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31 get life imprisonment in post-Godhra riot case
Principal District and Sessions Judge SC Srivastva, while pronouncing the verdict, also directed the 31 convicts to deposit Rs 50000 each, which would be paid as compensation to the families of the victims. The convicts were also awarded jail terms
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:49P
Forrester free to head Coast chamber
Bank of Queensland as manager after his office yesterday lifted his three-year suspension. Read more, including what Mr Forrester, his work colleagues and the Mudgeeraba Chamber of Commerce had to say, on page 4 of today's Gold Coast Bulletin.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:49P
Report: Mexico commits rights abuse in drug war
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — A humans rights group says it has documented more than 200 cases of torture,
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:47P
31 get life term for burning 33 alive in Gujarat; 42 acquitted
Offering hope to hundreds of victims of the 2002 riots in Gujarat, a special trial court on Wednesday sentenced 31 accused to life imprisonment for the massacre of 33 Muslims in Gujarat's Sardarpura village on the intervening night of February 28 and
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:41P
Defense details Connecticut home invasion killer's troubled childhood
Defense attorneys representing convicted home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky hope the horrific details about their client's troubled childhood will persuade jurors in his death penalty trial to spare his life. Komisarjevsky had claimed in the
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:39P
Edgar Steele sentenced in murder for hire plot
Edgar J. Steele of Sagle was sentenced Wednesday by US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill in Coeur d'Alene. He was convicted in May. Steele paid Larry Fairfax, 50, also of Sagle, $10000 in silver for the hit, authorities said.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:39P
THE KING'S CHAPEL, AND THE KING'S COURT
The Ventura case is a prime example. In the name of "national security," the courts have repeatedly "looked the other way" to the encroachments of liberty by the executive branch of the federal government. In his report, Watson wrote, "Referring to
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:39P
Post-Godhra riots: Gujarat court convicts 31 of 73 accused
In all, 76 accused were arrested in the Sardarpur case by the police, out of which, two died during pendency of trial, while one was a juvenile, against whom, trial was on in a juvenile court. The court had framed charges against 73 accused in June
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:38P
Edgar Steele sentenced to 50 Years in murder-for-hire scheme
The district court also rejected Steele's contention that an FBI agent manipulated the recordings in which Steele made statements suggesting his own guilt. “Steele was given ample opportunity during the [pretrial] hearing and trial to test the
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:38P
Jury selection underway for man involved with embattled Canton Cop
At this time, Officer Harless is not listed as a witness in Bartlett's trial. Representatives from Stop Police State, Ohio for Carry Concealed and Ohio Cop Block are protesting and filling the court room in this case of injustice.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:37P