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Strengthening laws to ensure stringent punishment for crimes against women: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted his government's focus on women's empowerment, including s…
PTI
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UP Assembly passes amendment bill enhancing punishment under Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act
Earlier the maximum punishment provided for those found guilty of marrying a woman by deceiving her…
PTI
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"No reply received, hope this matter receives considered attention": CM Mamata writes to PM Modi again on rape-murder case
Hoping for "very considered attention", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote …
ANI
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Bengal govt will amend existing laws to ensure death penalty to rapists: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Banerjee said that she would sit for dharna outside Raj Bhavan here if the governor delays in givin…
PTI
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West Bengal bypolls to feature seven candidates with serious criminal cases including murder and kidnapping
Among the 41 candidates contesting in the upcoming bypolls, seven have serious criminal cases pendi…
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Conviction rate for rape cases in India is 26%: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee demands law ensuring punishment within 50 days
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee urged for a stronger anti-rape law that mandates trials and…
ANI
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Dominick Dunne, the crime journalist central to Netflix's drama "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," had a life worthy of a biopic. Here's what to know.
Dominick Dunne (Nathan Lane) was a famous Vanity Fair court reporter, who wrote several negative ar…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Tough-on-crime former NYC judges say even they wouldn't sentence Trump to prison in the hush-money case
Will Justice Juan Merchan treat Trump like any other first offender? Will his hijinks count against…
Laura Italiano
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Hamas proudly committed war crimes. Is Israel's government about to do the same?
Israeli military officials have called for starving Gaza and indiscriminate bombing. Both are war c…
Mattathias Schwartz
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Japan makes insulting people online punishable by up to 1 year in jail
Under Japan's penal code, insults and defamation are considered two different crimes that are handl…
Rebecca Cohen
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2 Black death row inmates were executed despite one having an intellectual disability and the other having a severe mental illness
The executions of Black inmates Donald Grant in Oklahoma and Matthew Reeves in Alabama raised conce…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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If Santos is expelled, it'll be more punishment than an 1850s lawmaker got for nearly beating a rival to death with a cane
Rep. George Santos is likely to be ousted, when even a 19th-century lawmaker who violently assaulte…
Joshua Zitser
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Video captured Chinese authorities publicly shaming 4 alleged smugglers by parading them through city streets
The men were accused of smuggling several people from Vietnam into China, in violation of China's c…
Huileng Tan
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A prisoner on death row says listening to the inmate-run radio station helped him through solitary confinement: 'We alone, we all by ourselves'
Inmate John Henry Ramirez said he appreciated "The Tank" radio show for getting him through his tim…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A North Korean man who smuggled 'Squid Game' into the country is to be executed by firing squad and a high-school student who bought a USB drive with the show will be jailed for life, report says
Six other students who watched "Squid Game" were sentenced to hard labor and their teachers may be …
Huileng Tan
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Samsung's heir and leader has been fined $60,000 for using the sedative propofol, the same drug that killed Michael Jackson
Jay Y. Lee's lawyers said he had taken the sedative for medical purposes due to stress following hi…
Huileng Tan
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Drug-abusing Russian soldiers get sent to fight with Storm Z assault forces as punishment, intel says, putting them on the front lines with convicts
British intelligence said Russian commanders are likely punishing drug-abusing soldiers by forcing …
Natalie Musumeci
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Lawyers successfully argued that a Jim Crow-era law banning felons from voting is cruel and unusual punishment
While felons in Mississipi are still unable to vote for life, voting rights could soon be restored …
Katie Hawkinson
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Oklahoma jail guards have been charged after forcing inmates to listen to 'Baby Shark' on repeat for more than 2 hours, officials say
Investigators said the jail guards forced inmates to stand up with their hands cuffed behind their …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Trump claims allegations that Clinton operatives tried to infiltrate Trump Tower, White House servers are crimes that 'would have been punishable by death'
Donald Trump reacted to a court filing by prosecutor John Durham alleging Clinton operatives tried …