1 week ago Second Malik hit man gets life sentence without parole for 20 years

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — One of the two hit men who shot Ripudaman Singh Malik to death in Surrey, B.C., almost three years ago has been handed a life sentence without a chance of parole for 20 years. Jose Lopez, who is now 26 years old, is set to be eligible for parole in 2042, […]

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1 week ago No chance of parole for 20 years for 2nd hitman in Ripudaman Singh Malik killing

Neither man has revealed who directed them to kill Malik, a former suspect in the 1985 Air India bombings who was acquitted at trial in 2005.

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1 week ago Mexican cartel leader’s son sentenced to life for role in drug trafficking plot

WASHINGTON — The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced to life in prison for his own leadership role in one of the country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Ruben Oseguera, known as El Menchito, is the son of fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera. The son served […]

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1 week ago Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken

Cranbrook's Leanne MacFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor were shot in a home that had previously been rented by the killer's drug-trade rival

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2 w. ago Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers’ sentence

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she couldn’t move forward with his execution. Ivey said Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole […]

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2 w. ago Justice minister orders new trial for Edmonton man convicted of murder in 1991

OTTAWA — The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder in Edmonton more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987. The office of Justice Minister Arif Virani said the minister found reasonable grounds […]

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3 w. ago Convicted killer serving life sentence escapes Quebec prison, caught in Toronto

Correctional Service Canada says authorities noticed Ricardo Vilches had vanished from the minimum security unit when he wasn't present during head count.

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3 w. ago Adam Zivo: Poilievre is right, give fentanyl traffickers life sentences

We shouldn't have to invoke the Charter to set fentanyl-trafficking minimums

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3 w. ago Man, 24, handed life sentence for killing elderly Keswick woman in 2022

Sandy Gauthier, 85, was found slain inside her home after an early morning blaze was doused by firefighters

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3 w. ago No parole for killer grandson of trucking queen Viola Erb for 17 years

Remorseless killer Erick Buhr will have to wait for 17 years before he can apply for parole. Buhr was convicted of second-degree murder in November for the heartless murder of his elderly grandmother, trucking queen Viola Erb. Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence. On Tuesday, Buhr learned his fate from Justice Gerry Taylor, who […]

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4 w. ago Leonard Peltier released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison Tuesday morning, nearly a month after then-President Joe Biden commuted his life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was freed from USP Coleman, a high-security prison. He planned to return to North Dakota, where a celebration was planned Wednesday with family […]

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4 w. ago Indian court sentences man to life in prison for raping, murdering Irish backpacker

NEW DELHI — A court in India’s western Goa state on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago. The body of 28-year-old Danielle McLaughlin was found by a farmer on a beach popular with holidaymakers in Goa […]

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