The murder grippe­d Hong Kong’s busine­ss and expatr­iate commun­itiesHONG KONG: An American serving a life sentence in a Hong Kong jail for the 2003 ‘milkshake’ murder of her Merrill Lynch banker husband made a fresh challenge against her sentence on Friday. She was convicted a second time in a 2011 retrial and failed in a final appeal against her conviction in 2014. Two get death penalty in murder caseKissel lodged a judicial review against the Long-Term Prison Sentences Review Board, Hong Kong court records showed. She is arguing that the board had deprived her of the right to make an informed submission to challenge the rationality of its decision. A lawyer for Kissel said the board should have recommended to the Chinese controlled city’s chief executive that a fixed prison term should have replaced an indefinite life sentence, public broadcaster RTHK said.

Source: The Express Tribune December 15, 2017 07:18 UTC