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SHC suspends execution of two death row prisoners
[DAWN] The Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the convictions of two death row prisoners, for a week, who were handed the death penalty for killing Dr Ali Raza in 2002.The convicts were not associated with any outlawed holy warrior outfit but were found by an anti-terrorism court to carry out the assassination on sectarian grounds. They were delivered death sentences. Despite appealing against the verdict of the ATC in the SHC and the Supreme Court, their pleas were rejected. The convicts have now filed a petition in SHC, saying that they had registered a review appeal with the Supreme Court which was yet to be heard. Both the convicts were scheduled to be executed on Tuesday (tomorrow). Posted by: Fred 2014-12-23 |
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