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PARAGUAY · JUSTICE Key Facts —The verdict A Coronel Oviedo sentencing tribunal imposed eight years — the maximum under juvenile law — on the young man convicted of the femicide and abortion of María Fernanda Benítez, his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend. —Why not more He was 17 at the time of the crime. Paraguay has since raised […] The post María Fernanda Benítez Killer Receives Eight-Year Maximum Sentence in Paraguay appeared first on The Rio Times.

PERU · JUSTICE Key Facts —The bill Deputy Norma Yarrow of Renovación Popular presented Bill 00033-2026-2031-CD on 13 August, targeting sentence reductions for three violent crimes. —The mechanism A new clause in Article 51 of the Penal Execution Code would block “redemption of sentence through work or education” for aggravated convictions of femicide, kidnapping and […] The post Peru Bill Would End Sentence Reductions for Femicide, Kidnapping and Aggravated Robbery appeared first on The Rio Times.

Murder of musician Chongtham Vikram Singh in the national capital is not an isolated incident, says Mr. Gandhi; says he will not fight violence with violence, but will not be cowed down in the fight for justice

The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Hindu sect at the heart of the Eiffel Tower strike made headlines in France during the inauguration of its latest temple near Paris. In the US, BAPS came under the spotlight when Indian stone workers were rescued from a temple construction site. One former worker recounts his journey and fight for justice.

Brazil's Supreme Court chief justice stepped in Wednesday to halt conflicting rulings by two fellow judges as a dispute over alleged links between Justice Alexandre de Moraes and a fraud-accused banker deepened. The clash has spilled into the campaign for next month's presidential election, adding to tensions around the court.

Brazil’s chief justice removed the Supreme Court’s most prominent judge from a sprawling, seven-year probe into “fake news,” seeking to tame an institutional crisis that has spilled over into October’s presidential election.

The body of Chongtham Vikram Singh, who died after an alleged assault in Sunlight Colony on September 7, was flown to Imphal on Wednesday morning

A High Court Division Bench had quashed the NSA detention of Akriti Chaudhary in a September 2 order while deriding Ms. Roopam’s lack of application of mind to a police report against the student activist, who had spent nearly five months in custody

The Brasilia bar opened ethics proceedings against partners of a firm linked to Justice Moraes's family, over contracts with Banco Master. The post Brazil’s Bar Opens an Ethics Case Over a Justice’s Family Law Firm appeared first on The Rio Times.

An immigrant father who lost his son in the 2023 Tempe train crash leads a protest movement in his search for justice.

The incident occurred in 2022

Nagoya, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--A victim of attempted murder in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2002 and his wife are advocating for the removal of the statute of limitations on such crimes. The country abolished the statute of limitations for heinous crimes such as murder through law amendments in 2010. Still, the revisions do not cover attempted murder. "Would it have been be...

The actor discusses identity, speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the experiences that shaped him.

Justice Zanin is seeking answers after a Senate candidate placed confidential data about him in a public election file in Brazil. The post Zanin Seeks Answers Over Confidential Data in an Election File appeared first on The Rio Times.

Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court’s appointment comes amid a recent controversy involving Acting Chief Justice in the HC

The jury now faces a seventh day of deliberations in the triple-murder trial.

In a statement, Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma calls upon lawyers, journalists and all concerned to ‘respect the principles of justice and exercise patience until the CJI takes a decision’; he says the SC judge’s allegations are baseless and have been levelled out of rancour

The rapper's killing became one of popular culture's great mysteries, with countless theories but no arrests until 2023.