Death penalty upheld for ant conman
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Chinese court upholds death sentence against businessman accused of defrauding investors in would-be ant-breeding scheme
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The killer of a London head teacher loses an appeal against a decision returning him to closed prison.
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The man convicted of killing UK tourist Peter Falconio has lost an appeal to Australia's highest court.
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A Chinese court upholds the sentencing of a Hong Kong journalist jailed in mainland China for spying.
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A court in India upholds the sentencing of Bollywood star Salman Khan in a case of poaching.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- An appeals court yesterday upheld the indictment and house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet on murder and kidnapping charges during his rule, rejecting an appeal to stop the case because of the former dictator's health.
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A death row inmate convicted of murdering seven people was spared a lethal injection when federal courts declined to overrule a stay, frustrating the state&#039;s plan for back-to-back executions.
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights upheld a 20-year conviction imposed by a Peruvian judge on Lori Berenson, a New Yorker convicted on charges she helped rebels plot an attack on Congress.
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A Florida court upholds a ruling that ex-Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith should be buried in the Bahamas.
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Appeals court upholds ruling against FBI's mobile phone wiretap of an alleged drug dealer because it was based on a deceptive affidavit.
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A former cult leader who masterminded a   poison gas attack on Tokyo subway trains in 1995 had his appeal   against the death penalty rejected by Japan's Supreme Court on   Friday.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of a dual U.S.-British citizen convicted of killing a 2-year-old girl by starting a fire in his ex-girlfriend's apartment building, casting doubt on the evidence against him.
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ATMORE, Ala., Jan. 31 -- A murderer who would have become the nation's first executed inmate in months won a reprieve Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court a little more than an hour before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
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A divided appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction and death sentence of a man condemned for killing and beheading his common-law wife's three children.
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Libya's Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday death sentences on six foreign medics for infecting Libyan children with HIV, but the judgment could clear the way for the government to free them.
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A federal judge has upheld the government's practice of allowing development to proceed even if it is discovered after a project begins that the work could endanger protected species.
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Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that executing drug smugglers did not breach the constitution, rejecting a bid by three Australians and two Indonesians who are on death row to challenge the law.