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Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was given a 27-month sentence having previously admitted to steering an extremely crowded dinghy carrying 74 people in April.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
A second man, Afghan national Tajik Mohammed, was given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to piloting a vessel across the Channel during poor weather conditions in January.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
It specified 10 aggravating factors, the presence of which would allow a jury to return a death sentence in the belief that such “guided discretion” would pass constitutional muster.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
He has not asked for a commutation, which is a shortening of a criminal sentence being served.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
He turned one page, then another and another, hoping he would see one sentence, one word, that he understood.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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