The Belarus Supreme Court has sentenced two men to death for their part in a deadly bombing of the Minsk metro station in April that killed 15 people and injured more than 200 others. The judge said Wednesday that Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov present an extreme danger to society and thus require the ultimate […]
Belarus Sentences Minsk Metro Bombers to Death
Posted November 30th, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Belarus Sentences Minsk Metro Bombers to Death
Posted November 30th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
The Belarus Supreme Court has sentenced two men to death for their part in a deadly bombing of the Minsk metro station in April that killed 15 people and injured more than 200 others. The judge said Wednesday that Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov present an extreme danger to society and thus require the ultimate […]
Russia Seeks Own Justice for Adopted Boy Who Died in US
Posted November 19th, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Russian investigators are seeking tougher punishment for a U.S. couple convicted in the death of a 7-year-old boy they adopted from Russia. A court in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania sentenced Michael and Nanette Craver Friday to the 19 months they have already spent in prison. Russia’s foreign ministry criticized the verdict as irresponsible Saturday, […]
US Biographers: Vincent Van Gogh Did Not Commit Suicide
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
An expert on 18th century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh is casting doubt on a theory that he did not commit suicide, but was instead shot to death by two boys. A new Van Gogh biography by American authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White, Van Gogh, The Life, is now in bookstores. Naifeh and White […]
British Police Officers Pleads Not Guilty in Newspaper Seller’s Death
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
A British police officer has denied any wrongdoing in the 2009 death of a newspaper vendor. The death occurred during a 2009 G20 protest, in London. The officer entered a not guilty plea Monday in the manslaughter case. Newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson died shortly after being shoved to the ground during the protest. Some witnesses […]
US Death Row Inmate Put to Death Despite International Outcry
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. death row inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer, was put to death late Wednesday in the southern state of Georgia, after the Supreme Court rejected a last minute appeal to stay his execution. Davis died by lethal injection just after 11 p.m. local time as […]
US Death Row Inmate Put to Death Despite International Outcry
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. death row inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer, was put to death late Wednesday in the southern state of Georgia, after the Supreme Court rejected a last minute appeal to stay his execution. Davis died by lethal injection just after 11 p.m. local time as […]
US Death Row Inmate Put to Death Despite International Outcry
Posted September 22nd, 2011 at 12:08 am (UTC-5)
U.S. death row inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer, was put to death late Wednesday in the southern state of Georgia, after the Supreme Court rejected a last minute appeal to stay his execution. Davis died by lethal injection just after 11 p.m. local time as […]
US Death Row Inmate Put to Death
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 11:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. death row inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer, was put to death late Wednesday in the southern state of Georgia, after the Supreme Court rejected a last minute appeal to stay his execution. Davis died by lethal injection just after 11 p.m. local time as […]
US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Death Row Inmate
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 10:48 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a last-minute appeal by the lawyers of death row inmate Troy Davis, clearing the way for his execution. Davis had been set to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. local time in Georgia for the 1989 shooting death of a police officer. But the Supreme Court put […]
