labour, local media reported on Monday. The three men were convicted of harming Kuwait ’s national interests, spying for Iran, pl

The couple who were out on custody until the day of the guilty verdict when their bail was revoked have spent 146 days in pre-sentence custody.

Anthony Lee passed confidential information to his wife Laura Lee about when the 2024 general election would be held.

A Yobe State High Court has sentenced a 45-year-old man, Abubakar Musa, to death by hanging for the culpable homicide of his wife, Ammi Adamu Mamman. Read More: https://punchng.com/yobe-court-sentences-man-to-death-for-killing-wife/

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SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court on Wednesday handed down suspended...

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