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conviction stories: 37 news summaries

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 Polanski May Take 
 His Chances in US 

'Not in perfect health,' director will likely not appeal Swiss house arrest decision

Oct 21, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roman Polanski, denied bail or house arrest in Switzerland, may try his luck in the United States after 31 years. “If this process drags on, it is not completely impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go finally to explain himself in the United States where the arguments in... More »

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entertainment • prison • Switzerland • conviction • jail • extradition • Roman Polanski • child rape

 Legal System 
 'Dropped Ball' 
 on Garrido: Cop 

Cop who busted him in 1976 kidnap-rape stunned he was on streets

Aug 30, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A furious cop has blasted the legal system for "dropping the ball" on Jaycee Dugard's accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, who served only a fraction of a 50-year conviction for a previous kidnap-rape. "How he got out after 10 years, I'll never know," Nevada Police Officer Clifford Conrad... More »

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kidnapping • rape • conviction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 Megrahi Knows 'Truth,' 
 Wants Lockerbie Inquiry 

Convicted bomber says he has documents that would exonerate him

Aug 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has always maintained his innocence and now he wants an inquiry into the 1988 plane explosion that killed 270 people, the London Times reports. Megrahi claims to hold documents that could shed light on the real culprits and says that interest among the... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • United States • Libya • conviction • Lockerbie • inquiry • victim • documents • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(AP) - Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who became an outfitter to the stars and fought the federal government over claims he underpaid followers for church work, was convicted today in Arkansas of taking five girls across state lines for sex. The jury of nine men and three women found Alamo... More »

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sexual abuse • trial • conviction • sexual predator • verdict • evangelist • guilty verdict • Tony Alamo

(Newser) - Lawyers for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—aka Clark Rockefeller—want his conviction overturned because the jury was unfairly prejudiced against their client, the Boston Globe reports. Rockefeller was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter. The lawyers say the prosecution “eviscerated” their insanity defense during closing arguments by calling an... More »

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Boston • kidnapping • Massachusetts • conviction • custody battle • expert testimony • criminal trial • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Sandra Boss • Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter • Snooks • insanity defense • prejudice • defense attorney

 Fans Cheer TI at 
 'Bye Bash' Before Prison 

48 hours before prison, Atlanta rapper
sells out arena

May 25, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - TI returned to his native Atlanta to play a sold out "Goodbye Bash" last night, just two days before he reports to a federal prison for a weapons conviction. Many of his fans expressed support for the convicted rapper, whom they described as a role model, reports the Atlanta ... More »

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entertainment • Atlanta • conviction • hip-hop • rap music • weapons • T.I. • Jay-ZTV

UCLA Body Parts Peddler Found Guilty

Businessman carved up donated cadavers to
sell parts for profit

May 15, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A businessman who carved up bodies donated to UCLA's medical school and sold them off to research companies has been found guilty of grand theft, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ernest Nelson raked in over $1.5 million from the scheme, which he conspired to carry out with the director... More »

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conviction • UCLA • grand theft • bodies • body parts • cadaver • Ernest Nelson

analysis

Torture Convictions
Would Be a Long Shot

Prosecution possible, but nailing Cheney a legal headache

May 4, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York. Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • torture • Condoleezza Rice • conviction • lawyer • waterboarding • John Yoo • Steven Bradbury • Eric Holder • Obama administration • prosecutions • Jay Bybee

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

Mandela's Ex Poised for Return to Power

Critics none too pleased by new role for ex-convict Winnie

Mar 1, 09 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Placed high on her party’s list of future MPs, Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is set to return to a central role in South Africa’s government, the Guardian reports. Such a position is already sparking controversy surrounding Madikizela-Mandela's past—including a 2003 fraud conviction when she was... More »

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fraud • kidnapping • South Africa • conviction • Nelson Mandela • African National Congress • South African elections • minister • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

 Fort Dix 5 Convicted 
 of Conspiracy 

Muslim immigrants guilty of plotting to kill soldiers at NJ base

Dec 22, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The five men charged in the Fort Dix terrorism case were convicted today of conspiracy to kill American soldiers, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The Muslim immigrants from Albania, Jordan, and Turkey were investigated by FBI agents and informers over 15 months in 2006 and 2007. Hours of recordings documented their... More »

