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The mother of slain journalist James Foley, Diane Foley, says the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation welcomes the life sentence for El Shafee Elsheikh after the member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. "With today's verdict we finally have a bit of justice," she says outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. SOUNDBITE
Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma says sending him to prison would be "the same as sentencing [him] to death" as a deadline approached for him to surrender to authorities. SOUNDBITE
Judge Cameron Mander sentences New Zealand mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant to life in prison without parole on Thursday for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers. SOUNDBITE
An Indonesian court sentences Frenchman Felix Dorfin to death for drug smuggling, in a surprise verdict after prosecutors asked for a 20-year jail term. IMAGES
A Pakistani court hands four death sentences to a man charged with raping and murdering a young girl, in a case that shocked the country and sparked major riots in his home district. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE