1984 anti-Sikh riots: Why did court give life term, not death penalty, to convict Sajjan Kumar? | Latest News India

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a special court in Delhi in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The sentence was awarded by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court, which rejected a plea for the death penalty to Sajjan Kumar. **EDS: FILE IMAGE** New Delhi: In this Thursday, Dec. 20, … Read more

‘Not rarest of rare’, says court, gives life to RG Kar convict

KOLKATA: A sessions court in Kolkata Monday sentenced former traffic police volunteer Sanjay Roy (35) to jail for the remainder of his life for raping and murdering a 31-year-old junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9 last year, acknowledging that it resisted “the temptation to bow to public pressure or … Read more

89-Year-Old Sex Offender Asks For Basement Home Despite Lifelong Imprisonment

The Hateful Case of Fritzl: Release and Parole Dreams of an 89-Year-Old Predator The Hateful Case of Fritzl: Release and Parole Dreams of an 89-Year-Old Predator The 89-year-old has been in psychiatric detention in a high-security unit since he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009. The 89-year-old has been in psychiatric detention in a … Read more