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Doomsday cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison

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The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people.

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  1. KESQ Palm Springs

    Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison over the deaths of 190 children (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A Kenyan cult leader has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 191 people, all but one of them children, in a campaign of abuse and forced fasting. Paul Mackenzie, founder of the Good News International Church, was sentenced Friday alongside more tha…

  2. KTLA Los Angeles

    Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence for Pastor Paul Mackenzie.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Kenya cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A court in Kenya has sentenced Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and an adult. He told them to starve themselves to death as part of his apocalyptic religious cult.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Kenyan court sentences starvation cult leader to 200 years (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Paul Mackenzie and accomplices were convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult.

  5. CBS News

    Doomsday cult leader learns fate for murders of 190 children (opens CBS News)

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    Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.

  6. New York Post

    Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult linked to over 400 deaths sentenced to 200 years in prison (opens New York Post)

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    Mackenzie is also facing terrorism and manslaughter charges for the more than 200 other victims, as well as child abuse and torture charges in two other courts.

  7. KBRW

    The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison (opens KBRW)

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    Cult leader Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.

  8. The Guardian

    Kenyan doomsday sect leader jailed for 200 years over 191 murders (opens The Guardian)

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    Paul Mackenzie convicted over the deaths of 190 children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult di…

  9. The Daily Caller

    Cult ‘Church’ Leader Receives Sentencing For Killing 190 Children (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Cold and calculated

  10. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for the starvation deaths of 190 children (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    A Kenyan court sentenced a cult leader to 200 years in prison after he was found guilty of orchestrating the starvation deaths of 190 children and an adult.

  11. Courthouse News Service

    Kenyan starvation cult leader sentenced to 200 years for child murders (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    His accomplices — many of whom starved their own children to death — received a variety of lengthy prison terms.

  12. France 24

    Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison (opens France 24)

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    In tonight's edition, cult leader Paul Mackenzie is sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murder of 190 children starved ‌to death on his orders. Also, in South Africa, activists warn that new data centres could put added pressure on already strained water and electricity supplies.

  13. Hot Air

  14. WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg

    Doomsday cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison (opens WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg)

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    The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people.

  15. Latin Times

    Kenya Sentences Starvation Cult Leader to 200 Years, but Two Trials Still Await (opens Latin Times)

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    Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years for starving 190 children to death in Shakahola, Kenya. Families had demanded the death penalty. Two more trials remain pending.

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