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No Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione In UnitedHealth CEO Murder Case
A New York federal judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, a major blow to prosecutors that means Mangione no longer faces a possible death penalty if convicted.
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No Sign Of New Protests In Iran As Hard-Line Cleric Calls For Executions
As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that drew a bloody crackdown, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly threatened US President Donald Trump.
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Protesters Are 'Enemies Of God': Iran Warns Of Death Penalty In Crackdown
Amid two weeks of mass protests, Iran's attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, has warned that anyone participating in demonstrations will be considered an "enemy of God", a charge that comes with the death penalty under Iranian law.
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South Korea's Yoon Faces Potential Death Penalty Over Martial Law Crisis
South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.
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Haryana Gangster Vikas Gulia, Associate Jailed For Life
A Delhi court has sentenced Haryana gangster Vikas Gulia and his associate to life imprisonment under MCOCA provisions, but refused the death penalty saying the offences did not fall under the category of 'rarest of the rare cases'.
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"Have To Pursue Till He Gets Death Penalty": Unnao Rape Survivor's Promise
The Unnao rape survivor has expressed faith in the Supreme Court after it stayed a Delhi High Court order suspending the sentence of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the ex-BJP MLA who raped her.
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China Executes Ex-Banker For Taking Over $156 Million In Bribe
China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported.
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Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely
This whole process essentially marks a departure from past eras in Bangladesh when trials-even of mass atrocity-were weak on facts, heavy on politics.
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Trump Floats Death Penalty For Democrats Asking Military To Refuse Orders
US President Donald Trump on Thursday evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and accusing them of sedition.
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"Yunus Can't Touch My Mother": Sheikh Hasina's Son On Death Verdict
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not be able to kill his mother.
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32-Year-Old Telangana Man Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Wife, 2 Children
A court in Vikarabad district on Thursday awarded a death sentence to a 32-year-old man for brutally murdering his wife and two children in August 2019.
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Opinion: How Hasina's Death Sentence Has Put Delhi-Dhaka Relations At Crossroads
The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, which also included directing destructive force during the June 2024 student-led protests.
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Sheikh Hasina Death Sentence Is Illegal, Unimplementable, Untenable: Sources
Serious legal, constitutional, and procedural lapses have raised profound concerns about the validity of the death sentence handed down to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh (ICT-B).
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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No Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione In UnitedHealth CEO Murder Case
A New York federal judge on Friday dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, a major blow to prosecutors that means Mangione no longer faces a possible death penalty if convicted.
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No Sign Of New Protests In Iran As Hard-Line Cleric Calls For Executions
As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that drew a bloody crackdown, a senior hard-line cleric called Friday for the death penalty for detained demonstrators and directly threatened US President Donald Trump.
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Protesters Are 'Enemies Of God': Iran Warns Of Death Penalty In Crackdown
Amid two weeks of mass protests, Iran's attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, has warned that anyone participating in demonstrations will be considered an "enemy of God", a charge that comes with the death penalty under Iranian law.
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South Korea's Yoon Faces Potential Death Penalty Over Martial Law Crisis
South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.
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Haryana Gangster Vikas Gulia, Associate Jailed For Life
A Delhi court has sentenced Haryana gangster Vikas Gulia and his associate to life imprisonment under MCOCA provisions, but refused the death penalty saying the offences did not fall under the category of 'rarest of the rare cases'.
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"Have To Pursue Till He Gets Death Penalty": Unnao Rape Survivor's Promise
The Unnao rape survivor has expressed faith in the Supreme Court after it stayed a Delhi High Court order suspending the sentence of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the ex-BJP MLA who raped her.
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China Executes Ex-Banker For Taking Over $156 Million In Bribe
China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported.
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Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely
This whole process essentially marks a departure from past eras in Bangladesh when trials-even of mass atrocity-were weak on facts, heavy on politics.
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Trump Floats Death Penalty For Democrats Asking Military To Refuse Orders
US President Donald Trump on Thursday evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and accusing them of sedition.
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"Yunus Can't Touch My Mother": Sheikh Hasina's Son On Death Verdict
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not be able to kill his mother.
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32-Year-Old Telangana Man Gets Death Penalty For Murdering Wife, 2 Children
A court in Vikarabad district on Thursday awarded a death sentence to a 32-year-old man for brutally murdering his wife and two children in August 2019.
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Opinion: How Hasina's Death Sentence Has Put Delhi-Dhaka Relations At Crossroads
The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, which also included directing destructive force during the June 2024 student-led protests.
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Sheikh Hasina Death Sentence Is Illegal, Unimplementable, Untenable: Sources
Serious legal, constitutional, and procedural lapses have raised profound concerns about the validity of the death sentence handed down to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh (ICT-B).
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
