Chinese Authorities Jail Notorious Gangster

Chines authorities in the city of Chongquing have jailed a notorious gangster for 18 years Xie Caiping was a kingpin in the underworld of gambling, loan sharking and violence in that city.  Ms. Xie was unusual in that she was reputed to keep a stable of young men for her...

Norwegians sentenced to death in Kongo.

Two Norwegian citizens have been, during a military trial in Congo, given five times death sentence. Under the charges of spying, attempted murder and the murder of their driver. During the trial, Norway have as well been charged and convicted with a debt of $60...

Al Qaeda Tarim Cell Terrorists Sentenced to Death in Yemen

Six members of the Al Qaeda Tarim cell were sentenced to death for terrorism, by a judge in Yemen. The Tarim cell represented the Yemeni wing of Al Qaeda, and included four Syrians and a Saudi Arabian in addition to 11 Yemenis. In addition to the death sentences, the...

Stephanie Lazarus, LAPD Detective, Charged with Murder

Stephanie Lazarus, veteran detective for the LAPD, has been charged with murder for killing her ex-boyfriend's wife, Sherri Rasmussen, 23 years ago."Stephanie Lazarus, 49, could potentially face the death penalty because prosecutors alleged a special circumstance in...

Suzanne Tamim Death Sentence: Hisham Talaat Moustafa to Hang

Egyptian Billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa had been giving a death sentence in the contract murder of his lover Suzanne Tamim.  Hisham Talaat Moustafa stood accused of paying the equivalent of $2 million US to...

Salman Rushdie Speaks Out About The Satanic Verses Death Sentence

When British author Salman Rushdie wrote the now infamous book The Satanic Verses he probably didn't expect that it would mean living with a death sentence, but for the past 20 years that is exactly how he has...

Afghan journalism student sentenced to death

Is this about religion or control?"An Afghan court on Tuesday sentenced a 23-year-old journalism student to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that three judges said violated the tenets of Islam. The three-judge panel sentenced Sayad Parwez Kambaksh to...

Kenneth Foster's Sentence Commuted

Texas Governor Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Foster to life in prison. This is the first time Governor Perry has voluntarily commuted the sentence of a condemned inmate on death...

Gay Nigerians face Sharia death

"Eighteen men have been remanded in prison following their arrest for alleged sodomy in northern Nigeria, the state-owned news agency, Nan, reports. The men were arrested in a hotel in north-eastern Bauchi State, which is governed by the Islamic Sharia law. The Sharia...

Beyond Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Christopher Newton was executed almost two hours after the scheduled time of his execution. He had received the death sentence for killing his prison cellmate, choking and beating him after an argument...

Execution Date Set for Tennessee Cop Killer

Legal wrangling continues as the execution date looms for Philip Workman. The condemned was convicted in 1981 of murdering a police officer during a restaurant robbery, and his executino date had been shifted several times."Lawyers for convicted cop killer Philip Workman and...

HUSSEIN IS EXECUTED

 I hope that to some this death sentence does not make a hero out of the former Iraqi leader. Outside of Iraq, where some people might not have access to the full story. They might see him as someone who...

Saddam Hussein Has Left The Building! [video link]

Reported 12-29-06 7:08 PM PST United States Time - This report was from FOX News via Al-Arabiya.  The reporter stated that he had heard the report over his IFB. People in Dearborn, Michigan are being...

Libya sentences medics to death

A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. The medics have been in detention since 1999, during which time 52 of the 426 infected children have died of Aids. The nurses...

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