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 Polanski 
 Loses Bid 
 for Bail 

Court rules director must remain behind bars

Oct 20, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Roman Polanski will remain in a Swiss jail while authorities decide whether to extradite him to the US in his 31-year-old statutory rape case, a Swiss court ruled today. The court ruled against releasing the director on bail or under house arrest because he posed a high flight risk. Polanski,... More »

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Switzerland • appeal • extradition • Roman Polanski • flight risk • Swiss Justice Ministry

 Sudan Woman Tried for Pants 
 Gets Fined, Not Flogged 

Lubna Hussein plans appeal to country's constitutional court

Sep 7, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sudanese woman arrested in July for wearing pants has been fined around $200 but will not receive the 40 lashes once threatened, CNN reports. Lubna Hussein, an erstwhile UN worker who resigned in order to waive immunity and challenge her prosecution, says she will not pay the fine and... More »

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Sudan • women's rights • indecency • appeal • pants • constitutionality • verdict • fine • flogging • Lubna Hussein

(Newser) - News that the Lockerbie bomber has dropped his appeal amid reports that he's about to be released on compassionate grounds has critics smelling a back-room deal and a cover-up, the Times of London reports. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, is expected to be sent back to Libya soon... More »

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Libya • appeal • Moammar Gadhafi • Lockerbie • terrorist attack • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

 Madoff Won't Appeal 

Conman resigned to life in prison

Jul 9, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff will do his time, his lawyer said today. The 71-year-old con man sentenced to 150 years in prison on a slew of fraud charges related to his massive Ponzi scheme won’t file an appeal, Bloomberg reports. “In terms of the appeal, done, over,” Madoff’s... More »

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fraud • prison • crime • appeal • federal prison • Ponzi scheme • con man • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • prison sentence

Former Gitmo Prisoner Fights to Save Torture Photo

Says Pentagon wants to kill 'abuse evidence'

Jul 6, 09 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Guantanamo prisoner released to Britain after seven years in detention is fighting to keep the Pentagon from destroying a photograph he says proves he was abused, reports the Guardian. Binyam Mohamed does not have copies of the image, taken after he was brutally beaten, but he knows it... More »

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torture • appeal • abuse • Guantanamo prisoners • harsh interrogation • Binyam Mohamed

 OJ Appeals Vegas Convictions 

Says jury selection unfair; cites judicial misconduct

May 26, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(AP) - OJ Simpson is appealing to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his conviction on Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Today's filing alleges the ex-football star's conviction in a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers was tainted by judicial misconduct, a lack of racial diversity on the jury... More »

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crime • Las Vegas • kidnapping • appeal • OJ Simpson • Nevada • sports memorabilia • armed robbery

Supreme Court Shoots Down Jefferson's Appeal

But will review Conrad Black's conviction

May 18, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today refused to hear William Jefferson’s appeal, meaning the former New Orleans congressman’s corruption case is headed for trial, the Times-Picayune reports. The court will, however, consider overturning the fraud conviction against former media mogul Conrad Black and two of his compatriots. More »

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fraud • William Jefferson • appeal • Conrad Black • US Supreme Court • corruption trial • William Jefferson sentenced

Demjanjuk Removed by Ambulance

US set to deport
alleged Nazi; Germany expects him tomorrow

May 11, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(AP) - Suspected Nazi death-camp guard John Demjanjuk was taken from his home by ambulance today as US immigration agents prepared to deport him to Germany. It was not clear where the ambulance was taking the 89-year-old Demjanjuk, who is wanted on a Munich arrest warrant that accuses him of 29,000... More »

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Germany • Poland • murder • appeal • deportation • Nazi • John Demjanjuk • ambulance • arrest warrant

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 Saberi Freed by Iran, 
 United With Parents

Jailed US journalist has prison term cut to two years suspended

May 11, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American reporter jailed in Tehran for the last 5 months, has been freed and reunited with her parents, the AP reports. An appeals court yesterday cut her sentence to a 2-year suspended term, down from the 8 years she was given for spying for the US. The... More »

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Iran • Tehran • espionage • appeal • journalist • sentence • Roxana Saberi

Lawyer Expects 'Fundamental Changes' in Saberi Sentence

Appeals court to issue verdict in next few days

May 10, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lawyer for jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is confident his client’s 8-year sentence will be “substantially” reduced, Reuters reports. An Iranian appeals court is expected to issue its verdict soon after today’s closed-door hearing. Saberi was convicted of spying for the United States, an accusation Reporters... More »

