Articles for Court Sentence

Man who took four hostages in Ede cafe is facing a year in prison
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Man who took four hostages in Ede cafe is facing a year in prison

NL Times  

The Public Prosecution Service recommended 12 months in prison and mandatory psychiatric treatment at a TBS facility on Tuesday against 28-year-old Corné H., who took four people hostage in a cafe in Ede for hours on March 30. In addition to the prison sentence, the prosecutor asked the court to ban H. from entering the area where the cafe is …

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The first rioter tried on Jan. 6 charges gets reduced prison sentence after Supreme Court decision
2 weeks, 4 days ago

The first rioter tried on Jan. 6 charges gets reduced prison sentence after Supreme Court decision

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison after he delivered an angry, profane rant to the judge who agreed to modestly reduce his original sentence. Prosecutors said Reffitt told fellow members of the …

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SC seeks CBI response in Balwan Khokhar plea in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
2 weeks, 4 days ago

SC seeks CBI response in Balwan Khokhar plea in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a response to former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar’s plea seeking suspension of sentence in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Khokhar, along with former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, had been convicted under various counts of Indian Penal Code in the case and is undergoing a life sentence and …

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Chhattisgarh HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old girl as he is from backward caste
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Chhattisgarh HC commutes death sentence of man convicted of rape and murder of 7-year-old girl as he is from backward caste

Op India  

On Wednesday, 4th December, the Chhattisgarh High Court overturned a man’s death sentence for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and murdering a seven-year-old child in the year 2021. While acknowledging the intensity of the crime, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad also claimed that the case did not meet the stringent ‘rarest of the rare’ …

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Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion

LA Times  

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life in prison if she reimburses some $11 billion, or three-fourths of the amount of her fraud in the country’s biggest financial crime. As chairperson of the Van Thinh Phat real estate firm, the court said …

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Supreme Court Issues Notice On Ex-MP S Venugopal Chary's Challenge To Conviction, Sentence For Allegedly Hurting Police Official; Exempted From Surrender
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Ex-MP S Venugopal Chary's Challenge To Conviction, Sentence For Allegedly Hurting Police Official; Exempted From Surrender

Live Law  

While issuing notice on S Venugopala Chary's plea challenging his conviction and sentence in a case involving allegations of hitting a police official, the Supreme Court today extended the exemption from surrender granted earlier to the former MP.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order.Briefly put, Chary was booked on the allegations of hitting a. While …

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Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks
1 month ago

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

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Delft man sentenced to 30 months in prison for organizing gang rapes of underage girl
1 month, 1 week ago

Delft man sentenced to 30 months in prison for organizing gang rapes of underage girl

NL Times  

The court in The Hague has sentenced 68-year-old Paul P. from Delft to 30 months in prison for sexual exploitation of an underage girl. The man organized gang rapes on two occasions in his flat, with several men paying to rape the girl. “The suspect only had an eye for his own financial gain and used the insecurity and vulnerability …

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Court upholds truck driver's conviction, reduces sentence for failing to see Victorian cyclist she struck
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Court upholds truck driver's conviction, reduces sentence for failing to see Victorian cyclist she struck

ABC  

Adelaide truck driver Amala Paulson, convicted of dangerous driving causing death, has been acquitted of two other charges and her prison sentence reduced in the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeals. Prolonged inattention The Court of Appeal upheld her conviction on the charge of dangerous driving causing death but acquitted her of the charges of failing to stop, and failing to …

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HC acquits murder case convict, sets aside life imprisonment sentence
4 months, 3 weeks ago

HC acquits murder case convict, sets aside life imprisonment sentence

The Hindu  

The life imprisonment sentence awarded nearly nine years ago by a trial court of Siddipet to a person holding him guilty of murdering his mother had been set aside by the Telangana High Court. A division bench of Justices K. Surender and J. Sreenivas Rao, pronouncing verdict in the criminal appeal petition filed by the ‘convict’ P. Pochaiah, directed the …

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1997 Melavalavu Massacre | Madras High Court Asks State To Revoke Remission Of Accused After He Was Accused Of Attacking Man
4 months, 3 weeks ago

1997 Melavalavu Massacre | Madras High Court Asks State To Revoke Remission Of Accused After He Was Accused Of Attacking Man

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has asked the state authorities to revoke the remission order and restore the conviction and sentence imposed on Sekar, one of the accused in the 1997 Melavalavu Massacre after he was accused of attacking a man. 130 under Rule 341 of the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983 puts a probation period of three years, it could …

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Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned
5 months ago

Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned

Associated Press  

— A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars. The judge originally ruled on June 14 that Hemme’s attorneys had established “clear and convincing evidence” of “actual innocence” and he overturned her conviction. “It …

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Russia prosecutor seeks 18-year sentence for US journalist Evan Gershkovich
5 months ago

Russia prosecutor seeks 18-year sentence for US journalist Evan Gershkovich

Al Jazeera  

Court expected to issue verdict in espionage trial of The Wall Street Journal reporter on Friday. A Russian prosecutor is seeking an 18-year sentence for American journalist Evan Gershkovich who has been charged with espionage. ‘Bargaining chip’ Tensions are running high between the US, Gershkovich’s birth country, and Russia, the country of origin of his parents, over Moscow’s role in …

