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...Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled yesterday to uphold the decision of a lower-court judge to grant a retrial in the high-profile case of Alexander Pring-Wilson, a former Harvard graduate student who was convicted in 2004 of fatally stabbing a Cambridge teenager...
...June 2005, Quinlan ruled to overturn Pring-Wilson’s conviction and move for a retrial...
...blind legal activist detained by police last year after he tried to help victims of a forced-abortion campaign sue their local government. Convicted in August of destroying property and "organizing a mob to block traffic," Chen was sentenced to four years in prison. A higher court ordered a retrial, but the conviction and sentence were upheld...
...RETRIAL ORDERED. For Chen Guangcheng, 34, blind human-rights advocate who exposed forced sterilizations and abortions by family-planning authorities in China's Shandong province and was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for property destruction and public disturbance; after an appeals court ruled that his August conviction was marred by procedural violations, including the barring of his lawyers from the courtroom; in Linyi, China. Although the outcome of a future trial is still in doubt, Chen's supporters considered the ruling a rare victory. Said his lawyer, Li Jingsong, "At this stage, we could not have...
...deadline for the panel to rule, but officials close to the trial process have said it is likely to be weeks rather than months. Once the panel has completed its review, any sentences must be carried out within 30 days. The panel has the authority to order a retrial, but that is thought to be highly unlikely...