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Iran • appeal • court • lawyer • journalist • spying • verdict • sentence • Roxana Saberi

(Newser) - Roxana Saberi’s appeal hearing will take place tomorrow, Reuters reports. The lawyer for the jailed American-Iranian journalist said it’s unclear when his client will find out if her 8-year sentence for espionage has been dropped or reduced. "The verdict could come next week or any other time,... More »

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Iran • espionage • appeal • court • journalist • hearings • Roxana Saberi

Demjanjuk Won't Contest High Court Decision

Deportation to Germany, trial now await alleged Nazi

May 8, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, 89, will not seek another review of his case by the Supreme Court after the first was dismissed without comment, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The concession paves the way for the Ohio man’s deportation to Germany, where he is charged as an accessory... More »

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Germany • appeal • deportation • concentration camp • Nazi • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • John Demjanjuk • murder charges

Supreme Court Won't Stop Demjanjuk's Deportation

Options dwindling for alleged Nazi guard

May 7, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Demjanjuk's last-ditch efforts to avoid deportation to Germany because of his alleged past as a Nazi guard appear to be hitting a brick wall. Justice John Paul Stevens today rejected without comment his plea to have the Supreme Court stop the deportation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. His attorneys... More »

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Holocaust • appeal • Nazi • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • John Demjanjuk

(Newser) - Lawyers for US soldiers convicted of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison say the recently released CIA memos prove their clients were just following orders, the Times of London reports. Some of the dozen soldiers who were convicted plan to appeal, arguing that the Bush administration kept quiet during... More »

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Abu Ghraib • appeal • US military • soldier • Lynndie England • Iraq war • criminal trial • torture memo • Charles Graner

Tehran Judge Echoes Call for 'Fair' Saberi Trial

Iran minister chides Obama for not knowing details of closed trial

Apr 20, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Iran’s judiciary issued a statement today requesting that Roxana Saberi’s appeal “should be fairly, accurately, and quickly considered.” It’s not clear whether Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi means Saberi’s appeal will be successful, or if he merely wants to stress to international... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Jesse Jackson • espionage • appeal • court cases • President Obama • Roxana Saberi • Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi

Ahmadinejad: Ensure Jailed Journo's Rights

Make sure Saberi can defend herself, Iran prez tells prosecutor

Apr 19, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In connection with the case of jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to Tehran's prosecutor to urge him to "make sure that the accused people will enjoy all freedoms and legal rights to defend themselves." Saberi's lawyer, who plans to appeal her 8-year sentence, approved... More »

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Iran • espionage • appeal • reporter • jail • journalist • sentence • Roxana Saberi

Supreme Court Won't Hear Mumia's Appeal

Abu-Jamal says was convicted by biased jury in 1981 cop death

Apr 6, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost his bid for a new trial in the 1981 killing of a police officer, the AP reports. The Supreme Court said today it won’t take up Abu-Jamal's claims that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from the jury that convicted him of murdering a Philadelphia policeman. The... More »

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race • police • appeal • conviction • bias • US Supreme Court • jury selection • Mumia Abu-Jamal

Obama Aunt Can Stay in US Until 2010, Court Rules

Onyango continues effort to appeal deportation order

Apr 1, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s aunt has been granted another year in the US, the Boston Herald reports. A judge today set Feb. 4, 2010, as the date for a hearing on Zeituni Onyango's appeal of a 2004 deportation order, clearing Onyango to live in the country until then. "Praise God,... More »

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immigration • Barack Obama • Kenya • appeal • deportation • Zeituni Onyango

Ex-FBI Agent Draws 40-Year Sentence in Murder, But ...

Judge's ruling all but guarantees appeal

Jan 15, 09 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A judge sentenced former FBI agent John Connolly to 40 years for a 1982 murder today, and simultaneously blew a giant hole in the prosecution’s case, the Miami Herald reports. The facts seem to be clear: Connolly told mobsters with whom he was in cahoots that an associate,... More »

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FBI • crime • murder • appeal • mob • Mafia • firearms • guns • John Connolly

High Court to Hear Challenge to Voting Rights Act

Provision forcing local governments, mainly in South, to clear changes with feds at issue

Jan 9, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case that challenges a central section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act designed to protect minority voters in discriminatory districts, the New York Times reports. Section 5 of the law, which forces many Southern states and select districts elsewhere to get... More »

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John Roberts • Texas • appeal • Austin • Voting Rights Act • US Supreme Court • civil rights movement • racial discrimination

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