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Just Mercy, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson's courtroom drama, to release in India on 17 January
Fp Staff •Just Mercy had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September.
Coimbatore rape-murder case: SC dismisses plea of death row convict seeking review of apex court's order of capital punishment
•The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by a death row convict seeking review of its verdict affirming capital punishment imposed on him for 'horribly' gangraping a minor girl and later killing her along with her brother in Coimbatore in 2010
Just Mercy review round-up: 'An effectively straightforward and potent drama' that is a tad too long
Fp Staff •Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson's courtroom drama Just Mercy had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September
Just Mercy trailer: Michael B Jordan, Brie Larson team up to bring wrongfully-convicted Jamie Foxx to justice
Fp Staff •Just Mercy is based on a true story based on a lawyer's fight to free a wrongly-convicted man on death row.
Supreme Court says death row prisoners are entitled to meet family, friends and lawyers
Ians •The Supreme Court held that as part of the right to live with human dignity, a prisoner on a death row is entitled to meet members of his family and friends.
Jigisha Ghosh murder case: Delhi HC issues production warrant to death row convicts
•Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants to two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case on trial court reference for confirmation of capital punishment given to them.
Three-Fourth death row convicts in India are socio-economically backward: Report
•More than three-fourths of death row convicts in the country belong to socially, economically and educationally backward section of the society, according to a report.
Death row inmates as alive as dead bodies: Report highlights flaws in justice system
Shishir Tripathi •The report also tries to bring out the fact that there are very serious and real social costs to the experience that prisoners and their families go through.
Vietnam inmate avoids death penalty by getting pregnant; four guards suspended
Fp Archives •Four prison guards in northern Vietnam have been suspended for alleged negligence after a female inmate, on death row for drug trafficking, became pregnant, which means her death sentence will be commuted to life in prison once her child is born, state media reported Tuesday.
US, UN express 'deep concern' over Saudi death row youth; father asks king for clemency
Fp Archives •The United States expressed alarm on Thursday over the case of a Saudi Arabian who was sentenced to death for his alleged role in anti-government protests as a teenager.