Federal appeals court in NYC upholds Rigas' sentencingOctober 5th, 2009 Appeals court in NYC upholds Rigas' sentencingNEW YORK — A federal appeals court in New York has upheld prison sentences given to a father and son who built Adelphia Communications into a cable television powerhouse. The 2nd U.S.
Oregon Supreme Court rejects mandatory sentencing for woman who pulled boy against breastsSeptember 24th, 2009 Ore. Supreme Court rejects mandatory sentencingPORTLAND, Ore. — Sometimes a mandatory sentence can be too much.
SKorean court upholds conviction for late president's brother, reduces prison termSeptember 23rd, 2009 SKorean court upholds conviction for Roh's brotherSEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court Wednesday upheld the conviction of the older brother of the late President Roh Moo-hyun for influence-peddling, but reduced the sentence he had received just days before the former leader's suicide. Roh Gun-pyeong was convicted and sentenced in May shortly before his brother — who also was under investigation in a separate bribery scandal — jumped to his death in a suicide that sparked an outpouring of sympathy for the family and accusations that prosecutors had hounded the former leader.
Va. sheriff accused of taking bribes to not interfere with cockfighting guilty of racketeeringAugust 28th, 2009 Rural Va. sheriff pleads guilty to racketeeringHARRISONBURG, Va. — A rural Virginia sheriff accused of taking bribes in exchange for promising not to interfere with a cockfighting ring has pleaded guilty to racketeering.
Appeals court in Va. upholds 1st conviction of US civilian for detainee abuse in AfghanistanAugust 11th, 2009 Va. court upholds prisoner abuse convictionRICHMOND, Va. —A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld the conviction of the first American civilian found guilty of mistreating a detainee during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
High court upholds sentence of notorious German neo-Nazi convicted of Holocaust denialAugust 11th, 2009 German neo-Nazi's Holocaust denial sentence upheldBERLIN — A German federal court on Tuesday upheld the Holocaust denial conviction of a founding member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi, saying he must serve his six-year sentence. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe threw out Horst Mahler's appeal of the Munich state court ruling made in February.
Federal appeals court in Virginia upholds conviction of D.C.-area sniper mastermindAugust 7th, 2009 Appeals court in Va. upholds sniper convictionRICHMOND, Va.
Federal panel won't reconsider ruling that overturned murder conviction handed down by NJ juryJuly 3rd, 2009 Ruling that overturned NJ murder conviction standsPHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court will not reconsider its ruling that overturned a murder conviction. In a decision announced Thursday, the 3rd U.S.
Dutch Supreme Court upholds conviction of businessman who sold Iraq mustard gas chemicalsJune 30th, 2009 Dutch Supreme Court upholds mustard gas convictionTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the war crimes conviction of a businessman for selling chemicals to Saddam Hussein that his regime in Iraq turned into poison gas and unleashed on Kurds and Iranians. However, the highest Dutch court rejected an appeal by 16 victims for compensation, saying their claims are too complicated.
Supreme Court says immigrant convicted of fraud can be deported, further definining rulesJune 15th, 2009 Court goes further spelling out deportation rulesWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says immigration officials do not have to have a jury determine the financial impact of an immigrant's crime in their deportation decisions. The court, in an unanimous decision Monday, turned away Manoj Nijhawan's appeal.
Supreme Court turns down media executive Conrad Black's request for bail during appealJune 11th, 2009 Supreme Court turns down Conrad Black bail requestWASHINGTON —Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has turned down former newspaper mogul Conrad Black's request to be freed from a Florida prison while he appeals his fraud conviction to the high court. Stevens rejected Black's plea Monday without comment.
Supreme Court says military court can reopen old convictionJune 8th, 2009 Court: Military court can open old convictionWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday a military court can re-examine the guilty plea for a Nigerian-born serviceman who faces deportation because of his conviction. Jacob Denedo is a Nigerian-born permanent resident of the United States.
Appeals court in Chicago upholds ban on possession of handguns, says DC ruling doesn't applyJune 3rd, 2009 Appeals court upholds Chicago ban on handgunsCHICAGO — A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld ordinances barring the ownership of handguns in most cases in Chicago and suburban Oak Park, finding a Supreme Court ruling in a District of Columbia case doesn't apply. The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S.
Supreme Court upholds not guilty verdict for ex-Samsung chairman on breach of trust chargesMay 29th, 2009 Court upholds not guilty verdict in Samsung caseSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted the former chairman of Samsung Electronics on breach of trust charges and threw out guilty verdicts in a related case. The top court said that ex-Samsung chief Lee Kun-hee was not guilty, reiterating a judgment made by the Seoul High Court last year.
A Congress minister threatened me, says Sanjay DuttApril 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after the Supreme Court disallowed him from contesting elections because of his conviction in a criminal case, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt Wednesday alleged that a senior Congress leader had threatened him if he did not join that party. In an interview to television channel NDTV, Dutt said he had tapes of the conversation he had with the minister who threatened him that court cases would go against him if he did not join the Congress.
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