The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison
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.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 covers the same sentencing, and Report 3 covers the same case as the earlier conviction and appeal; Report 4 describes the sentence as life imprisonment rather than the 200 years in Report 1,
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47m agoThe leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison 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.
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