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U S Army sergeant convicted of Afghan murders
The guilty verdict on all counts, returned after five hours of deliberations, carried an automatic life prison sentence, but the five-member jury panel then decided that Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, 26, would be eligible for parole in 8 1/2 years.
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:55P
Man guilty of organising child sex tour
Stop Demand's founder Denise Ritchie, who was the key petitioner to the law reform in 1995, sat through the trial and attended today's verdict. “The guilty verdict was very pleasing,” says Denise Ritchie. “It serves as a warning to anyone who might
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:52P
Sardarpura verdict: Why the conspiracy theory fell
Ahmedabad The special court that sentenced 31 people for burning 33 Muslims to death in Sardarpura, Gujarat, did not find enough evidence to support the prosecution's conspiracy theory. This was one of the reasons the defence argued successfully for
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:51P
Self-fulfilling prophecies of doom
Correspondents breathlessly report on the potential imminent breakup of the euro and threats to the European Union itself as financial markets deliver their relentless daily verdict on its teetering southern economies. The situation is serious,
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:51P
Florida jury awards $100M in priest abuse case
Trial of the lawsuit lasted just a day and a half, with Susana taking the stand to describe the abuse and a psychologist describing the shame, humiliation and lasting emotional scars he suffered. Doherty testified only in a written deposition,
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:46P
Jury still wrestling with rape verdict
About 3:30 pm, they informed County Judge Dennis Reinaker that they couldn't reach a unanimous verdict. Reinaker gave a "hung jury instruction," in which he asked the panel to exert its best effort to avoid a retrial. That would be the result if the
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:42P
Jackson doctor admits 'stupid' mistakes
Conrad Murray is remanded into custody after the guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial on November 7. Murray admitted in comments broadcast on Thursday that he made mistakes on the day of the pop icon's death but denied criminal
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:34P
Katsav rape case verdict upheld
“We have unanimously decided to not change the District Court's decision on 'A' — that he raped her,” media reports quoted the judges as saying. “There is no evidence for the affair thesis.” They also rejected his appeal over a second count of rape
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:09P
179. Emmanuel Adebayor, 2011
Keith Hackett's verdict appears in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday. For a chance to win a club shirt of your choice from the range at Kitbag.com send us your questions for You are the Ref to you.are.the.ref@observer.co.uk.
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:06P
TN: Verdict in Soumya murder case today
Thrissur: A Fast Track court here will deliver the judgement Friday in the sensational murder case of Soumya who was pushed out of a moving train, raped and killed in February this year. Judge Raveendra Babu had found the accused, Govindachamy (30)
Updated: 11/10/2011 10:06P
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