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Man Who Escaped Jail Raped, Killed 23-Year-Old. All About 2011 Soumya Case
The 2011 Soumya murder case in Kerala is back in focus after convict Govindachamy attempted to escape from a high-security prison.
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'No Warning': The Death Penalty In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation.
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Iran's Narges Mohammadi Speaks To Nobel Panel For First Time. What She Said
Mohammadi recalled how the women's ward at Evin prison "erupted with chants" of the protest slogan "Woman Life Freedom" when they heard she had been awarded the prize.
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US Jury Awards $50 Million To Man After 10 Years Of Wrongful Conviction
A US jury has awarded $50 million in damages to a man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, his lawyers said Tuesday.
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Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Win "Historic" For Iran's Freedom Struggle, Says Family
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is a "historic and profound moment for Iran's fight for freedom," her family said, while regretting she could not share this "extraordinary moment".
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BJP MP Ramshankar Katheria Gets 2 Years In Jail In 2012 Vandalism Case
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramshankar Katheria on Saturday was awarded two-year imprisonment by an Agra Court in connection with a vandalism case at a company in a mall in 2011.
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UP Prison Gets 5-Star Rating For Food Quality
The Bulandshahr prison of Uttar Pradesh was awarded a five-star rating and the tag 'Eat Right Campus' by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), informed a press release.
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18 Years After Murder, 3 UP Men Sentenced To Life In Prison
A local court in Uttar Pradesh has awarded life sentence to three persons for killing a man 18 years ago.
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Terrorist Yasin Malik's Separate Cell In Jail No 7 Under Maximum Security
A day after a Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case, Tihar prison authorities on Thursday said the separatist leader has been kept in a separate cell under heavy security.
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413 Death Row Convicts In Jails Across Country Till 2020: Centre's Data
As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country till the end of 2020, according to a new central government data.
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Supreme Court Reduces Man's 5-Year Sentence In Murder Over Stolen Pigeon
The Supreme Court Tuesday reduced a 12-year sentence awarded to a man convicted in a murder case over a stolen pigeon, noting that the incident happened in the spur of the moment and was not premeditated.
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Wrongfully Convicted US Brothers To Receive $84 Million
Two African-American half-brothers who spent 31 years in prison in the southern US state of North Carolina for a crime they did not commit have been awarded $84 million, their lawyer said Monday.
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15 Years In Prison For Spokesman Of 26/11 Mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Terror Group
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has awarded 15 years jail term to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), in a terror financing case.
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6 Delhi Prisons Personnel Awarded President's Correctional Service Medals
Mohammad Aslam, Head Warder in Delhi Prisons, has been awarded the President's Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Services on the occasion of 74th Independence Day.
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20-Year Prison For 2 Gudiya Gang Rape Convicts
A Delhi court on Thursday awarded 20 years imprisonment to two men in the 2013 kidnapping and rape case of a five-year-old girl, Gudiya (not her real name).
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Man Who Escaped Jail Raped, Killed 23-Year-Old. All About 2011 Soumya Case
The 2011 Soumya murder case in Kerala is back in focus after convict Govindachamy attempted to escape from a high-security prison.
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'No Warning': The Death Penalty In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation.
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Iran's Narges Mohammadi Speaks To Nobel Panel For First Time. What She Said
Mohammadi recalled how the women's ward at Evin prison "erupted with chants" of the protest slogan "Woman Life Freedom" when they heard she had been awarded the prize.
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US Jury Awards $50 Million To Man After 10 Years Of Wrongful Conviction
A US jury has awarded $50 million in damages to a man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder, his lawyers said Tuesday.
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Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Win "Historic" For Iran's Freedom Struggle, Says Family
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is a "historic and profound moment for Iran's fight for freedom," her family said, while regretting she could not share this "extraordinary moment".
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BJP MP Ramshankar Katheria Gets 2 Years In Jail In 2012 Vandalism Case
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramshankar Katheria on Saturday was awarded two-year imprisonment by an Agra Court in connection with a vandalism case at a company in a mall in 2011.
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UP Prison Gets 5-Star Rating For Food Quality
The Bulandshahr prison of Uttar Pradesh was awarded a five-star rating and the tag 'Eat Right Campus' by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI), informed a press release.
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18 Years After Murder, 3 UP Men Sentenced To Life In Prison
A local court in Uttar Pradesh has awarded life sentence to three persons for killing a man 18 years ago.
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Terrorist Yasin Malik's Separate Cell In Jail No 7 Under Maximum Security
A day after a Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case, Tihar prison authorities on Thursday said the separatist leader has been kept in a separate cell under heavy security.
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413 Death Row Convicts In Jails Across Country Till 2020: Centre's Data
As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country till the end of 2020, according to a new central government data.
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Supreme Court Reduces Man's 5-Year Sentence In Murder Over Stolen Pigeon
The Supreme Court Tuesday reduced a 12-year sentence awarded to a man convicted in a murder case over a stolen pigeon, noting that the incident happened in the spur of the moment and was not premeditated.
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Wrongfully Convicted US Brothers To Receive $84 Million
Two African-American half-brothers who spent 31 years in prison in the southern US state of North Carolina for a crime they did not commit have been awarded $84 million, their lawyer said Monday.
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15 Years In Prison For Spokesman Of 26/11 Mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Terror Group
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has awarded 15 years jail term to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), in a terror financing case.
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6 Delhi Prisons Personnel Awarded President's Correctional Service Medals
Mohammad Aslam, Head Warder in Delhi Prisons, has been awarded the President's Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Services on the occasion of 74th Independence Day.
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20-Year Prison For 2 Gudiya Gang Rape Convicts
A Delhi court on Thursday awarded 20 years imprisonment to two men in the 2013 kidnapping and rape case of a five-year-old girl, Gudiya (not her real name).
