Read more verdict stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23014/verdict.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:07:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74454/fla-jury-philip-morris-must-pay-ex-smoker-300m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA South Florida jury today ordered Philip Morris to pay $300 million to a former smoker, agreeing that the tobacco company's negligence was the cause of her emphysema. The award for Cindy Naugle, 61, is the largest to date among thousands of lawsuits filed in the state against tobacco companies....http://www.newser.com/story/74454/fla-jury-philip-morris-must-pay-ex-smoker-300m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74275/brit-strangles-wife-during-nightmare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British man admits he strangled his wife but swears he did it while having a nightmare. Prosecutors have accepted his explanation, backed up by a battery of medical tests documenting a sleep disorder. Instead of pursuing a murder conviction, they want a jury to declare that he acted during...http://www.newser.com/story/74275/brit-strangles-wife-during-nightmare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sudanese woman arrested in July for wearing pants has been fined around $200 but will not receive the 40 lashes once threatened, CNN reports. Lubna Hussein, an erstwhile UN worker who resigned in order to waive immunity and challenge her prosecution, says she will not pay the fine and...http://www.newser.com/story/68799/sudan-woman-tried-for-pants-gets-fined-not-flogged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 9:51:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65244/evangelist-convicted-on-10-counts-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Alamo, a one-time street preacher who became an outfitter to the stars and fought the federal government over claims he underpaid followers for church work, was convicted today in Arkansas of taking five girls across state lines for sex. The jury of nine men and three women found Alamo...http://www.newser.com/story/65244/evangelist-convicted-on-10-counts-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 12:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64160/india-appeal-likens-gay-sex-to-bestiality.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndia’s gay and lesbian community celebrated the Delhi High Court’s decriminalization of homosexual sex last week with lavish parties, but festivities may have been premature, GlobalPost reports. India’s Supreme Court has signaled that it will consider an appeal of the verdict, the climax of an 8-year legal battle that exposed...http://www.newser.com/story/64160/india-appeal-likens-gay-sex-to-bestiality.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Jul 2009 18:21:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61328/no-verdict-on-first-day-of-rockefeller-deliberations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJurors in the kidnapping trial of the German man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller ended deliberations for today without a verdict. The Boston jurors got the case shortly after noon, and later asked the judge questions about one of the charges, that of providing a false name to police. Rockefeller's...http://www.newser.com/story/61328/no-verdict-on-first-day-of-rockefeller-deliberations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 16:03:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58578/lawyer-expects-fundamental-changes-in-saberi-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe lawyer for jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is confident his client’s 8-year sentence will be “substantially” reduced, Reuters reports. An Iranian appeals court is expected to issue its verdict soon after today’s closed-door hearing. Saberi was convicted of spying for the United States, an accusation Reporters Without Borders says...http://www.newser.com/story/58578/lawyer-expects-fundamental-changes-in-saberi-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 13:59:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53800/fritzl-gets-life-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustrian incest dad Josef Fritzl has been found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life in a secure psychiatric facility, the BBC reports. Jurors found Fritzl guilty on charges that included rape, incest, murder, and enslavement after he locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, raped her...http://www.newser.com/story/53800/fritzl-gets-life-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 9:06:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46045/sopranos-actor-beats-murder-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEx- Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato beat a cop-killing rap in New York today but faces up to 15 years for attempted burglary, the New York Daily News reports. A jury decided that Brancato, 32, did try to break into a friend's apartment in a hunt for drugs, but bore no...http://www.newser.com/story/46045/sopranos-actor-beats-murder-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 18:47:00 CST