Read more conviction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4919/conviction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72223/polanski-may-take-his-chances-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoman Polanski, denied bail or house arrest in Switzerland, may try his luck in the United States after 31 years. “If this process drags on, it is not completely impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go finally to explain himself in the United States where the arguments in his...http://www.newser.com/story/72223/polanski-may-take-his-chances-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 9:36:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68137/legal-system-dropped-ball-on-garrido-cop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA furious cop has blasted the legal system for "dropping the ball" on Jaycee Dugard's accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, who served only a fraction of a 50-year conviction for a previous kidnap-rape. "How he got out after 10 years, I'll never know," Nevada Police Officer Clifford Conrad told the New...http://www.newser.com/story/68137/legal-system-dropped-ball-on-garrido-cop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 10:26:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68102/megrahi-knows-truth-wants-lockerbie-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConvicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has always maintained his innocence and now he wants an inquiry into the 1988 plane explosion that killed 270 people, the London Times reports. Megrahi claims to hold documents that could shed light on the real culprits and says that interest among the victims’...http://www.newser.com/story/68102/megrahi-knows-truth-wants-lockerbie-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 9:52:51 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/62938/das-smear-should-nix-conviction-rockefeller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawyers for Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter—aka Clark Rockefeller—want his conviction overturned because the jury was unfairly prejudiced against their client, the Boston Globe reports. Rockefeller was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter. The lawyers say the prosecution “eviscerated” their insanity defense during closing arguments by calling an unqualified expert...http://www.newser.com/story/62938/das-smear-should-nix-conviction-rockefeller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 14:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60021/fans-cheer-ti-at-bye-bash-before-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTI returned to his native Atlanta to play a sold out "Goodbye Bash" last night, just two days before he reports to a federal prison for a weapons conviction. Many of his fans expressed support for the convicted rapper, whom they described as a role model, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...http://www.newser.com/story/60021/fans-cheer-ti-at-bye-bash-before-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 25 May 2009 9:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59066/ucla-body-parts-peddler-found-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA businessman who carved up bodies donated to UCLA's medical school and sold them off to research companies has been found guilty of grand theft, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ernest Nelson raked in over $1.5 million from the scheme, which he conspired to carry out with the director...http://www.newser.com/story/59066/ucla-body-parts-peddler-found-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 4:39:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThose calling for Bush administration prosecutions on torture-related grounds may have their way—but whether those in question can actually be convicted is a whole other kettle of fish, Jeffrey Rosen writes in New York . Much of the case would likely hinge on whether authorities believed their own claims in...http://www.newser.com/story/57953/torture-convictions-would-be-a-long-shot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 8:34:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55439/supreme-court-wont-hear-mumias-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMumia Abu-Jamal has lost his bid for a new trial in the 1981 killing of a police officer, the AP reports. The Supreme Court said today it won’t take up Abu-Jamal's claims that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from the jury that convicted him of murdering a Philadelphia policeman. The case...http://www.newser.com/story/55439/supreme-court-wont-hear-mumias-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:18:01 CDT