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    OMG...I apologize I truly thought he got a life sentence...and thanks for the correction on the spelling Ng not Ing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JT View Post
    Not a chance. The truth is that the United States seldom extradites its own citizens*.


    *while criticising other countries for doing the same
    There are treaties that cover this. If two nations (one of which being the USA) have an extradition treaty, then they each must abide by it's terms.

    The UK regularly stipulates that she shall not extradite for capital punishment, and therefore the jurisdictional court needs to certify it will not seek the death penalty.

    There is always an extradition hearing, before a resident of a nation is turned over to Interpol (or the FBI, etc) for extradition.

    If the judge determines the charges are unwarranted, he/she can deny the extradition request (which is what I suspect Admiral JT is referring to).

    And, further, the USA does not have extradition treaties with ALL nations. Witness the Snowden case -- there is no treat between Russia and the USA.

    And then there is Medinat Yisrael. They go and get their own bad guys and do their own extraditions. No treaties required. What panache!

    Of course, when you think about it, the USA has Seal Team Six.
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    Bangladesh to execute 152 soldiers for mutiny crimes

    A court in Bangladesh has sentenced at least 152 soldiers to death over a bloody border guard mutiny in 2009.

    More than 150 others, mostly border guards, were given life sentences.

    Most of the 800 soldiers who packed the civilian court had already been jailed over the mutiny, but had not been tried for murder, torture and other charges.

    The 30-hour revolt began over pay and other grievances and spread from Dhaka to bases around the country. It left 74 people dead, 57 of them officers.

    While the army courts investigated breaches of military law - jailing nearly 6,000 troops - the maximum sentence they could pass was seven years. The civilian court could try people for much more serious crimes carrying the death penalty.

    Some out of a group of 23 civilians were also found guilty of conspiracy charges.

    Those convicted have the right to appeal, a process which could take many months given the number of cases. The prosecution said that it too would appeal in the cases of those who were acquitted.

    BBC Bengali editor Sabir Mustafa says it will be very difficult for the authorities not to carry out the death sentences - to do otherwise would anger the army and send the wrong message to future would-be mutineers.

    Our correspondent says public sentiment was initially sympathetic towards the mutineers, but turned against them once the mass killings became apparent.

    Murder and torture

    The mutiny began on 25 February, 2009 at the Bangladeshi Rifles headquarters in the capital.

    Senior officers were killed and their bodies dumped in sewers and shallow graves before the mutineers surrendered.

    "The atrocities were so heinous that even the dead bodies were not given their rights," Judge Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman said as he read out the verdicts over several hours by using the serial numbers of defendants and their corresponding sentences.

    The judge said that the soldiers should have been given better pay and privileges to defuse resentment, adding they could not afford to send their children to military-owned schools.

    Several of those convicted screamed at the judge in rage, with one elderly soldier crying out: "I am innocent. You will face Allah's wrath."

    "I don't need a life term. Hang me, hang me," another shouted.

    The trial of the mutineers on Tuesday has been one of the biggest in Bangladesh's history.

    It has also been one of the most sensitive, rivalled only by verdicts throughout this year by a tribunal investigating war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence.

    Of those being tried at the special makeshift courthouse, some 152 were sentenced to death, 159 given life sentences and the remainder received sentences of between three to 10 years. About 277 were acquitted.

    But correspondents say that few of those acquitted will actually be able to walk free because their convictions by the military court still stand.

    The trial process has been criticised by a human rights groups which says it was not credible - at least 50 suspects died in custody. A handful have also either escaped from custody or are on the run.

    Members of the BDR, since renamed as Border Guards Bangladesh, say they revolted over demands for salaries in line with their army commanders. They also wanted to be deployed on lucrative UN peacekeeping missions, which come with generous benefits.

    But the revolt over pay and conditions descended into an orgy of violence against their superiors.

    The case exposed deep tensions between the government and the powerful military, who were angered over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's decision to negotiate with the mutineers instead of allowing the army to attack.

