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  Indian-origin woman gets 22 years to life in prison for strangling stepdaughter to death

  World | June 04, 2019 9:59 IST

  Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York was convicted last month of second-degree murder by a jury that deliberated for less than one hour before Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder. She was sentenced Monday to an indeterminate term of 22 years to life in prison. 

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  Nothing less than life imprisonment for dowry deaths, says SC

  India | June 10, 2012 17:13 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 10: A sentence lesser than life term cannot be awarded to convicts for heinous offences like dowry death where the victim is killed in a brutal manner, the Supreme Court has ruled.A