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VIETNAM: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
October 5, 2011: A court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for heroin trafficking.
Presiding Judge Pham Thi Thuy says the three were convicted of trafficking nearly 22kg of heroin from 2006-2010.
She said that four other defendants were given life in prison and four others received jail terms of eight to 20 years in prison on the same charges.
The trial at the People's Court in Lao Cai province lasted three days. (Fonti: AP, 06/10/2011)
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