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British Mom Jailed For Beating Young Son To Death Over Quran Passages

A British judge on Monday sentenced a woman he called a “devoted and loving mother” to at least 17 years in prison for beating her son to death after he failed to memorize passages from the Quran.

2013/01/07

Jailed Schizophrenic Man Admits To Strangling His Grandmother In Central Valley

Police said Wednesday that Fendley told detectives he strangled Frazier and planned to kill other family members.

2012/12/20

A picture obtained from Iran's state-run English-language Press TV shows detained US hikers (L-R) Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal waiting to meet their mothers for the first time since their arrest, in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 20, 2010. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran Postpones Plans To Release Cal Grad Hiker

Iran on Friday postponed the planned release of a UC Berkeley graduate jailed along with two friends for more than a year, state media reported, dealing a blow to the hopes of three U.S. mothers who have pleaded for the trio’s freedom.

CBS San Francisco–2010/09/10

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