Word: courtrooms
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...seem exotic and far removed from the American collective consciousness with Nov. 4 fast approaching, but the long-term importance of this crisis over Muslim identity cannot be dismissed. On Monday, the first court session of this trial had to adjourn because of the crush of people in the courtroom as protesters thronged Silivri prison-court. Tensions are high in Turkey, not because of empty political wrangling, but rather because dozens of prominent Turkish men, including former top army officers, face charges for planning alleged attacks and assassinations to destabilize the Turkish state. Government prosecutors have accused...
...Following their sentencing, the four aging convicts, dressed in blue prison uniforms, sat on stone benches outside the courtroom as they waited to be transported back to jail. Wives, children and relatives who traveled from Anlong Veng for the verdict huddled around the men to say their final farewells. None of the convicted men talked to reporters...
...Paris courtroom last week, 42 officials went on trial for taking millions in kickbacks and organizing huge arms commissions from the Angolan government during the mid-1990s. In the dock were such big names as Charles Pasqua, a former French Interior Minister; Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, the son of the late French President François Mitterrand; and Russian-Israeli billionaire Arkadi Gaydamak, who is currently a candidate for mayor of Jerusalem. The group is charged with having supplied almost $800 million worth of arms to Angolan President José Eduardo Dos Santos, including 12 helicopters, 6 naval vessels...
...They won’t explain things in the courtroom,” said Feldman, who Esquire magazine named one of the 75 great individuals to shape the next 100 years. “They’ll just talk in code...
...cars on the street that sport his new invention. Ominous orchestral music plays, and the revving engines and facelessness of the drivers combine to transform the cars into frightening beasts. The film begins to redeem itself toward the end, as Kearns finally takes Ford to trial. Once in the courtroom, the natural drama that a trial creates quickens the pace of the film and awakens the audience’s interest. However, even in the courtroom, Kearns’ metaphors are somewhat heavy-handed, and he beats to death the film’s theme of the individuality of human...