Justice Department prosecutors accused Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel of betraying his country for money. A United States district judge has sentenced Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, to 14 years in prison for illegally funnelling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former US President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign….
Arunoday Mukharji and Mir Sabbir,in Dhaka, and Anbarasan Ethirajan and Ewan Somerville Watch: Moment Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina’s sentence is announced Bangladesh’s former prime minister has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on student-led protests which led to her ousting. Sheikh Hasina was found guilty of allowing lethal force to…
A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year’s mass uprising that killed hundreds of people and ended her 15-year rule. The tribunal also sentenced former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in the case while a third suspect — a former police…
Paris — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. In a surprise decision, the court ruled that Sarkozy will be incarcerated even if he appeals, but it also…
An Australian judge on Monday sentenced Erin Patterson to life in prison for killing three people with toxic mushrooms, following a weekslong trial that gripped the country. Patterson was convicted in July of triple murder for serving a poisonous meal to her estranged husband’s parents, aunt and uncle during a sumptuous beef Wellington lunch at…
