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SENTENCED Thirteen years after being acquitted of murdering his wife, former football star O.J. Simpson, 61, was given a sentence of up to 33 years in prison for a 2007 armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel. He will not be eligible for parole until...
...charges that included conspiring to commit wire fraud and soliciting bribes in exchange for the Illinois Senate seat - vacated by President-elect Barack Obama - that Blagojevich was obligated to fill. If convicted, Blagojevich, who turns 52 on Dec. 10, faces up to 30 years in prison. What a birthday...
Last week, Daniel Dantas, a Brazilian banker of fantastic wealth and influence, was convicted on corruption charges, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and fined R$ 12 million ($5 million). Mr. Dantas’ fate remains unclear as he may still file multiple appeals that could take years to be evaluated. Nevertheless, his conviction reflects an accomplishment of the Lula administration in Brazil: the freedom of the Polícia Federal, responsible for gathering the evidence in the case. The PF has been allowed to aggressively pursue corruption investigations since 2003 and numerous prosecutions show that Brazil?...
...first day at Angola Penitentiary in Louisiana, Greg Bright said he witnessed one prisoner jump out of line and stab another prisoner in the neck. And everyone kept walking. Bright, who was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder in 1976 and spent the subsequent 27 years in prison, spoke before a crowd of undergraduates as part of Voices of Innocence, an event organized by the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates to commemorate the 60th anniversary of human rights’ universal declaration.Bright, in addition to two other exonerated prisoners who spoke during the event, said they were angry about...
...deposition goes on to say that Hartmann wanted to gain access to sensitive U.S. "videotapes of foreign delegations meeting with their nationals" at Guantánamo. Foreign intelligence and security officers have made numerous visits to the high-security prison, but the U.S. has been reluctant to discuss records of the sessions - or even to confirm that such records exist. Several U.S. allies were reportedly angered to discover that these meetings had been recorded without advance warning or permission. Some defense lawyers allege that foreign security agents threatened prisoners to gain their cooperation in the meetings while U.S. authorities failed...