Word: trialing
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...only was he a child offender; Sean also suffered from a mental disorder. He was tried for three murders that took place in 1985 and '86: his mother Vonda, his stepfather Paul Bellofatto and Robert Bower. At trial, the jury was unaware that he suffered from multiple-personality disorder. Three mental-health experts established that Sean had severe brain damage as a result of an injury as a child. The U.S. Court of Appeal, noting that M.P.D. was "virtually unknown at the time of Sellers' trial," stated that his "illness is such that he may be able to prove...
...hundred and you'll get a deal. That old adage of India's gangsters may apply equally to international terrorists. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced Friday that Osama bin Laden has been gagged and his activities restricted, but they continue to reject Washington's calls to surrender him for trial over the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa. The announcement follows a meeting with British officials earlier this week, at which the Taliban were asked to "get control of" the alleged super-terrorist -- an approach the Afghanis hailed as "more reasonable" than Washington's extradition demands...
...stage desperate students perform another kind of side-show. Kirshner's students have subjected him to every "academic" excuse thinkable. From a student missing a midterm because of a prior commitment to testify in a trial to a complaint that a plane ticket to Bermuda was non-refundable, Kirshner says one pitiful plea irks him to no end. "The worst excuse is, 'I have an interview with Goldman Sachs...
...they were threatened and coerced by the police. Like the vast majority of other death row inmates, Jamal's state-appointed defense counsel was so incompetent that he has admitted that he failed Jamal and has testified to his many mistakes, including not interviewing witnesses until the day the trial began...
Further, it is crucial to understand the context in which the trial took place. Because of Jamal's long involvement in the struggle for African-American liberation, the racist Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had compiled an 800-page file on him by the time of his arrest. It appears the government had an interest in silencing this eloquent spokesperson for justice, like it silenced so many other freedom fighters, including former Black Panther Geronimo Ji Jaga, whose wrongful murder conviction was recently overturned after he spent 25 years in jail because it became clear that he was framed...