French lawmakers are debating the issue of repeat sex offenders, and considering a proposal for prisoners to be given the option of longer jail terms or undergoing hormonal treatment. Focus also looks at how other countries handle this problem.
Toni Musulin has handed himself in and admitted stealing more than 11 million euros after nearly a fortnight on the run. Although police have recovered most of the money, Musulin is keeping quiet about the whereabouts of the rest of the cash.
Toni Musulin, a French security van driver suspected of stealing millions, surprised police in Monaco when he handed himself in on Monday, after two weeks on the run.
A German court has sentenced Alex Wiens to life in prison for the July 2009 courtroom murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, a pregnant head-scarved Egyptian woman, for motives that remain unclear. The killing caused outrage across the Muslim world.
French police have announced that they have found 9 out of the 11.6 million euros stolen by a French security van driver in a rented car hidden in a lock-up garage.
A record 100 alleged murderers and sex and drug offenders have been extradited this year from Mexico to the United States, where they are to stand trial.
The decomposed bodies of six women have been found in the Cleveland, Ohio, home of convicted rapist Anthony Sowell, who was arrested Saturday, the coroner conducting the autopsies said.
