New Zealand mosque shooter appeals against life sentence
A man who killed more than 50 people in a 2019 mosque massacre in New Zealand has appealed against his life sentence, Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant filed an appeal against his conviction, court officials told news agencies on Tuesday. Tarrant shot dead 51 worshippers and injured 40 others at two Christchurch mosques. His victims included men, women and children who had gathered for Friday prayers. The attack, which was live-streamed by Tarrant, shook the small island nation and prompted gun reform in New Zealand. Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole in August 2020, the first person in New Zealand ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Judge Cameron Mander said he was imposing the harshest possible term for Tarrant's "inhuman" actions. "Your crimes are so wicked, that even if you are detained until you die it will not exhaust the requirements of punishment and denunciation," he said at the time. The father of a 3-year-old boy ki...