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Former Israeli President Sentenced to Seven Years for Rape
By not in system - AOL NewsTEL AVIV, Israel - An Israeli court ordered former Israeli President Moshe Katsav to prison for seven years Tuesday following a rape conviction, rejecting his attorneys' request for leniency and making him the highest-ranking Israeli official ever sentenced to jail. The silver-haired Katsav remained stoic throughout most of the reading, but he broke down in tears upon hearing his sentence and screamed at the judges: "You made a mistake! It is a lie! The girls know it is a lie!" As he exited the courtroom, two of his grown sons scuffled with security guards. "I saw you! You hurt my boy!" ...
Tipster in Riley Fox Murder Gets No Reward From Girl's Parents
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsFive years after Riley Fox was kidnapped from her living room, sexually assaulted and drowned in a creek, with no solid leads in the case, FBI agents went door to door in the little girl's town looking for new clues. And they found one: from Trisha Kiefer, who stood on her Wilmington, Ill., front lawn smoking a cigarette, waiting to tell agents about a creepy feeling she'd had about her ex-boyfriend -- Scott Wayne Eby, who ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for killing the 3-year-old girl, the Chicago Tribune reported today. FBI Three-year-old Riley Fox ...
Israel's Former President Moshe Katsav Convicted of Rape
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- The 4 1/2-year-long rape trial against former President Moshe Katsav ended today with Israel's former "No. 1 Citizen" convicted. Whether the case that transfixed the country will encourage more victims of workplace harassment to come forward remains to be seen. Katsav faces at least four years in prison. His lawyers have said they will appeal. The rape case stemmed from when Katsav, 65, was minister of tourism before he became president in 2000. He was also accused of sexual harassment from his time as president. They are the most serious criminal charges ever brought against a ...
Jury Convicts Scott Roeder of Murdering Abortionist George Tiller
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA jury in Wichita, Kan., convicted Scott Roeder for the murder of George Tiller, one of the few doctors performing late-term abortions in the United States, the Los Angeles Times reports. The jury of seven men and five women reached a verdict after only 37 minutes of deliberation, and also convicted Roeder on two counts of aggravated assault for threats to ushers at the church where he committed the crime. Roeder faces life in prison for the first-degree murder conviction. Roeder confessed to killing Tiller during a church service in May of last year, telling the story to reporters, law ...
William Jefferson Convicted in Cash-in-Freezer Case
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyDuring his many years in Congress, William Jefferson accumulated power the quiet way. He walled himself off from the garish self-promotion that defines so many of his colleagues. Now, barring a successful appeal of his corruption conviction, he faces years behind the walls of prison. Jefferson has been found guilty by an Alexandria, Va., jury of 11 counts, including soliciting and accepting bribes and using his official position to further a criminal enterprise. It was all connected to favors he granted in pursuit of African business ventures. The case had various bizarre twists and turns over ...
AG Eric Holder Drops Ted Stevens Charges
By Dave - Politics DailyNYTimes.comThe U.S. Justice Department has decided to drop all charges against former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens amid charges of prosecutorial misconduct, NPR reported on Wednesday, citing Justice officials.Stevens was convicted last fall of seven counts of lying on a Senate disclosure form to conceal $250,000 in gifts from an oil industry executive and other friends. Allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have delayed his sentencing.U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to continue to defend the conviction in the face of persistent problems stemming from prosectors' actions, NPR ...
Sarah Palin Statement on Ted Stevens Conviction
By Dave - Politics DailyCNN Political Ticker:"This is a sad day for Alaska and a sad day for Senator Stevens and his family," she said on the tarmac at Richmond International Airport. "The verdict shines a light on the corrupting influence of the big oil service company up there in Alaska that was allowed to control too much of our state. And that control was part of the culture of corruption that I was elected to fight, and that fight must always move forward regardless of party affiliation or seniority or even past service."As Governor of the State of Alaska, I will carefully now monitor the situation and I'll take ...
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