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2-Month Gap Between Case, Arrest In Marriage Cruelty Cases To Stay: Top Court
The Allahabad High Court guidelines that advise going slow with arrest in cases involving matrimonial disputes will stay, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a case where the husband and his father had spent months in jail after the wife filed
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Wrongfully Convicted Chinese Man Offers Rs 60 Lakh Reward To Catch Real Killer
Chen Shijiang, a Chinese businessman, was wrongly convicted of murder in 1998 and spent years in prison before being declared innocent in 2006.
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UK Man Wrongfully Jailed For 17 Years Ordered To Pay Rs 1 Crore For 'Bed And Board' Fees
Malkinson, who spent 17 years wrongfully imprisoned, will see a deduction of 100,000 pounds (Rs 1,06,88,639) from his compensation.
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Indian-Origin Man Wrongly Jailed For 38 Years For Murders Dies In US Prison
Kris Maharaj was wrongly convicted in 1986 for the murders of Derrick and Duane Moo Young, and his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2002.Â
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This US Woman Spent More Than 4 Decades In Jail For The Murder She Didn't Commit
They believe she's the longest wrongly imprisoned woman in US history and are fighting for her immediate release.
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Overseas Students Launch Legal Proceedings Against UK Home Office
Clients are seeking compensation for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, loss of earnings during the period their contested immigration status prohibited them from working, and damage to their mental health
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US Man Who Was Wrongly Imprisoned For 37 Years To Receive $14 Million As Compensation
According to city documents, Mr DuBoise and his law firm will get $9 million this year, $3 million next year, and $2 million in 2026.
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Man Who Was Wrongly Imprisoned For 28 Years Sues US State, Claims Officers Framed Him
Mr Johnson spent 28 years in prison for the 1994 murder of his friend Markus Boyd.
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3 US Men Wrongly Jailed For 36 Years In Murder Case To Get $48 Million
The lawsuit said that the investigators had ignored eyewitness evidence and physical evidence that contradicted their chosen narrative.
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Black Man, Wrongfully Imprisoned For 16 Years, Shot Dead By Police In Florida
He had only been out of prison for three and a half years following his exoneration when the tragic incident happened.
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Man Wrongly Jailed In Activist Malcolm X Murder Sues New York State
One of two men wrongfully imprisoned for decades over the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X sued New York state for at least $20 million in damages Tuesday.
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US Man Gets $21 Million After 39 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment
A 71-year-old US man will be awarded $21 million for almost four decades of wrongful imprisonment for two murders that took place in 1978, media reports said.
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Self-Styled Godman Rampal, In Jail For Murder, Gets Another Life Term
Days after self-styled godman Rampal and a few followers were convicted of murder in two separate cases, a Haryana court sentenced him and 13 others to life imprisonment in a second case of homicide on Wednesday. The Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge found the 67-year-old and his followers guilty of murder, wrongful confinement of people...
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Ohio Man Cleared of Murder After 39 Years in Jail to Get 1 Million Dollar Payment
An Ohio man freed last year after spending 39 years in jail for a murder he did not commit will receive more than $1 million from the state for his wrongful imprisonment, court records show.
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Wrongfully imprisoned US boxer 'Hurricane' Carter dies
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a US boxer made famous by a racially tinged wrongful murder conviction that landed him behind bars for 19 years, died Sunday, an association he directed said. He was 76.
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2-Month Gap Between Case, Arrest In Marriage Cruelty Cases To Stay: Top Court
The Allahabad High Court guidelines that advise going slow with arrest in cases involving matrimonial disputes will stay, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a case where the husband and his father had spent months in jail after the wife filed
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Wrongfully Convicted Chinese Man Offers Rs 60 Lakh Reward To Catch Real Killer
Chen Shijiang, a Chinese businessman, was wrongly convicted of murder in 1998 and spent years in prison before being declared innocent in 2006.
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UK Man Wrongfully Jailed For 17 Years Ordered To Pay Rs 1 Crore For 'Bed And Board' Fees
Malkinson, who spent 17 years wrongfully imprisoned, will see a deduction of 100,000 pounds (Rs 1,06,88,639) from his compensation.
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Indian-Origin Man Wrongly Jailed For 38 Years For Murders Dies In US Prison
Kris Maharaj was wrongly convicted in 1986 for the murders of Derrick and Duane Moo Young, and his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2002.Â
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This US Woman Spent More Than 4 Decades In Jail For The Murder She Didn't Commit
They believe she's the longest wrongly imprisoned woman in US history and are fighting for her immediate release.
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Overseas Students Launch Legal Proceedings Against UK Home Office
Clients are seeking compensation for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, loss of earnings during the period their contested immigration status prohibited them from working, and damage to their mental health
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US Man Who Was Wrongly Imprisoned For 37 Years To Receive $14 Million As Compensation
According to city documents, Mr DuBoise and his law firm will get $9 million this year, $3 million next year, and $2 million in 2026.
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Man Who Was Wrongly Imprisoned For 28 Years Sues US State, Claims Officers Framed Him
Mr Johnson spent 28 years in prison for the 1994 murder of his friend Markus Boyd.
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3 US Men Wrongly Jailed For 36 Years In Murder Case To Get $48 Million
The lawsuit said that the investigators had ignored eyewitness evidence and physical evidence that contradicted their chosen narrative.
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Black Man, Wrongfully Imprisoned For 16 Years, Shot Dead By Police In Florida
He had only been out of prison for three and a half years following his exoneration when the tragic incident happened.
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Man Wrongly Jailed In Activist Malcolm X Murder Sues New York State
One of two men wrongfully imprisoned for decades over the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X sued New York state for at least $20 million in damages Tuesday.
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US Man Gets $21 Million After 39 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment
A 71-year-old US man will be awarded $21 million for almost four decades of wrongful imprisonment for two murders that took place in 1978, media reports said.
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Self-Styled Godman Rampal, In Jail For Murder, Gets Another Life Term
Days after self-styled godman Rampal and a few followers were convicted of murder in two separate cases, a Haryana court sentenced him and 13 others to life imprisonment in a second case of homicide on Wednesday. The Hisar Additional District and Sessions Judge found the 67-year-old and his followers guilty of murder, wrongful confinement of people...
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Ohio Man Cleared of Murder After 39 Years in Jail to Get 1 Million Dollar Payment
An Ohio man freed last year after spending 39 years in jail for a murder he did not commit will receive more than $1 million from the state for his wrongful imprisonment, court records show.
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Wrongfully imprisoned US boxer 'Hurricane' Carter dies
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a US boxer made famous by a racially tinged wrongful murder conviction that landed him behind bars for 19 years, died Sunday, an association he directed said. He was 76.