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terrorism • New Jersey • conviction • Fort Dix • conspiracy • Islamist extremists • criminal trial

 Stevens Yields 
 the Floor a Last Time 

Alaska Republican closes 'privileged' 40-year tenure

Nov 20, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Ted Stevens said goodbye to colleagues in the US Senate today, ending a 40-year career after losing his Alaska re-election bid and being convicted on corruption charges, the Anchorage Daily News reports. “I really must pinch myself to fully understand that I’m privileged to speak on the floor... More »

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Alaska • Senate • corruption • Ted Stevens • conviction • pork

 Alaskans Give Stevens 
 Hero's Welcome 

After corruption conviction, GOP senator begins 5-day marathon reelection bid

Oct 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Stevens returned home to Alaska to jump-start his reelection campaign yesterday, proclaiming his innocence and asking for the votes of 500 supporters at a rally. “Like most people, I'm not perfect,” said the 84-year-old Republican, who plans to appeal his conviction on federal corruption charges, the... More »

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Alaska • Senate • Ted Stevens • felony • conviction • lying • election

 Joe Cool Killer 
 Put Away for Life 

High seas murderer gets 5 life sentences after pleading guilty

Oct 14, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge sentenced Kirby Archer to five life sentences today after he pleaded guilty to killing four people aboard a charter boat off Miami’s coast last year. The 36-year-old was ratted out by accomplice Guillermo Zarabozo, who faces a retrial, reports the Miami Herald. Prosecutors say the convict,... More »

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Cuba • Miami • murder • conviction • charter boat • life sentence

 OJ Seeks 
 New Trial 

Lawyers cite errors, possible racial prejudice in filing for appeal

Oct 11, 08 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson's lawyers have given seven reasons why he should get a new trial in their motion seeking an appeal, reports the Las Vegas Sun. They cite judicial errors and insufficient evidence in Simpson's conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping, and argue that his rights may have been violated when... More »

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celebrity trials • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • trial • conviction • Clarence Stewart

 Pal: Convicted OJ 'in Shock' 

Former football star an't fathom why he's in jail for 'nothing incident'

Oct 6, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson is “in shock” over his conviction and the prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars. “I can't believe I'm in here for this nothing incident,” he said. “He's strong. He's just in shock,” a friend told the New York Daily ... More »

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NFL • pensions • celebrity trials • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • conviction

Canoe Con Man, Wife Get 6 Years for Fake Death

Jury didn't buy her 'coercion' defense
in insurance scam

Jul 23, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Darwin didn’t force his wife to help fake his death, a jury ruled today, convicting Anne Darwin on 15 counts of deception and money laundering before the two were each sentenced to 6 years in prison for their $500,000 insurance scheme. Anne’s “marital coercion” defense,... More »

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fraud • conviction • John Darwin • Anne Darwin

Requests for Pardons Flood White House

Petitioners include the American Taliban, but not Scooter Libby

Jul 19, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is nearing the end of his term, and felons are coming out of the woodwork in historic numbers to ask for pardons and reduced sentences, the New York Times reports. It is not unusual for there to be a spike in pardons granted by a president in... More »

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Bill Clinton • presidential pardon • commutation • Martha Stewart • felony • clemency • conviction • Marion Jones • George W. Bush

Court Tosses Conviction in Abramoff Affair

Ruling says feds were overzealous in case against GSA official

Jun 18, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A key conviction in the Jack Abramoff scandal was reversed today, as a federal appeals court ruled that the Justice Department overreached in its prosecution of David Safavian. The onetime chief of staff at GSA provided inside information on government-owned properties to Abramoff; he was convicted of lying to multiple... More »

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Jack Abramoff • conviction • David Safavian • General Services Administration

Boy-Band Brain Gets 25 Years
for Fraud

Pearlman gets max for scamming investors, banks out of $300M

May 22, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lou Pearlman, the honcho behind the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced yesterday to the maximum of 25 years in federal prison for masterminding a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of some $300 million, the AP reports. "The sympathy factor just doesn't run very high... More »

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fraud • conviction • N'Sync • boy bands • Lou Pearlman • Backstreet Boys

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