At Kukuo, Samata has to undergo a ritual which the entire community believes will determine whether or not she is guilty.
If she is found guilty, she faces life in prison.
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If she is found not guilty the second time around, Yates will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for an undetermined period of time.
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Her current legal status in that regard is as though no case had ever been brought against her: she is considered neither guilty nor innocent.
And her audience, which she says is equal parts city girls (guilty), moms and other bloggers, it seems, are really into it.
Pocock is reported to have pleaded guilty on the basis that she hadn't seen her son smoking on that occasion, or ever before, PA reported.
Chiesi pled guilty (and is also awaiting sentencing), but arguably she played only a supporting role.
In this type of he-said, she-said trial by media, unfortunately for Cain, the accused is usually thought guilty before proven innocent.
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But if Lohan is found not guilty of lying, the judge could still decide that she violated her probation by being arrested.
"Being guilt prone does not mean that a person is perpetually feeling guilty for things that they haven't done, " she says.
Whether Ms Jowell is guilty of something that requires her resignation depends on whether her claim that she was ignorant of the details of her husband's complicated business dealings is believable and on whether ignorance is an adequate defence.
"I do feel guilty about our level of consumption so it is good to reduce the impact, " she added.
"I would kind of feel guilty as a mom, but this is different than someone planning a girls' trip, " she says.
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