His barrister, Jason Pitter, said the
life term was not necessary, noting that Higgins had no previous convictions for serious violence.
The court gave its decision after the Election Commission asked the judicial body that there should be a
life term ban on convicted parliamentarians and MLAs from contesting elections.
The Court of Criminal Appeal found that while offences were extremely serious, they were not so exceptional as to warrant a
life term.
Australian authorities have detained about 46 of them, giving them
life terms on allegations that they are Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres.
The shameless brute, who is serving two
life terms for her kidnap and murder, has been transferred from London's Belmarsh prison after threats from inmates, and is now in Wakefield jail, West Yorkshire.
The panel comprising Presiding Judge Abdullah Al Salami and Mohammed Abu Helw and Hassan Othman reduced their
life terms to 10 years in prison.
Discretionary
life terms were used only rarely, he said, and when the defendant's mental condition was such as to make them a continuing threat to the public.
The
life term completed by Aslam would stand where, he remarked.
New York, June 16 (ANI): A convict, who is serving
life term, has claimed that he shot Tupac Shakur in 1994 during the 'East-West' war that had defined hip-hop culture.
A WOMAN prisoner who tried to kill three fellow inmates was given her fourth
life term yesterday for attempting to strangle a guard with a shoelace.
Summary: DUBAI u An inmate at Central Prison, who has been serving a
life term for C arson, was on Sunday sentenced to an additional seven-year term for C setting his blanket on fire and damaging his cell.
Mohammad Tariq on Friday handed down capital punishment and
life term to two accused of a murder case of Katha Saghral police station.