Sentence11 December 2023verifiedCET-3N1GZD

Sana'a court hands five death sentences in a 994 kg hashish case

The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana'a sentenced 32 defendants in a hashish-trafficking case: five to death, 12 to 25 years and 15 to five years. The court ordered 994 kg of hashish destroyed and confiscated property; in a separate case that day, one man got five years and two others 25 years for possessing a block of hashish.

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The Specialized Criminal Court in Sana’a sentenced 32 defendants in a hashish-trafficking case: five to death, 12 to 25 years and 15 to five years. The court ordered 994 kg of hashish destroyed and confiscated property; in a separate case that day, one man got five years and two others 25 years for possessing a block of hashish. The court imposed the five death sentences as ta’zir, a discretionary penalty rather than a fixed Quranic one.^[1]

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Specialized Criminal Court sentences 32 defendants in drug cases. Al-Thawrah. 11 December 2023: five death sentences, 12 x 25 years, 15 x 5 years, 994 kg hashish.

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