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Allahabad High Court Acquits Nearly 100-Year-Old in 1982 Murder Case After Four-Decade Appeal

The bench framed the acquittal as a humane response to extraordinary delay at the 'twilight of existence'.

Supreme Court Slams J&K Over Seven-Year Undertrial, Grants Interim Bail and Demands Data on Long-Pending Cases

Appeals Court Overturns James Heaps Conviction, Orders Retrial

Peru Supreme Court Admits Andrés Hurtado Appeal, Will Hold Virtual Hearing

‘El Menchito’ Appeals Life-Plus-30 Sentence, Seeks New Trial in D.C. Circuit

Jailed French Journalist Christophe Gleizes Files Appeal to Algeria's Highest Court

Ontario Court Quashes Timothy Rees’s 1990 Murder Conviction, Orders New Trial

Moscow Court Upholds Posthumous Finding Against Mikhail Khachaturyan

Germany’s Top Court Upholds Doppelgänger Murder Verdict, Finalizing Life Sentence

Filippo Turetta Renounces Appeal, Accepts Life Sentence as Prosecutors Press for Aggravating Factors

Prajwal Revanna Appeals Life Sentence in Karnataka High Court

Fugitive Murder Convict William Hunter Arrested in Alicante After 17-Month Manhunt

Peru Appeals Court Overturns ‘Death Squad’ Convictions, Orders New Trial

Judge Denies Menéndez Brothers’ Bid for New Trial in 1989 Parricide Case

Judge Rejects Parole for Two Officers Convicted in Natalia Melmann Case

Spain’s Supreme Court Denies Rosa Peral’s Request to Reopen Murder Case

Sealdah Court Rejects Parents’ Plea to Revisit RG Kar Crime Scene, Summons Two Ex-Officials

New Eyewitness Testimony Prompts Appeal in Pablo Ibar’s 1994 Triple Murder Case

Appeal Court Confirms Life Term for Mohamed Lamine Aberouz in 2016 Magnanville Killings

CCRC Undergoes Root-and-Branch Reform as Exoneree’s Interim Pay Jeopardises Housing