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Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence, invoked her Fifth Amendment right before the House Oversight Committee, declining to answer questions. Her lawyer stated she would testify about President Trump and Clinton's innocence if granted clemency, citing a pending habeas petition and claims of an unfair trial.

Afzal's family will meet the President along with their lawyers for a hearing on Thursday afternoon.

Former England, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Ray Clemence has died aged 72, the Football Association (FA) said on Sunday. Clemence, who played 61 times for England, began his professional career with Scunthorpe United before joining Liverpool and he made over 450 appearances in 14 years at Anfield.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was defiant. Former President Bill Clinton spoke of President Trump’s ties to Epstein. A Republican raised a conspiracy theory.

Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, refused to answer questions from a House Oversight Committee. She invoked her Fifth Amendment right, stating she would only speak if granted clemency by US President Donald Trump. Maxwell's lawyer indicated she is prepared to share "unfiltered truth" if clemency is granted.

Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said his party is also in favour of clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to get abreast with the working of mercy jurisdiction vested by the Constitution in the President and governors.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre why foreign authorities were writing to the President to invoke her mercy jurisdiction in dealing with certain clemency pleas from death row convicts.

The Supreme Court, which is hearing petitions and debating whether delay in deciding mercy pleas could result in commutation to life term, on Wednesday put 12 states on a 48-hour notice to furnish details of clemency pleas of condemned prisoners pending with respective Governors.

A petition in the Supreme Court challenged the decision of the Andhra government to release Gouru Venkata Reddy, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his role in a political murder.

The high court on Tuesday directed the central government to secure and place before it a copy of the order passed by the Saudi Arabia court confirming the conviction of Shailesh Kumar, who has been jailed for blasphemy.

Minister of State for Home, Shriprakash Jaiswal, said that Indian Govt has appealed for release of Sarabjit Singh, but no Pakistan prisoner will be freed in exchange.

Nalini Murugan, serving life term after her conviction in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has moved the Madras High Court for early release.

The Pakistan army today said it is close to a decision on the mercy petition of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a military court on charges of spying.

The Malaysian high court's verdict of death penalty for a Manipuri woman held for trafficking drugs has left many in the state shocked.

The death penalty pronounced on Wednesday in the 1993 blasts case may have been on expected lines but still came as a shock to the three bombers.

Pet dog Chhotu was accused of breaching peace in Purnia town, after neighbours alleged that the eight-year-old canine is mad and has bitten several people in the area.

The Tamil Nadu govt informed the Madras HC that it is yet to receive a report from the Prison Advisory Board pertaining to the premature release of Nalini, convicted in the Rajiv assassination case, on the grounds of good conduct.

The Supreme Court today transferred to itself the petitions filed by three convicts facing death sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case - Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan - from the Madras HC to the Supreme Court.

A court here awarded ten years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana under an Explosive Act case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would examine all pending mercy pleas on a uniform delay yardstick irrespective of whether it was the case of media-highlighted Parliament attack convict Mohd Afzal or a poor prisoner.

"A pardon by the President has been regarded not as a private act but as part of the constitutional scheme.This exercise of executive clemency is not a matter of privilege, it is a matter of official duty."

Without referring to Rajoana, a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya described the events in Punjab in the last few days as "drama" and was critical of the political support given to persons found guilty of terrorism-related offences.

Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourned till Wednesday the hearing of a review petition challenging the death sentence given to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh.