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India court sentences Mumbai bombers to death for 2003 attacks

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] A specially-mandated Indian court on Thursday sentenced three convicted terrorists to death for their roles in the 2003 Mumbai bomb attack that killed 52 people. Late last month, Ashrat Ansari, Hanif Sayed, and Fehmida Sayed were found guilty of conspiracy, murder, and attempted murder, and their defense lawyers plan to appeal the decision. They have been linked to Pakistan's religiously-motivated terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and India has pushed for the prosecution of its leaders, but Pakistani officials on Thursday stated that Indian evidence does not further the case against the group. Mumbai has suffered a number of terrorist attacks allegedly linked to the LeT in recent years, leading the government to consider controversial terrorism laws and institute special courts to try suspects. In July, India announced that it would continue the trial of a man suspected in a 2008 hotel attack that killed more than 100 people, despite his mid-trial confession. Pakistan has postponed the trial of five others allegedly connected with the 2008 attack.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on August 06, 2009 (boomark / email).