Criminal defenses
Public furious over court’s reason for reducing jail term of Gültekin’s killer
The elements of deliberately killing with monstrous feelings or causing torment did not exist in the murder of 27-year-old Pınar Gültekin, a local court has stated while announcing the reason behind the reduction of the jail term of the murderer Cemal Metin Avcı in the country's high-profile femicide case.
Gültekin went missing in the southwestern province of Muğla on July 16, 2020.
Florida sheriff urges homeowners to shoot intruders & “save taxpayers money”
“Stand your ground” law specifies that a home dweller faced with an intruder has no duty to retreat & has the right to stand his ground use even deadly force
Sentence lowered for businessman in attempted homicide
An appeals court in Athens on Wednesday upheld the guilty verdict for a businessman who was convicted for the attempted homicide of a woman in November 2011 and weapon possession, but lowered his jail sentence to three years and one month.
Life or death main decision for Florida school shooting suspect
The evidence against the Florida school shooting suspect is so overwhelming that the only question left for the courts if he’s convicted is whether he’ll be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life in prison.
DNA: 66 defendants, sentenced under final sentences in cases built by DNA prosecutors
The National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) on Wednesday reported that 66 defendants were sentenced under final and binding sentences by courts in October 2014, in cases built by DNA prosecutors.