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  • August 2008

    • 'Not Guilty' Plea for Uncooperative Karadzic

      BBC  |  Aug 29, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      'Not Guilty' Plea for Uncooperative Karadzic

      (Newser) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused to plead today at a UN war-crimes tribunal—so a judge entered a “not guilty” plea for him, the BBC reports. Karadzic, 63, was charged with 11 counts linked to the Bosnian civil war of the 1990s, including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. He called the tribunal “a court of NATO” seeking his “liquidation.” More »

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      genocide  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • war crimes tribunal  • plea

    • Fla. Man Pleads Not Guilty to Threatening Bush, Obama

      Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Fla. Man Pleads Not Guilty to Threatening Bush, Obama

      (AP) - A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty today to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Barack Obama. Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, spoke only his name and age as his court-appointed lawyer entered the plea. Geisel had previously been charged with threatening Obama, but the Bush charge, added in a grand jury indictment, only became public today. More »

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      Barack Obama  • George W. Bush  • assassination  • court  • threats  • plea

  • May 2008

    • Fritzl Will Plead Insanity

      Times (UK)  |  May 4, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Fritzl Will Plead Insanity

      (Newser) - The man charged with imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and repeatedly raping her may not spend long behind bars, reports the Times of London, as Josef Fritzel's lawyer plans to plead insanity to avoid a prison term. “Josef Fritzl is mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions," and belongs "in a closed psychiatry ward," Rudolf Mayer said.  More »

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      rape  • Josef Fritzl  • sexual abuse  • incest  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • Amstetten, Austria  • plea  • insanity

  • August 2007

    • Vick Will Plead Guilty in Deal

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Aug 20, 07 2:13 PM CDT

      Vick Will Plead Guilty in Deal

      (Newser) - Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal charges related to a dogfighting ring, his lawyer said this afternoon, as part of a deal for leniency; the judge in the case is expected to announce the plea agreement today in Richmond. "Michael wishes to apologize to everyone who has been hurt by this matter," Vick's attorney said. More »

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      trial  • court  • Michael Vick  • gambling  • dogfighting  • conspiracy  • guilty plea  • plea  • guilty

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