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Five sentenced to death in Nigeria over ‘witchcraft’ murder

February 7, 2025 World Justice News 0

Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria’s Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft. The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working […]

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Vietnamese tycoon must find $9bn to avoid death penalty after appeal fails

December 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in […]

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Questions surround German man sentenced to death in Belarus

July 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

A German man who has been sentenced to death in Belarus for terrorism has been shown in a heavily choreographed interview on state-controlled television, apparently confessing to planting explosives near a railway line. There is […]

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Chad Daybell sentenced to death in the sex, money and dark spirits doomsday murders trial

June 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

Self-styled prophet Chad Daybell told the world the apocalypse was coming and spoke of dark spirits, but prosecutors say he lusted for sex, money and power. Now the former gravedigger has been sentenced to death […]

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Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan sentenced to death for $44bn fraud

April 11, 2024 World Justice News 0

It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh […]

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Former Yoozoo Games executive sentenced to death over fatal poisoning of one of richest men in China

March 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former Yoozoo Games executive has been sentenced to death over the poisoning of the company’s founder. Xu Yao poisoned Lin Qi’s food in December 2020 because they disagreed over how to run the business, […]

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DR Congo soldiers get death sentence for cowardice against rebels

February 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A court in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced seven soldiers to death for cowardice in the face of the enemy and murder. They were found to have fled advancing M23 […]

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Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state’s death sentences

December 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown will commute the sentences of all the state’s 17 death row prisoners to life in prison without chance of parole. With less than a month left in office, she said […]

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Iran protests: Tehran court sentences first person to death over unrest

November 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

A court in Iran has issued the first death sentence to a person arrested for taking part in the protests that have engulfed the country, state media say. The Revolutionary Court found the defendant, who […]

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Taylor Parker handed death sentence for murdering friend and cutting baby from her womb

November 11, 2022 World Justice News 0

A woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant mother she knew and cutting out her baby to take as her own. Taylor Parker, 29, was convicted last month of murdering Reagan Simmons-Hancock and on […]

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