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‘Justice or rush to judgment?’ Somalia’s rare execution of a woman exposes deep cracks in the system GALKAYO, Somalia — The death of 14-year-old Saabirin Saylaan jolted Somalia long before the firing squad assembled for the woman convicted of killing her. It began on Nov. 12, when, according to police records, Hodan Mohamud Diiriye phoned her husband to say the teenager who had been living in their home was unconscious. They raced Saabirin to a hospital in Galkayo, where staff pronounced her dead and called the police. Less…

Rob Reiner’s son pleads not guilty in parents’ fatal stabbings, Los Angeles prosecutors say Nick Reiner, 32, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, during a court appearance in Los Angeles, authorities said. Prosecutors said the case stems from a December incident that jolted Hollywood days before Christmas. The younger Reiner was arrested on Dec. 14 after the bodies of his father, 79, and his mother, 70, were…

Somalia’s military court executes two men convicted in Mogadishu killings and bomb attacks MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s military court on Monday executed two men convicted of murder and bomb attacks in the capital after what officials described as the completion of all legal proceedings and procedural reviews. The men were identified by court officials as Hassan Ali Iftin Buule, known as “Gacmey,” and Hassan Ali Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed. The court said both were charged with security-related crimes tied to attacks in…

GALKAYO, Somalia — Authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland State region on Tuesday executed a woman convicted of murdering a 14-year-old domestic worker, a rare use of the death penalty against a woman that has reignited nationwide debate over child protection and household labor. Hodan Mohamud Diiriye, 34, was shot by firing squad in the central city of Galkayo after a court found she beat to death teenager Saabirin Saylaan late last year. Officials said the sentence was carried out under qisas, an Islamic legal…

U.S. Judge Margaret Garnett on Thursday barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of gunning down United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in New York in December 2024. In a ruling that reshapes the federal case, Garnett dismissed two death-eligible counts against Mangione — murder and using a gun with a silencer — effectively taking capital punishment off the table. Mangione still faces two federal counts of stalking, and he remains charged with murder at the…

Texas executes Charles Thompson for 1998 double murder, the first U.S. execution this year Texas on Wednesday put to death Charles Thompson, 55, by lethal injection for the 1998 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, marking the first execution in the United States this year and renewing attention to the nation’s use of capital punishment. Thompson was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. Central time at a state prison in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. He was sentenced to death for killing…

Rob Reiner’s son due in Los Angeles court in parents’ stabbing deaths The son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner is due to appear in a Los Angeles court later today, where he could enter a plea in the stabbing deaths of his parents, a case that has sent shockwaves through the film industry just days before Christmas. Nick Reiner, 32, faces two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the killings of his father, the 79-year-old filmmaker behind hits including “When Harry Met Sally” and “A Few Good Men,” and his mother,…

Somalia’s child-protection reckoning after a teenager’s killing — and a rare death sentence The killing of 14-year-old orphan Saabirin Saylaan in Galkayo has jolted Somalia into a painful examination of how the state, communities and families protect — and fail — their children. A court in Puntland State convicted caregiver Hodan Mohamud Diiriye, 34, of murder and sentenced her to death, an exceptional punishment in a child-abuse case that underscores both the scale of public outrage and the fragility of Somalia’s protective…

Former radio DJ Warrick Stock, known professionally as DJ Warras, was shot and killed outside the Carlton Centre in central Johannesburg, police said Monday. Johannesburg police said Stock was approached by three unknown suspects after parking his vehicle in the area. The attackers opened fire after he stepped out of the car, and then fled on foot. No arrests have been made and the motive remains under investigation, authorities said. According to police, Stock was reportedly inspecting a building he had contracted to a…

Former radio DJ Warrick Stock, known on air as DJ Warras, was shot and killed outside the Carlton Centre in central Johannesburg, police and witnesses said. Police said Stock was approached by three unknown suspects after parking his vehicle and was shot before the attackers fled on foot. Initial accounts circulating on social media and among colleagues said he had been inspecting a building guarded by his security company and was fired on after stepping outside. The shooting, which occurred in a busy commercial area of…