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Groves was convicted of second degree murder in October 2024 after he fired an assault rifle into a Mardi Gras block party, killing two adults, CBS reported.

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It centred around the case of John Hirst, a man convicted of manslaughter, who argued the UK's blanket ban on prisoners voting in any circumstances was a breach of human rights.

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Norris and one other man, Gary Dobson, are the only people to have been found guilty of the murder, with four other suspects never convicted.

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She has been a regular visitor to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan's war dead including convicted war criminals.

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This would include people currently living in the UK illegally, the party says, as well as future illegal arrivals and all foreign nationals convicted of a crime more serious than minor parking or speeding offences.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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