Kuwaiti emir pardons Filipino maid convicted of murdering employer’s son

MANILA, Philippines — The ruler of Kuwait has pardoned a Filipino maid who was convicted of murdering her employer’s 7-year-old son, and she will soon be allowed to return home to her family, the Philippine the vice president said Thursday.

Life sentence for Va. death row inmate whose case led to national ban on executing retarded

RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia death row inmate whose case led to the national ban on executing the mentally retarded will spend life in prison because prosecutors withheld evidence in his 1998 trial, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Sri Lanka’s president rules out pardon for Tamil Tiger rebel leader

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president has ruled out a pardon for the Tamil Tiger rebels’ leader if he’s captured alive by government soldiers now advancing into the last remaining rebel territory.