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Mob and justice: On the Alwar lynching case verdict

Alwar verdict flags need for stern steps to ensure justice in lynching cases

The Hindu · May 26, 2023

These Murders Don't Fit Into the Culture War

By glossing over routine crime victims in favor of stories with unorthodox circumstances, the press paints a distorted picture of a very real problem.

Reason · May 26, 2023

Families of three young men jailed over Moss Side 'gang' murder apply to review their convictions

The application has been backed by Manchester MP Lucy Powell

Manchester Evening News · May 26, 2023

Kermit Gosnell butchered women and babies for decades. The anti-abortion movement weaponised his horrors

Behind the doors of Kermit Gosnell’s ‘house of horrors’ clinic were countless vulnerable women with nowhere else to turn. But when his crimes were finally exposed, their stories became lost in the anti-abortion movement. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

Parents jailed for life after 'savage' murder of baby son

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Broden subjected their son to a campaign of "savage and brutal" abuse

Manchester Evening News · May 26, 2023

Church massacre survivors laud arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect

Once the mass murder of their people began, Safari Jean Bosco and his mother, sister and brothers sought refuge in a Catholic church along with over 2,000 others packed into the building. Some prayed as hungry mothers strained to breastfeed.

Reuters · May 26, 2023

Y. S. Jagan was informed about Vivekananda Reddy’s ‘death much before’ 6.15 a.m. : CBI

The additional affidavit of the CBI filed in the pre-arrest bail petition case of Member of Parliament Avinash Reddy suggests that the present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh was informed of the death of his uncle prior to it being broken to him by the victim’s personal assistant

The Hindu · May 26, 2023

Hotelier from Tirur murdered, body cut and dumped into Attappady gorge in 2 briefcases

A police investigation into a man missing case has unraveled a cold-blooded murder of a hotelier from Tirur in Malappuram district by a gang of youngsters.

The Hindu · May 26, 2023

Sarah Crump: ‘Sadistic sexual killer’ who murdered west London woman in 1991 jailed for more than 25 years

Smith showed no emotion as he was branded a ‘sadistic sexual killer’ and a ‘habitual and dishonest liar’

Evening Standard · May 26, 2023

‘Monster’ parents who brutally murdered ‘perfect’ baby son jailed for life

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden ‘worked together’ to murder their son surrounded by filth and cannabis, a court heard.

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023