Judge Hall did not rule immediately on the defense's request for a new trial, nor did he sentence Celia. He waited until October 13 to pronounce upon Celia, sentencing her to "be hanged by the neck until dead on the sixteenth say November 1855". ... On December 14, 1855, the Missouri Supreme Court finally ruled on Celia's appeal and agreed with the trial judge that the guilty verdict was valid and the death sentence deserved. ... Because Celia was a female, and because she had been ill, had in fact complained of an inability to work because of her illness, they had reason to doubt...

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She was approached by an African-American man who asked her to help him start his car with some jumper cables. ... Timothy Cole was convicted by the jury after just six hours of deliberation and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. ... One of the most obvious problems with his conviction was with the race of both him and Michele Mallin. ... This in turn causes the in-person lineup to be subjective because Mallin has already decided that Cole is the perpetrator and is further convinced of that because of an unconscious transference, which is unknowingly affiliating one thing with another whe...

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Though some say that sex-offenders who have been sentenced and served should get their rights back because they have changed, others say they will not change, because they go into the same atmosphere they have been without. ... "Butler started forcing himself on me. ... She remarks how Butler told her that people were starting to talk. ... She proposed going to a restaurant, he firmly objected, because they needed privacy. ... This relationship started when she was going on her first trip away from home. ...

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In this case the accused was charged with Sexual Assault. ... When he showed up, she greeted him at the door with only her bathrobe on. ... Chief Justice Hugh Fraser believed her because she was so convincing, as women can be in such situations using tears. Jamie Nelson was convicted of the crime, and sentenced to 5 years without bail because of the powerful acting done in court by Cathy Fordman. ... Fordham accused Allan Kamen and Phillippe Francois of assaulting her After they produced solid alibis, the police started a investigation into Cathy Fordman and charged her with public mis...

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But I asked myself why there is such an obsession with Kobe Bryant's case in the first place. ... This kind of speculation is one of the problems with people today. We can't wait until the dust settles and the facts are given before we start creating our own scenarios. ... His credibility/career is over and will serve a sentence up to life in prison. ... In conclusion, I am actually happy with the author's suggestion because it I give me time to think about this issue. ...

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Then the deputy asked Jake a couple of questions about the sentences. ... The family had started practicing law there from the day it was built until 1979, the year of disbarment. ... Jake started working for Lucien Wilbanks in 1978, fresh out of law school. ... He had the lower third of his leg removed because of the bullet Carl Lee had hit him with. ... None of the banks would lend him money because if he wasn't acquitted, how would they get their money if he was on death row. ...

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