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4 women, 2 men face death for dancing at wedding

The ‘accused’ were allegedly caught on videotape singing and dancing together at a wedding ceremony.

President commutes death sentence of servant

The Supreme Court, while sending Om Prakash to the gallows, had observed that "he is a menace to the...

Somalia: 17 gets death sentence for attack

An official says a military court in Somalia`s breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 peopl...

Bihar: Three sentenced to death

A local court on Monday sentenced three persons to death for killing six members of a family in 2006...

‘Bank Bomber’ in China given death sentence

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death and awarded varied jail terms to two of his accomplices...

No plan to review laws on death sentence: PC

There were no plans to review laws on death sentence, Home Minister P Chidambaram clarified and said...

Indian to be hanged in Singapore for murder

A 36-year-old Indian man was on Wednesday sentenced to death by Singapore court for murdering his Fi...

Pune BPO employee murder: Convicts awarded death

A Sessions Court on Tuesday awarded death sentences to two persons convicted in connection with the ...

Death sentence in absentia for Qaeda`s N Africa

An Algerian court sentenced the head of al Qaeda`s north African offshoot to death in absentia for ...

Drug case: Death sentence for the first time

In the first ever case of capital punishment in a drug crime, a special Narcotics court here has a...

Japan has year without executions

Its the first year in nearly two decades the country has not carried out a single death sentence.

Why not death, apex court asks Hawara

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for his involvement in t...

Morocco bomber sentenced to death

A Moroccan judge sentenced Adel Othmani to death for plotting and carrying out an April 28 bomb atta...

‘Death sentence is a judicial murder’

Death sentence is judicial murder, says former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, who headed the bench t...

Taseer assassin appeals death sentence

The police guard sentenced to death for assassinating Governor Salmaan Taseer filed an appeal agai...

Plea filed against Taseer killer`s death penalty

A lawyer has filed a petition in a Pakistani court challenging the death sentence given to the kill...

US condemns death sentence for Iran pastor

Iran pastor, Yusuf Naderkhani, has been sentenced to death for apostasy.

SC commutes death for child killer

SC commuted the death sentence of a man, who murdered his neighbour`s two minor children, saying it ...

SC upholds death sentence for ‘dictator’ husband

The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a "hot tempered" and "dictatorial" husband who ...

Man sentenced to life for burning wife to death

Mohammed, a tea master, had asked his wife to get Rs 50,000 from her father for setting up the shop ...

PMK for cancelling death sentence of Rajiv killers

The Madras High Court yesterday stayed for eight weeks the execution of the three convicts fixed fo...

Rajiv killers’ hanging: Man sets himself afire

CM Jayalalithaa said that she has no power to alter the Presidential order rejecting the clemency pl...

Iranian gets death sentence for scientist`s murder

Majid Jamali-Fashi had pleaded guilty to murdering Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in January 2010.

Tight security in prison for Rajiv’s assassins

On behest of Sonia Gandhi, that the death sentence of another convict, Nalini, was commuted to death...

Sri Lanka sentences five Chinese to death

Sri Lanka`s High Court handed five Chinese nationals the death penalty for murdering a compatriot.

Death sentence of two commuted to life in prison

President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of two murder convicts of Uttar Pradesh to ...

DSGMC seeks commuting of Bhullar`s death sentence

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Saturday sought clemency for terrorist on ...

Commute Bhullar`s death sentence: Amarinder

After SAD sought the PM`s intervention in showing mercy to Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh B...

Bahrain upholds 2 death sentences in police killings

Two other death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.

Court awards death sentence to 3 for dishonour killing

Taking a cue from the Supreme Court which favoured death sentence to those found guilty of dishonour...

Shi`ite worshippers condemn Bahrain death sentences

The verdict could intensify sectarian tension in Bahrain that hosts the US Navy`s Fifth Fleet.

Pak Prez okays review of Zulfikar`s death sentence

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday gave his assent to a proposal to ask the Supreme Court to rev...

SC stays death sentence of rapist murderer

The SC stayed the execution of the death sentence of a person convicted for rape and murder of a wi...

SC upholds death for Nithari serial killer Surinder Koli

The apex court maintained that the heinous crime committed by Surinder Koli cannot be pardoned.

Kasab death sentence: Mumbai HC to decide on Feb 21

Bombay HC will pronounce its verdict on the death sentence to 26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab on Feb 21.

Dungeon rapist in China sentenced to death

A Chinese man known as "dungeon devil", who was accused of kidnapping and caging two teenage girls...

Egypt church shooting attacker gets death sentence

The January 06 attack killed six Christian worshippers and a Muslim guard.

Missouri governor commutes death sentence to life

Richard Clay had been sentenced to die in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot.

China`s death sentence rules to face extra scrutiny

China is accused of carrying out thousands of executions every year.

Iran passes death sentence on `Israeli spy`

Iran has imposed a death sentence on a man suspected of spying for Israel.

Cuba commutes bomber`s death sentence to 30 years

The Salvadoran was convicted of killing an Italian during a 1997-98 bombing.

SC sets aside 2 of its own verdicts on death sentence

The SC set aside two of its own judgements and commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty award...

Singaporean-Indian sentenced to death for murder

A 24-year-old Singaporean of Indian decent was sentenced to death by the High Court here for murde...

Iranian woman could be stoned Wednesday: Activist

An Iranian activist said, a woman sentenced to death by stoning could be executed as early as Wedn...

Bombay HC admits Kasab`s appeal against death

The Bombay HC today admitted an appeal filed by Ajmal Kasab challenging the death sentence.

Allahabad HC upholds man`s death sentence

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the death sentence awarded to a person by a trial court in Utt...

‘Sarabjit`s death sentence stayed by Musharraf govt’

Pakistan has said that Sarabjit Singh alias Manjeet Singh’s mercy petition is not pending in Preside...

Mattoo case: CBI for upholding death sentence

CBI today told the Supreme Court that the death sentence awarded to Santosh Kumar Singh for rape a...

Four Indians sentenced to death in Sharjah

Four Indian men have been sentenced to death in Sharjah after being convicted of murder in two sep...

President commutes death sentence of eight

President Pratibha Patil has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence given to eight murde...

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