ATHENS – The shocking murder of a 20-year-old mother, asphyxiated in front of her 11-month-old child by a gang of three home invaders while her husband was tied up in another room has led the New Democracy government to propose longer prison times for violent offenders.
Justice Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras told SKAI TV that, “The issue has already been discussed among the members of the Criminal Code monitoring committee, and there is an intention to toughen sentences, especially for heinous crimes, sex crimes (and) all those that have received a lot of publicity lately,.”
He added that, “With the new legislation, anyone sentenced to life in prison will spend more years (incarcerated) than today,” he said, as life sentences in Greece are often shortened and aren't for life.
He said that the government, which came to power in 2019 with a vow that included being tougher on crime than the previous ruling Radical Left SYRIZA that reduced penalties even for sex crimes, will require those sentenced to life serve at least 20 years instead of 16.
A manhunt was said underway to find the gang that broke into the home in the Athens northern suburb of Glyka Nera and killed Caroline Crouch, a British-Filipino married to a Greek helicopter pilot.
LONDON - With polls showing a majority of Britons believing the stolen Parthenon Marbles housed in the British Museum should be sent to Greece, the arguments are growing in the media too, a columnist for The Guardian adding his voice.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans are voting in a referendum Sunday to supposedly decide the future of a large swath of neighboring Guyana that their government claims ownership of, arguing the territory was stolen when a north-south border was drawn more than a century ago.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday attempted to turn the tables on his likely rival in November, President Joe Biden, arguing that the man whose election victory Trump tried to overturn is “the destroyer of American democracy.
NANTES, France (AP) — A supporter from Nantes died on Saturday following a fight that took place before the club's 1-0 win over Nice in the latest outbreak of violence to mar French soccer this season.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — For a second Sunday, an ailing Pope Francis skipped his popular window appearance to the public in St.
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