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Defence team in el-Shirbini case to appeal verdict - Summary
Dresden, Germany - Defence lawyers for the man convicted of killing Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini announced Thursday that they would lodge an appeal against the decision. Alex Wiens, 29, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for sta...

[Posted on : 2009-11-12 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Defence team in el-Shirbini case to appeal verdict
Dresden, Germany - Defence lawyers for the man convicted of killing Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini announced Thursday that they would lodge an appeal against the decision. Alex Wiens, 29, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for sta...

[Posted on : 2009-11-12 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Appeals chamber upholds Bosnian Serb's conviction, reduces sentence
The Hague - The Hague war crimes tribunal Thursday upheld most of the 2007 conviction of a former Bosnian Serb army general involved in the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, but reduced his prison sentence from 33 to 29 years. In its judgement, the appeal...

[Posted on : 2009-11-12 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Life for German courtroom killer of Egyptian woman - Summary
Dresden, Germany - A German man found guilty of the courtroom murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday, after a high-profile case which has stirred emotions across both...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Life imprisonment for el-Shirbini murderer - Update
Dresden, Germany - A German man was sentenced to life imprisonment without automatic parole on Wednesday, for the murder of Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini in a Dresden courtroom. Aleksandr (Alex) Wiens, who was born in Russia, stabbed the woma...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

European court confirms ban on Basque separatist party
Madrid - The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has definitively confirmed a 2003 ban on the Basque separatist party Batasuna, depriving it of all means to seek its legalization, Spanish media Wednesday quoted a court ruling as saying. Bata...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

First-ever French ruling in favour of homosexual adoption rights
Paris - A French court ruled Tuesday that a lesbian woman could adopt a child - the first time a homosexual in France has been granted that right, French media reported. The ruling - by a civil service tribunal in the French city of Besancon - is a v...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Trial of suspected Nazi killer postponed over hearing aid
Aachen, Germany - The murder trial of a former Nazi SS trooper was postponed on Tuesday because the hard-of-hearing defendant was struggling to follow proceedings. Heinrich Boere, 88, is on trial in the town of Aachen, accused of killing three civili...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Taiwan court starts hearing ex-leader's new embezzlement case
Taipei - A Taiwan court Tuesday began hearing a new embezzlement case involving ex-president Chen Shui-bian, as he was facing a probe into allegations that he laundered around 40 million US dollars in Palau. The Taipei District Court held a closed-do...

[Posted on : 2009-11-10 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Prosecutors seek life jail for Dresden headscarf murder - Summary
Dresden, Germany - A German prosecutor demanded Monday that judges sentence a self-avowed racist to life in prison without easy parole for stabbing a pregnant Egyptian pharmacist to death. In his summation, senior prosecutor Frank Heinrich said Alex ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

 

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