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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 3, 2008
Pakistan

the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment

the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment

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the Islamabad High Court in Pakistan commuted the death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment. A Division bench headed by Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam commuted the death sentence of Jehan Zeb, a former police corp, who had been convicted of murdering Mohammad Mohsin Ilyas.
He was awarded capital punishment by the Additional Sessions Judge, Islamabad, for murdering his neighbour in 2000, in industrial area after developing a tiff over kids quarrel. Taj Bibi, his wife and co-accused, was released by the Sessions Judge.
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  • (Sources: Pakistan Press International, 05/12/2008)