YNW Bortlen avoids life sentence with plea deal in high-profile legal battleYNW Bortlen, initially charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 deaths of two friends, has reached a plea agreement, averting a life se...
10 Sep, 2025, 06.54 AM IST
Centre finds death penalty clause in Aparajita Bill 'excessively harsh', Guv sends it back to stateWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has returned the Aparajita Bill to the state government due to serious objections raised by the Centre...
25 Jul, 2025, 04.03 PM IST
Sean 'Diddy' Combs to be sentenced on October 3 on prostitution charges after prosecution, defense reach agreementSean “Diddy” Combs will be sentenced on October 3, 2025, following his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, while being acquitte...
09 Jul, 2025, 02.17 AM IST
First date turns deadly: Milwaukee man found guilty of brutally murdering 19-year-old womanMaxwell Anderson was found guilty on Friday of murdering and dismembering Sade Robinson, a 19-year-old college student, after their first d...
06 Jun, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
Michigan court bans mandatory life sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds in murder casesIn a significant ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court has eliminated mandatory life sentences without parole for 19 and 20-year-old murderers...
11 Apr, 2025, 06.36 AM IST
17-year-old Michigan school shooter who killed 4 students to face life sentence? Here's what the court saidOn Friday, a Michigan judge delivered a ruling stating that a teenager who tragically killed four classmates and injured six others at his ...
29 Sep, 2023, 09.11 PM IST
Indian student Jasmeen Kaur in Australia was killed by former boyfriend in an act of revengeDuring the sentencing submissions at the South Australian supreme court, Prosecutor Carmen Matteo SC revealed the horrifying ordeal Jasmeen...
06 Jul, 2023, 03.08 PM IST
Rapper Fetty Wap pleads guilty to drug charges, faces at least 5 years in prisonThe 'Trap Queen' rapper was initially arrested last October.
23 Aug, 2022, 08.23 AM IST
SC reserves verdict in Delhi gang rape caseAccused Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur had moved the top court challenging the high court's March 13, 2014 verdict upholding th...
27 Mar, 2017, 07.35 PM IST
Jigisha murder case: Death row convict challenges convictionThe trio are also facing trial for the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan, killed a year before Jigisha.
13 Sep, 2016, 05.34 PM IST
Jigisha case: HC issues production warrant to death row convictsA bench of justices Gita Mittal and R K Gauba directed Tihar Jail authorities here to produce convicts Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla before i...
05 Sep, 2016, 03.02 PM IST
Death row convicts can't be hanged secretly and hurriedly: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court pointed out that prisoners can file review petition and can also seek mercy from the President or Governor for commuting ...
28 May, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
Supreme Court quashes warrants for execution of death sentence of coupleThe Supreme Court today quashed the execution warrants of a young woman and her lover, convicted for killing seven members of her family.
27 May, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
- Delhi gangrape case: Parliamentary panel hears Home Secretary on anti-rape measures
A Parliamentary Committee is mulling recommending a slew of corrective measures, including mandatory filing of FIRs in cases of sexual assa...
21 Jan, 2013, 08.51 PM IST
Why mandatory death penalty be not abolished? Supreme Court asksSC asked the Union government why provisions in some laws mandating compulsory death penalty as punishment be not struck down as unconstitu...
02 Dec, 2012, 03.09 AM IST
- Rajiv Gandhi's assassin Nalini ends indefinite fast
Nalini broke her fast this morning after the prison officials prevailed upon her to do so and assured her that her plea would be considered...
23 Sep, 2009, 10.19 AM IST
- Uphaar fire case: Court defers hearing on quantum of sentence
A court in New Delhi on Wednesday deferred the hearing till Thursday on quantum of punishment in Uphaar cinema tragedy case as the argument...
21 Nov, 2007, 06.24 PM IST