Atlanta, Georgia – The Georgia Supreme Court upheld convictions for two men involved in a 2017 murder case in Wilkes County. Jarvis Lamont Milton was found guilty of murder and other charges in connection to the shooting death of Frederick Cade. On the other hand, Richard Stroud Jr. was convicted of felony murder and possession … Read more
Vancouver, British Columbia – The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the break-and-enter convictions of two animal-rights activists who were involved in a protest at an Abbotsford hog farm in 2019. Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer of Kelowna have expressed their intention to appeal their sentences of 30 days in jail and one year of … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of deceased former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday. The special court had sentenced him in absentia in December 2019 for imposing a state of emergency in 2007, and the Lahore High Court had declared the ruling as unconditional in January 2020. A four-member bench … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – In a historic ruling, Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who had been convicted of high treason by a special court. The special court had found Musharraf guilty of imposing a state of emergency in 2007, thereby suspending the constitution. The decision to uphold the … Read more
Islamabad, Pakistan – The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of the late former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case on Wednesday, reversing the Lahore High Court’s decision to declare the sentence unconstitutional. The four-judge SC bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, announced the decision, ruling that … Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a ruling of animal cruelty against a man who attempted to run over a homeless man and a cat. This decision comes after the man appealed the conviction, arguing that there was not enough evidence to support the charge. The incident occurred when the man, … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia – The Federal Court in Putrajaya has upheld the death sentence for a former security guard convicted of murdering two co-workers seven years ago. The convicted man, Mohd Ferdaus Suwardi, slashed his victims with a machete while they were asleep at a chicken processing plant in Klang, Selangor in 2017. Delivering the court’s … Read more