DRC hands down death sentences to 37 on coup charges

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A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has handed down death sentences to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of taking part in a coup attempt. "The court pronounces the harshest sentence: the death penalty," court president Freddy Ehume said on Friday, following the trial of 51 people that began in early June. The defendants,