Hasina vows retrial of those who killed leaders in 1975

October 30th, 2009 more images more imagesDHAKA - Bangladesh's Supreme Court should commute the death sentences of four former army officers convicted for killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and allow life imprisonment as their appeals have been pending for several years, a defence counsel has pleaded. Counsel Abdullah Al Mamun Thursday cited judgments of the Supreme Courts of Britain and Jamaica commuting death sentences to life in prison due to delay in appeal hearings.

October 28th, 2009 Murder charges tossed in Texas yogurt shop deathsAUSTIN, Texas — A judge has dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop. One of the men, Robert Springsteen, had been sentenced to death after he was convicted of capital murder.

October 21st, 2009 DHAKA - Two former Bangladesh army officers, convicted of killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman over 34 years ago, have sought re-trial by a military court. The killings of then president who was also referred to as Sheikh Mujib, most of his family members and several political associates Aug 16, 1975 were a revolt by army men, not any conspiracy, a lawyer for Bazlul Huda and A.K.M.

October 18th, 2009 Retrial looms in murder of 2 Ohio students in Pa.WASHINGTON, Pa. — A former Pittsburgh man again faces a possible death penalty in a retrial in the shooting deaths of two Ohio college students a decade ago.

October 16th, 2009 NJ judge upholds Williams' convictions and retrialSOMERVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey judge has rejected attempts by lawyers for Jayson Williams to dismiss a retrial on manslaughter charges against the former NBA star.

October 15th, 2009 DHAKA - A senior leader and lawmaker of the ruling Awami League (AL) is in trouble with the tax authorities after falling out with party chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A Dhaka court Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former party general secretary Abdul Jalil in a case filed by National Board of Revenue (NBR) for dodging income tax to the tune of Tk 400,000 ($5,910).

October 7th, 2009 DHAKA - Mutineers who killed Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 were provoked by an army officer with a 'story' that their country was about to be declared a 'monarchy', which would be subservient to neighbouring India, the Supreme Court has been told. A bench of the apex court, which resumed after many years the murder trial and appeals by some of those convicted and sentenced to death, was told that Lt.

October 6th, 2009 BANGALORE - Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tuesday strongly objected to the state human rights commission chief's comments that the state government has failed to provide immediate relief to the flood hit. "The chairperson of KSHRC should not interfere in matters which is beyond his understanding," senior BJP leader and Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda told reporters.

October 4th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh Chief Justice M.M. Ruhul Amin Sunday constituted a five-member bench to resume the trial for the assassination of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members in a military-led putsch on Aug 15, 1975.

September 25th, 2009 DHAKA - The Bangladesh government is planning sweeping changes in the country's 1972 constitution to restore some of the original provisions removed or replaced by successive military and civilian regimes. The changes through the 15th amendment, meant to "let democracy strike deeper roots", would be done through "popular consensus", Law Minister Shafiq Ahmed announced Thursday.

September 24th, 2009 Tennis player Jelena Dokic's father faces retrialRUMA, Serbia — The father of tennis player Jelena Dokic faced a retrial Thursday on charges that he threatened the Australian ambassador to Serbia. Damir Dokic was sentenced to 15 months in jail in June, but a retrial was ordered because ambassador Claire Birgin did not testify in person during the original hearing.

September 22nd, 2009 Retrial of Ala.'s drug overpricing lawsuit delayedMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The retrial of Alabama's prescription drug overpricing lawsuit against California-based Watson Pharmaceuticals has been delayed.

September 17th, 2009 Testimony finishes at Cambodian Khmer Rouge trialPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Testimony concluded Thursday in the first U.N.-backed trial of a high-ranking member of Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge regime. The tribunal is trying Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who commanded S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, where up to 16,000 people were tortured and then taken away to be killed.

September 11th, 2009 UK prosecutors want 3 bombing suspects retriedLONDON — British prosecutors said Friday night they would seek a retrial in the case of three British Muslims suspected of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners. The men are accused of plotting to down seven airliners in August, 2006 with liquid explosives smuggled onto the planes disguised as soft drinks.

September 10th, 2009 SD prosecutors charge 2 for 1975 AIM slayingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — State prosecutors say a Canadian man has been charged with murder in the 1975 killing of a fellow American Indian Movement member.