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...finding character witness after character witness to vouch for her: colleagues, her boss's boss, fire fighters and forest volunteers, all uncowed by public anger, standing by a friend who they said had made an unthinkable mistake. The judge denied the government's request to lock her up without bail; if she manages to raise 10% of her $600,000 bond, she can await trial in a halfway house...
...attempts to reintroduce English as the medium of instruction and to roll back education and possibly business quotas for Malays have met stiff resistance from ordinary Malays. And his patronage of key Malay businessmen has also been less than successful; many wound up bankrupt, forcing the government to bail them out. "He's fed up," says Azim Zabidi, a former member of UMNO's Supreme Council...
...Sept. 20, Ryan Martinito, 18, and P.J. Taporco, 19, were walking down Ponciano Reyes Street, one of Davao's main thoroughfares. Both were known cell- phone thieves who had been arrested several times and were out on bail. As several witnesses looked on, two men riding a motorcycle drove up, killed Martinito and Taporco with bullets to the head, then sped away. It was 2:30 in the afternoon...
...matter which story is correct, she's persona non grata to much of her home state. Monday, a day after her arrests, prosecutors asked a federal court to deny bail, arguing that Barton couldn't stay around because the angry citizens of her community would make things uncomfortable. She was released Thursday on a $600,000 bail on the condition that she stay away from forested areas...
After the verdict, Judge John Kavanewsky denied Skakel bail and refused his request to address the court. Outside the courthouse, no one was celebrating. Martha's brother John called the victory hollow, saying: "It doesn't bring Martha back." Mickey Sherman, Skakel's lawyer, declared himself "bitterly disappointed" and discussed grounds for appeal. Said brother David: "Michael is innocent. I know this because I know Michael like only a brother does...