    Among those jailed for life are former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu and regional Awami League leader Torab Ali, local media reported.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24817887

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    Man gets death penalty for killing wife in Gazipur

    A Gazipur court yesterday sentenced a husband to death for the killing his wife over unpaid dowry.

    District Judge of Woman and Child Repression Control Tribunal Fatema Nazib announced the verdict in presence of the convict Jahangir Hossain, 25, who hailed from Bardia village, Kapasia upazila of the district.

    The court also fined the convict Tk50,000 but set free his mother Sheuly, 40, as allegations against her were not proven. The victim Nasima Begum of Bir Uzuli village of the same upazila was married to Jahangir in 2011. After a few days of their marriage, Jahangir sent back Nasima to her father’s house demanding dowry. Later, Jahangir took back Nasima on August 6, 2011, when doctors declared her pregnant.

    However, Jahangir strangled Nasima to death at one stage of an altercation regarding dowry.

    After the incident, Iman Ali, father of the victim, filed a case with the Kapasia police station under the Woman and Child Repression Act accusing Jahangir and his parents.

    On August 18, Kapasia police arrested prime accused Jahangir and produced him before the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Sabia Sultana. Later, Sub-Inspector Sanwar Jahan pressed charge sheet against Jahangir and his mother.

    Meanwhile, Iman Ali, father of the victim expressed his content in the verdict.

    http://www.dhakatribune.com/law-amp-....UbpJKM9H.dpuf
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    4 to die, 1 jailed for Suman Dutta murder

    A Dhaka court on Sunday handed death penalty to four individuals for the murder of Suman Dutta, an engineer, in Dhaka 2 years ago.

    Judge ABM Shazedur Rahman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal 3 also sentenced one person to 2 years' imprisonment while acquitting another.

    The death row convicts are Md Abdul Karim Sardar, Md Deen Islam alias Deena, Md Nasir Hossain Gazi and Ms Rashed Sarkar Raju, who is absconding.

    Md Asaduzzaman Khan Sajib was given jail for 2 years while Md Shamim Fakir was acquitted.

    According to the case, Suman was killed in a planned murder on October 5, 2011 in the capital's Mohamadpur. The victim's father Shushil Kumar Dutta had filed the murder case with Mohamadpur police station.

    (Source: The Dhaka Tribune)
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    Bangladesh court issues death warrant for 'Butcher of Mirpur'

    A special tribunal in Bangladesh today ordered the execution of a senior leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, who was sentenced to death three months ago for genocide during the 1971 liberation war, raising fears of fresh violence.

    "The 'warrant of execution' has been sent to Dhaka Central Jail, Home Ministry, Law Ministry and Dhaka district magistrate along with copies of Supreme Court verdict for the execution of Abdul Quader Mollah," International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) registrar AKM Nasir Uddin told reporters.

    A top official of Dhaka Central Jail acknowledged receipt of the death warrant, wrapped in traditional red cloth. The official told PTI that "steps are being initiated in line with the law to comply with the order". The announcement is likely to spark fresh violence at a time when the country is witnessing widespread clashes over the upcoming general elections.

    The Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain on Thursday issued the full text of the verdict given in September to award the death penalty to 65-year-old Mollah, an assistant secretary general of Jamaat, overruling his life imprisonment given by the ICT.

    Mollah, the fourth senior most Jamaat leader, is the first politician to be found guilty by the apex court. Prison officials did not elaborate further but under the Jail Code the prison authorities must immediately inform the death row convict about the apex court judgement and must execute the order in between 21 and 28 days of receipt of the verdict unless he obtained presidential clemency.

    The prosecution lawyers on Thursday said after the final verdict Mollah could now only seek presidential clemency within next seven days but the defence counsels said they would seek a revision of the judgement by the apex court itself under the law.

    The officials declined to comment if the jail code would be followed in Mollah's case as the ICT Act under which he was tried said, "The sentence awarded under this Act shall be carried out in accordance with the orders of the government".

