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Bloody Assizes 1685
Bloody Assizes was the name given to the mass trials of Monmouth's rebels in 1685, presided over by Jeffreys and four other judges. Nearly all the 1,300 prisoners were undoubtedly guilty of treason, for which the sentence was death by hanging, disembowelling, and quartering. The revulsion against... Read more |
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Conviction
CONVICTION The outcome of a criminal prosecution which concludes in a judgment that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged. The juncture of a criminal proceeding during which the question of guilt is ascertained. In a case where the perpetrator has been adjudged guilty and sentenced, a record... Read more |
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Arraignment
ARRAIGNMENT The term "arraignment" refers to the formal proceeding at which an accused is brought before the court to answer a criminal charge contained in an indictment or information. At arraignment, the presiding judicial officer informs the accused of the offense charged in the indictment or... Read more |
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William Worth Belknap
William Worth Belknap 1829-90, U.S. Secretary of War (1869-76), b. Newburgh, N.Y. After practicing law in Iowa, he served in the Civil War, was a division commander under Sherman in Georgia and the Carolinas, and became a major general in 1865. An internal revenue collector in Iowa (1865-69), he... Read more |
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verdict
verdict in law, official decision of a jury respecting questions of fact that the judge has laid before it. In the United States, verdicts must be unanimous in federal courts, but majority verdicts are constitutionally permissible in state courts. The jury may be instructed to render a general... Read more |
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Attainder
ATTAINDER At common law, that extinction of civil rights and capacities that took place whenever a person who had committed treason or a felony received a sentence of death for the crime. The effect of attainder upon a felon was, in general terms, that all estate, real and personal, was... Read more |
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Abraham Ruef
Abraham Ruef Trials: 1906-08 Defendants: Abraham Ruef and Eugene E. SchmitzCrimes Charged: Bribery and extortionChief Defense Lawyer: Henry AchChief Prosecutors: Francis J. Heney, Hiram Johnson, and William LangdonJudges: Frank Dunne, Maurice T. Dooling, and William P. LawlorPlace: San... Read more |
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Trial: 1923 Defendants: Elie Garcia, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Orlando Thompson, and George TobiasCrime Charged: Using the U.S. mail to defraudChief Defense Lawyers: Armin Kohn, William C. Mathews, Cornelius W. McDougald, and Vernal Williams (Garvey also represented... Read more |
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we
we plural pronoun, especially as used in formal contexts by a sovereign or ruler of a country, or by a writer or editor (as supported by an editorial staff collectively), to refer to himself or herself.We are not amused a comment attributed to Queen Victoria; recorded in Caroline Holland... Read more |
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Claus Von Bulow
Claus Von Bulow Trials: 1982 & 1985 Defendant: Claus Von BulowCrime Charged: Attempted murderChief Defense Lawyers: First trial: John Sheenan and Herold Price Fahringer; second trial: Thomas P. Puccio and John SheehanChief Prosecutors: First trial: Stephen Famiglietti and Susan McGuirl;... Read more |
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Moussaoui's Journey Leads to Guilty Plea
...citizen, is expected to plead guilty to six counts of a federal...that he be allowed to plead guilty to crimes that carry a possible...scuttled by Friday's scheduled guilty plea to a six-count indictment...God because of a Sodom and Gomorrah type of society. ... |
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Moussaoui Set to Plead Guilty to Terrorism
...citizen, is expected to plead guilty to six counts of a federal...Moussaoui was set to plead guilty Friday to terrorism charges...would be scrapped after the guilty plea to a six-count indictment...God because of a Sodom and Gomorrah type of society. In his ... |
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Moussaoui's strange journey leads to guilty plea
...that he be allowed to plead guilty to crimes that carry a possible...scuttled by Friday's scheduled guilty plea to a six-count indictment...change his mind about pleading guilty, which he did once before...God because of a Sodom and Gomorrah type of ... |
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GUILTY OF SUFFERING THE SCARS OF ABUSE; She reverted to become a terrified...
...short of turning the manse into Sodom and Gomorrah. Helen Percy sounded like a holy vamp...neither. Tomorrow, Helen Percy will plead guilty to improper conduct, but she denies immorality. I'm not sure she's even guilty of that. Not unless we want to hold the... |
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The guilty conscience of the world
...SHLOMO RISKIN SHLOMO RISKIN Jerusalem Post 08-21-2009 The guilty conscience of the worldByline: SHLOMO RISKIN SHLOMO RISKINEdition...the subject is the ethical and moral corruption of Sodom and Gomorrah, the direct cause of their destruction. Clearly, what God... |
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REVIEWS; echo live.(Features)
...The eyes are the nipples of the face!" delivered with aperfectly-measured bunny girl inflection. A guilty pleasure but still fun. GOMORRAH (15, 137 mins) ***** THIS Italian gangland thriller involves several plot strands, dealing with... |
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Crazy times
...addicts and if we do not change we will be burned right down to the ground (just like Sodom and Gomorrah). God, forgive us our sin which we are all guilty of and help us to have faith in Your Son Jesus Who has proven to be the Savior of the world... |
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Don't call the tsunami divine punishment
...Thus, Abraham warns God against the infamy of destroying the innocent along with the guilty. When informed that even the wicked inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah will be exterminated, he thunders: "Shall the judge of the whole earth not practice... |
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How to 'sanctify God's name'
...According to Rabbi Aha, this was when Abraham protested to God against the impending destruction of the entire populations of Sodom and Gomorrah, asking in Genesis 18:23): "Would You extirpate the innocent along with the guilty?" |
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ANGRY WITH GODS
...the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, he heatedly confronts God: "Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty? What if there should be 50 innocents...over several days, they pronounced him guilty of crimes against humanity. Then one... |