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Dead boys’ mother feels a ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dead boys’ mother feels a ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence

LA Times  

Karim Iskander, right, and wife Nancy Iskander, center, arrive for Rebecca Grossman’s sentencing on Monday in Van Nuys. “My pain is nothing compared to your pain — not even a fraction.” On Monday, Iskander spoke ahead of Grossman’s sentencing of the evening she rushed to the hospital after the crash. “She looked me in the eye,” Iskander said, her voice …

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'Not Same Transaction': Delhi High Court Rejects Convict's Plea Seeking Concurrent Running Of Sentences In UAPA Cases
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Not Same Transaction': Delhi High Court Rejects Convict's Plea Seeking Concurrent Running Of Sentences In UAPA Cases

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed a plea moved by a convict seeking concurrent running of his jail terms in two UAPA cases, observing that the offences committed by him did not form part of the same transaction. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma dismissed the plea moved by Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed who was convicted by NIA courts in Greater Bombay and …

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Unnao rape case: court rejects ex-BJP leader’s plea
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Unnao rape case: court rejects ex-BJP leader’s plea

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to suspend the 10 year jail term awarded to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar for the custodial death of the Unnao rape victim’s father. about six years out of 10 years of imprisonment awarded to him, this Court also remains conscious of the fact that the period undergone by a …

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Woman denies grabbing fmr. Minister before devastating bicycle fall
7 months ago

Woman denies grabbing fmr. Minister before devastating bicycle fall

NL Times  

The 44-year-old woman who was involved in the fall of cycling Sander Dekker in the dune area near Monster, Zuid-Holland, in June 2022 denied in court that she had grabbed the arm of the former Minister for Legal Protection. The Public Prosecution Service demanded 240 hours of community service and a fully suspended prison sentence of six months against her …

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Judge cites error, will reopen sentencing hearing for man who attacked Paul Pelosi
7 months ago

Judge cites error, will reopen sentencing hearing for man who attacked Paul Pelosi

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week. On Friday, District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley sentenced David DePape to 20 years for attempting to …

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Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student
7 months ago

Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the death sentence given by a trial court to Muhammed Ameer ul-Islam, the lone convict in the 2016 rape and murder of a 30-year-old law student in Ernakulam district of the state. Kerala HC upholds death sentence in 2016 rape and murder of law student The accused, then 22 years old and a …

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4 awarded life sentence for gang rape of minor Hindu girl in Madhubani
7 months, 3 weeks ago

4 awarded life sentence for gang rape of minor Hindu girl in Madhubani

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Madhubani district court in Bihar sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for gang-raping a minor Hindu girl. The four convicts include Mohammad Zafar Ansari, Mohammad Jibril, Mohammad Ahmed, and Akhtar Ansari. During this time, Mohammad Zafar Ansari, Mohammad Jibril, Mohammad Ahmed, and Akhtar Ansari also arrived there. During interrogation, he told Police that Mohammad Jibril, Mohammad Ahmed, …

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Emma Lovell: Husband of woman stabbed during a violent home invasion 'traumatised' by watching footage of the attack - as her teen killer seeks a lighter sentence
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Emma Lovell: Husband of woman stabbed during a violent home invasion 'traumatised' by watching footage of the attack - as her teen killer seeks a lighter sentence

Daily Mail  

The husband of a woman murdered during a home invasion says he found it challenging to watch the attack's footage and listen to why the teen killer should get a lighter sentence. Emma Lovell was stabbed during a home invasion in North Lakes in 2022 Lee Lovell struggled in Brisbane Supreme Court during a sentencing hearing for the killer of …

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The Basics Of “Criminal Trial” For The Novices In The Bench And The Bar [Q and A-Part-XI]
8 months, 1 week ago

The Basics Of “Criminal Trial” For The Novices In The Bench And The Bar [Q and A-Part-XI]

Live Law  

Q.48 What is the special intermediate stage of acquittal in a “sessions trial”? If after the prosecution evidence is over the Judge considers that there is “no evidence” to show that the accused committed the offence alleged, the Judge shall record an order of acquittal. It reads as follows :- “354: Language and contents of judgment - Except as otherwise …

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Pakistani student, 22, awarded death sentence over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistani student, 22, awarded death sentence over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages

Hindustan Times  

A 22-year-old student was sentenced to death in Pakistan on the charges of blasphemy over WhatsApp messages, reported BBC on Friday. According to the Pakistani court, the student had prepared ‘blasphemous’ pictures and videos on the messaging application that contained derogatory words about Prophet Muhammad and his wives. A Pakistani court has awarded the death sentence to a 22-year-old student …

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Karnataka HC Refuses Parole To Serial Killer Umesh Reddy, Says Competing Public Interest Can't Be Ignored Especially In Case Of Life Convict
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka HC Refuses Parole To Serial Killer Umesh Reddy, Says Competing Public Interest Can't Be Ignored Especially In Case Of Life Convict

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has said that in cases where the convicts are undergoing life imprisonment, competing public interest cannot be ignored while considering their application seeking parole. “The Apex Court directed that the petitioner cannot claim remission till he completes 30 years which will not come in his way of seeking parole in justifiable circumstances,” he argued. The petitioner …

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