USA govt moves to block plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
USA govt moves to block plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind

The Biden administration has urged a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks, and two co-defendants, which would spare them the death penalty, reports CNN. In a brief filed Tuesday, the Justice Department argued that...

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty, sparing 60 prisoners
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty, sparing 60 prisoners

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced the death penalty himself in the 1960s during the war of independence, approved the law this week after a bill...