CNN is acknowledging that a gripping story it aired last week depicting a Syrian man being let free from a Damascus prison after the fall of dictator Bashar Assad’s regime was not what it seemed.The network said that it has since found out that the man shown in correspondent Clarissa Ward’s report, which initially aired on Dec. 11,...
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Court Sentence All 51 Men to Imprisonment in Drug and Rape Trial of Gisèle Pelicot
Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were all found guilty Thursday in the drugging-and-rape trial that turned her into a feminist hero, expressing support for other victims of sexual violence whose cases don’t get such attention and “whose stories remain untold.”“I want you to know that we share the same...
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Legal Practitioner Cautions Osun State Governor over Emotional Involvement in the Judgment of a Chicken Thieve Sentenced To Death
A legal practitioner on social media @SFC_BOSS cautioned the governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke not to be emotionally attached to the death sentencing of a chicken thieve given by High Court judge.Recall that Governor Adeleke has directed immediate investigation and pardoning action on the case of a young man (Olowookere Segun) reportedly sentenced to...
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Police Reveals New Mexico Teenager Charged With Murders Heard A Voice That ‘Told Him to Kill His Family.’
A New Mexico teenager accused of murdering four relatives told investigators he heard a voice that ordered him to kill his family, a state police spokesperson said Wednesday.The 16-year-old, whom NBC News is not identifying because he is a minor, faces four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the killings Saturday in Belen, about 30 miles...
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Woman Shoots Estranged Husband to Death Outside Mississippi Courthouse amid Divorce
Authorities disclosed Tanya Saucier, the estranged wife of a Mississippi man is in custody after she allegedly shot and killed her ex-husband outside a courthouse following the conclusion of divorce proceedings between the two.The shooting happened Tuesday just before 1 p.m. in the entryway of the Pearl River County Chancery Court in Poplarville, the sheriff’s...
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FBI Detains California Man Over Wisconsin Shooting, Suspect Plans To Attack A Government Building.
A California man was detained by the FBI and ordered to have his guns temporarily seized after he allegedly communicated with the 15-year-old shooter who killed two people at her Wisconsin school, documents show.The gun violence emergency protective order was served to a 20-year-old in Carlsbad in San Diego County on Tuesday, according to the...
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Judge Sentence 93-Year-Old Former Catholic Priest to Life in Prison for Raping A Boy Decades Ago
93-year-old Lawrence Hecker has been sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping a teenage boy years back.Hecker who was a former catholic priest had pleaded guilty to charges including first-degree rape and aggravated kidnapping moments before jury selection was scheduled to begin in his trial this monthThe former priest sentence comes as the...
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NEWS RELEASE – Death by Hanging for Stealing Fowl: Governor Adeleke Intervenes, Orders Action for Prerogative of Mercy
OSOGBO- 17/12/2024 Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed immediate investigation and pardoning action on the case of a young man reportedly sentenced to death by hanging in Osun state for stealing fowl. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Governor ordered the Attorney General to intervene in the matter and ensure the young man is listed...
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Twitter Story: Alleged Nigeria Police Rascality and Brutality
“We don’t hate Nigerian Police enough. In 2021, my brother-in-law went missing. We went to the police station to report the matter and they demanded 500k from us to ‘open the case’.“We didn’t have a choice but to pay the money cos we needed to find him. He was less than a year into marriage...