Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 14, 2007
Maldives

death sentences were passed on the eight...

death sentences were passed on the eight persons convicted of Evan Naseem's murder in a Maldives jail have been commuted to life sentences (25 years).

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death sentences were passed on the eight persons convicted of Evan Naseem's murder in a Maldives jail have been commuted to life sentences (25 years). The president commuted their sentences and that of another person convicted for being an accessory in the same murder, using his constitutional prerogative.
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  • (Sources: BBC, 14/01/2007)