by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2013 | World
Dhaka, Reuters—Bangladesh’s Supreme Court sentenced an Islamist leader to death for war crimes on Tuesday, overturning a life sentence imposed by a tribunal, triggering outrage from his lawyers and protests from his supporters. The war crimes tribunal back in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 10, 2013 | World
Boston, Reuters—Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court on Wednesday to face charges in the worst mass-casualty attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001, a crime that could bring the death penalty. The 19-year-old ethnic Chechen was...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2013 | World
Seattle, Reuters—A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in two rampages from his Army post last year has reached a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday. Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 1, 2013 | World
Centennial, AP—After a week of legal twists and turns, James Holmes will find out Monday if he could face execution if convicted in the Colorado theater attack that killed 12 people. Behind-the-scenes maneuvering erupted into a public quarrel between prosecutors and...
