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Nimrod Miguel has received a sentence of nineteen and half years’ imprisonment, after previously being sentenced to death under the felony-murder rule in Trinidad.
DPP Welcomes Ruling that British Man Should Be Removed From Death Row
A British human rights charity has identified major flaws in Ghanaian law governing the use of the death penalty – currently a mandatory sentence for anyone convicted of murder.
Devender Bhullar v National Capital Territory of Delhi
The Supreme Court of India has commuted the death sentence of Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, one of the men convicted of the 1993 Delhi bombings, on the basis that both he is severely mentally ill, and that the excessive length of time taken by the President to answer Professor Bhullar’s petition for mercy amounted to a violation of the…
The High Court in England and Wales has upheld a decision to refuse to extradite British national Frank Gambrah, following a request from the Government of Ghana that he return to stand trial for murder.