A Ballymena man is given a life sentence for raping a 75 year-old woman who begged him for mercy.

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Pensioner rapist given life term

A Lincolnshire woman who admitted murdering her fiance is given a life sentence with a minimum term of 23 years.

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Life sentence for fiance murderer

PARIS — Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant Venezuelan who symbolized Cold War terrorism, was sentenced to life in prison — again — in a Paris trial that ended late Thursday with him rallying for revolution and weeping for Moammar Gadhafi. Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, hasn’t seen freedom since French agents spirited him out of Sudan in a sack in 1994. He’s already serving a life sentence in a French prison for a triple murder in 1975, the worst punishment meted out in a country that does not have the death penalty. Read full article > >

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Paris court sentences Carlos the Jackal to life in prison for 4 deadly attacks in 1980s

A 41-year-old man is given a life sentence after being convicted of raping and murdering nightclub goer Mary McLaren.

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Man convicted of murdering woman

Prosecutors in Indonesia request a life sentence for radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir for inciting the financing of an extremist group.

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Life term requested for Ba’asyir

A 64-year-old man already serving a life sentence for the murder of a woman in Georgia has been convicted of a similar murder in Florida.

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Hiker’s killer guilty in similar slaying

Score one for the civilian court system. Despite a bumpy trial and acquittals on more than 280 charges, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his role in the 1998 bombings on U.S. embassies in Kenya and…

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Life Sentence for Embassy Bomber

Reoffending rates among life sentence prisoners may be higher than figures suggest, the Parole Board of England and Wales says.

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Life reoffending rates ‘unclear’

A life sentence handed down to a rural pediatrician in the world’s largest democracy had human rights activists screaming a mockery of justice Saturday.

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Rights group hits doctor’s life sentence

A life sentence without parole was commuted in Michigan, but after learning of a family’s objections, Gov. Jennifer Granholm restored the penalty.

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Victim’s Kin Heartened by Reversal of Clemency

Senior Canadian air force officer Russell Williams gets a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years for two murders and sexual assaults.

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Canada sex murder pilot gets life

A girl thought to be Britain’s youngest female double murderer is given a life sentence and told she will serve a minimum of 14 years.

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‘Youngest’ double murderer jailed

South Africa strongly criticises Madagascar over the life sentence passed on exiled President Marc Ravalomanana.

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SA condemns Madagascar jail term