Tucson: Convicted Tucson gunman Jared Loughner was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms plus 140 years in prison on Thursday for killing six people and wounding 13 others, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in a rampage in 2011.
Loughner, 24, a college dropout with a history of psychiatric disorders, was handed the sentence following a plea deal with prosecutors in August that spared him the death penalty.
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01:00 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Kochi: The Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court on Thursday awarded rigorous life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 to Sudheer, the father of the victim and prime accused in the Paravoor sex scandal case. He has been charged for offences under Section 376(rape) of the IPC. Let there be no more such rape incidents, says the verdict issued by the Additional Sessions Court in the Paravoor sex scandal case. The...
11:53 AM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: A sentence lesser than life term cannot be awarded to convicts for heinous offences like dowry death where the victim is killed in a brutal manner, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of justices Swatanter Kumar and Ranjan Gogoi rejected the plea of a victim's husband and brother-in-law for leniency on the ground that they are young, their mother was of advancing age and the incident occurred...
12:07 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has reduced the life sentence awarded to a man, who killed his wife for not cooking food for him, to ten years in jail saying the crime was not pre-planned. The court, in the ruling last week, observed that the murder was over a "petty reason and not pre-planned" and Kamlya Waghmare cannot be held guilty under section 302 of IPC for murder, but only...
11:05 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Bajrakha village in Uttar Pradesh is celebrating a new lease of life to six of its own. ...
10:47 AM, Jun 29, 2010
He disobeyed Canadian laws to warn his sexual partners about his HIV status. ...
10:18 AM, Apr 05, 2009
Fritzl, 73, pleaded guilty to incest, rape, enslavement among other charges. ...
07:51 PM, Mar 19, 2009
IBN7's Vimal Kumar revels in some unique delicacies of Ministry of Crab, a restaurant jointly started by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. ...
10:09 PM, Jun 29, 2008
London: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's verdict to field first on winning the toss in the first Test against England at Lord's has earned flak from some quarters. The sudden decision took the experts by surprise and few have doubts whether it's a right decision, given the venue and conditions. In a similar incident, Mohammed Azharuddin chose to field at the same venue in 1990 and the opposition captain Graham...
12:25 PM, Feb 14, 2008
Kochi: Star-power is missing after heavyweights from both the teams were either rested or ruled out but weather-permitting, a cracker of a contest can still be expected when India and Australia lock horns in the first ODI of a three-match series on Sunday. Buoyed by the thrilling 2-0 Test series win over the Aussies, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India would look to carry on the good form when they face a...
08:39 PM, Oct 24, 2007
This time he has been convicted for murdering priest Arul Doss. ...
03:25 PM, Sep 22, 2007
The woman's eyes were on her husband's multimillion-dollar estate. ...
01:24 PM, Jul 19, 2007
A team lead by Siwan DM raided the Siwan jail on Tuesday evening and recovered four mobile handsets. ...
03:01 AM, May 16, 2007
Convicted in two separate criminal cases, RJD MP Shahbuddin is yet to defend himself in 31 other cases still pending against him. ...
12:05 AM, May 09, 2007
A Delhi sessions court sentenced 3 persons to life imprisonment for lynching three members of a Sikh family during the 1984 Sikh riots. ...
09:24 PM, Mar 30, 2007
A Delhi sessions court on Monday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for the anti-Sikh riots. ...
09:11 PM, Mar 29, 2007