    Meanwhile, the prison authorities shifted Mollah from suburban Kashimpur Central Jail to Dhaka Central Jail. Mollah was arrested on July 13, 2010, while the tribunal indicted him on May 28, 2012 on six specific charges for actively participating, facilitating, aiding and substantially contributing to the attacks on unarmed civilians, "causing commission of the horrific genocides, murders and rapes".

    Prosecutors described him as the "Butcher of Mirpur", a Dhaka suburb where he committed most of the atrocities.

    http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report...mirpur-1931809
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    Molla lawyer serves notice to stop execution

    Death row war criminal Abdul Quader Molla’s counsel on Monday served a legal notice to the government asking for not implementing the capital punishment handed down to the Jamaat leader by the Supreme Court.

    Molla’s lawyer Tajul Islam said a copy of the notice would be sent to the home secretary, inspector general of police (prisons), Dhaka district magistrate, senior superintendent and the jailer of Dhaka Central Jail.

    He also said the defence would file a review petition against the SC judgment.

    http://www.dhakatribune.com/law-amp-....OR8JSukH.dpuf
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    Mollah execution tonight

    Infamously known as Koshai (butcher) Quader, Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah has only a few hours before he meets his end.

    Authorities of Dhaka Central Jail, where the condemned war criminal has been kept, confirmed The Daily Star that all preparations have been taken to hang the Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general.

    Twenty-three of Mollah’s family members are now in the jail meeting the death row convict for the last time.

    Contacted by the jail authorities in the afternoon, they drove there in two microbuses.

    “We let them in at 7:50pm,” Senior Jail Superintendent Forman Ali told The Daily Star, adding that the relatives will be staying there till 8:20pm.

    After contacted by the jail authorities, Advocate Tajul Islam, a counsel for Mollah, said: “We are in tension. We feel that it is not a good sign.”

    Jail sources said a letter had been sent to the family of Mollah this afternoon.

    Earlier in the morning, Mollah instructed his lawyer to file a review petition with the Supreme Court challenging its verdict awarding him death penalty for his wartime offences, Tajul said after meeting with the Jamaat assistant secretary general at Dhaka Central Jail.

    Tajul along with Chief of defence counsel Barrister Abdur Razzak and Advocate Tajul went to the jail at 10:10am and stayed there for 50 minutes.

    “Mollah is mentally sound,” advocate Tajul said after the meeting.

    The defence lawyer said Mollah is yet to decide whether he will pray for presidential mercy. He will take decision on the mercy petition after consulting with his family members, the lawyer said.

    The jail authorities have read out the warrant of execution order before Mollah but is yet to give the full text of verdict to him, Tajul said adding that the authorities are supposed to give a copy of the full verdict to a condemned convict.

    Tajul said Mollah will get 15 days after receiving the warrant of execution order to decide whether he will pray for presidential mercy.

    Mollah’s 15 days time limit will expire on December 23 as the International Crimes Tribunal sent the order on December 8, he said.

    “Abdul Qader Mollah told us that he is innocent and he did not commit any crimes. The attempts to execute him are being made to root out the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami,” Tajul said.

    The defence lawyer informed that they will further try to meet their client in the jail.

    His family members will also meet with him before December 23, the lawyer said.

    Yesterday, Mollah’s lawyer Abdul Razzaq served a legal notice on the government, asking it not to execute Mollah until the disposal of a review petition to be filed challenging the death sentence.

    The notice came a day after the death warrant of the Jamaat assistant secretary general was issued by the International Crimes Tribunal-2.

    On February 5, the Tribunal-2 sentenced Mollah to life imprisonment but the Supreme Court on September 17 awarded him the death penalty. The full verdict of the Supreme Court was released on Thursday.

    http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/ne...cuted-tonight/
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    I just read in another article the execution will take place just after midnight Bangladesh time. A little less than 3 hours from now. See, terrorist = execution!
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    I just read an article on line and some of the leadership fled to the UK, they worked with the Pakistani forces against the government and committed genocide, rape and forced conversions on Hindu's. He deserves to die and it is nice to see justice is swift.

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