A British man who served 38 years in prison for murder had his conviction overturned on Tuesday after forensic evidence from the crime scene was tested and found not to match his DNA. The man, Peter Sullivan, 68, is thought to be the victim of the country’s longest miscarriage of justice involving a living prisoner….
Union home minister Amit Shah (File Image) Emphasising how the use of advanced technology and modern means of communication have made crimes borderless, Amit Shah on Monday said the use of forensic science is crucial for speedy investigation and improving the conviction rate from the current 54% to, say, 94% in a few years. Addressing…
When the verdict from a Paris criminal court flashed across screens in Hénin-Beaumont, many customers in the Café de la Paix received it with the outrage and disappointment Marine Le Pen predicted. The far-right political leader was found guilty of embezzlement, sentenced to four years in prison — two years suspended, two in a form…
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far right and a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, has been barred from running for public office for five years, after she and her party were convicted of embezzling millions of euros of European Union funds. Ms. Le Pen, an anti-immigrant, populist politician, was also…
NEW DELHI: In an over 40-year-old incident of sexual assault of a schoolgirl by her tuition teacher, Supreme Court has confirmed his guilt and sentence while ruling that courts can record conviction even in absence of injury to the prosecutrix’s private parts, when other evidence corroborates rape.The accused had argued that rape charges could not…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the Maharashtra govt to ensure 100% rollout of the new criminal laws as soon as possible, particularly in the 10 police commissionerates, and target 90% conviction rate in criminal cases entailing a sentence of more than seven years.Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation…
Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld the slander conviction of Amanda Knox, an American who was first convicted and then acquitted of killing her housemate in 2007, for accusing an innocent man in the case. The court ruling could put an end to a legal saga that has riveted followers in Europe and the United…
National Investigation Agency (NIA) secured a 100 per cent conviction rate in 2024, with 68 accused convicted in the 25 cases decided by Special NIA courts across the country.A total of 210 accused were arrested across key categories of crimes — Left-wing extremism, northeast insirgency, Khalistani terrorism, gangster-terrorist-smuggler nexus etc —in 80 cases registered by…
A judge in New York on Monday rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s attempt to have his hush money conviction dismissed, dismissing his claim that a recent Supreme Court ruling on the President’s immunity ruling had invalidated the verdict. Donald Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment…
Congress MP Randeep Surjewala shared data on Wednesday that he alleged demonstrates the “misuse” of Enforcement Directorate and the “witch-hunt” under the NDA government.Sharing the finance ministry’s response to his parliamentary query, Surjewala highlighted the substantial rise in ED cases and their minimal conviction success.Taking to X, Surjewala stated, “Misuse of ED & PMLA cases…