PUTRAJAYA, April 25 — The Federal Court has vacated the hearing of the prosecution’s review application challenging the top court’s earlier 2-1 majority ruling that it (the Federal Court) has the jurisdiction to review death sentences that had been imposed on four prisoners whose sentences have been commuted by the Pardons Boards.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 17 — Two general workers escaped the gallows when the Federal Court commuted their death sentence today, which was reduced to 30 years in prison and 12 lashes of the rotan for killing a farm worker in an oil palm plantation seven years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 29 — The Federal Court has reinstated the death penalty imposed by the High Court on a former police corporal for murdering his two-year-old stepdaughter Hanis Amanda Mohd Zafil nine years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 21 — The Federal Court has upheld the death penalty of a former tow truck driver convicted of murdering AmBank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi eleven years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former sawmill worker to 40 years in prison for killing and raping a nurse nine years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former security guard to 38 years in jail for the murder of Perak Veterinary Department deputy director Dr Rohani Kassim 13 years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 1 — A married couple escaped the death penalty today after they pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of their friend.

PUTRAJAYA, May 29 — The Federal Court has upheld the death sentence of a former businessman for the murder of a female marketing executive 18 years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, May 2 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on a former resort housekeeper to 38 years in prison for murdering his employer, who was five months pregnant, nearly 16 years ago.