[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

Nov. 3


PAKISTAN:

LHC converts death sentence to 3 convicts into life imprisonment


A division bench of the Lahore High Court has converted death sentence of
3 convicts into life imprisonment. The bench consisting of Justice Ali
Nawaz Chowhan and Justice Rustam Ali Malik held that the prosecution had
failed to prove charges against the convicts who were given death sentence
by a trial court in Gujrat. The appellants, Waris, Nasir and Tahir told
the court that they were not present at the place of incident, but the
police implicated them in the murder of Liaqat on the behest of their
rivals. They pointed out that the prosecution had failed to produce any
eyewitness in the trial court, but the additional sessions judge still
gave death sentences.

(source: Daily Times)