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Libya court sentences Kadhafi son Seif al-Islam to death

A Libyan court Tuesday sentenced a son and eight aides of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi to death for crimes during the 2011 uprising, in a verdict denounced by rights campaigners. The United Nations also said it was “deeply disturbed” by the outcome and criticised the trial for failing to meet international standards. Seif al-Islam, the strongman’s one-time heir apparent who is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was

Libya court sentences Kadhafi son Seif al-Islam to death

A Libyan court Tuesday sentenced a son and eight aides of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi to death for crimes during the 2011 uprising, in a verdict denounced by rights campaigners. The United Nations also said it was “deeply disturbed” by the outcome and criticised the trial for failing to meet international standards. Seif al-Islam, the strongman’s one-time heir apparent who is also wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was

Prison seamstress who aided N.Y. escapees pleads guilty

A prison seamstress pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping two murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York last month. Joyce Mitchell, 51, faces up to seven years for her role in the daring breakout by inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6. In making their escape, the inmates cut through the steel walls of their cells, climbed down a catwalk

Prison seamstress who aided N.Y. escapees pleads guilty

A prison seamstress pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping two murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York last month. Joyce Mitchell, 51, faces up to seven years for her role in the daring breakout by inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6. In making their escape, the inmates cut through the steel walls of their cells, climbed down a catwalk