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Activists shout slogans against the remission of sentence by the government to convicts of a gang rape, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released on suspended sentences. The 11 men, released on Monday when India celebrated 75 years of independence, were convicted in 2008 of rape, murder and unlawful assembly. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Indian woman condemns release of her convicted rapists
By SHONAL GANGULY AND ALTAF QADRI
Thu,08/18/22-3:55AM , 72 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released on suspended sentences.
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Former Jackson officer gets 5-year sentence in beating death
Wed,08/17/22-2:07PM , 82 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former police officer in Mississippi received a five-year prison sentence Wednesday for the 2019 beating death of a man who was pulled from a vehicle during a manhunt.

The former Jackson detective, Anthony Fox, was sentenced by Hinds County Circuit Judge Adrienne Wooten. She gave him 20 years but suspended 15.
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This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Texas death row inmate Kosoul Chanthakoummane, who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Huntsville, Texas. Chanthakoummane a North Carolina parolee faces execution for the slaying of a suburban Dallas real estate agent more than 16 years ago. He's condemned for fatally stabbing 40-year-old Sarah Walker in July 2006. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

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Texas executes man for slaying of Dallas real estate agent
By JUAN A. LOZANO AND MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press
Tue,08/16/22-10:52PM , 109 Reads
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas on Wednesday put to death a man who fatally stabbed a suburban Dallas real estate agent more than 16 years ago, the second execution this year in what has been the nation’s busiest death penalty state.
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Today in History: August 24, Mount Vesuvius erupts
Sun,08/14/22-11:37PM , 29 Reads
Today in History

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2022. There are 129 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Aug. 24, A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died.

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