At his sentencing, Whitman, 54, called his trial and conviction the most "painful and shaming" experience of his life.
Although two trials in 1964 resulted in hung juries, a leak of Sovereignty Commission records led to a new trial and the conviction of Mr Beckwith in 1994.
The last few chapters, which describe Wainewright's arrest, trial, conviction and then his brutal experiences as a convict in Van Diemen's Land, are powerfully evocative.
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the United States to face trial and a possible conviction, the U.K. government has announced.
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"If the court orders another trial, if she is convicted at that trial and if the conviction is upheld by the highest court, then Italy could seek her extradition, " Dalla Vedova said Monday.
The second trial resulted in a conviction and a 240-year prison sentence, but was overturned on a technicality on appeal.
Originally he was sentenced to death during a closed-door trial, but that conviction was overturned, and the Arizona native awaits a new trial.
He surrendered in December after the federal appeals court in Atlanta affirmed his conviction and the trial court in Ocala, Fla.
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"We submit that in the context of the fairness of this trial, that this trial remained entirely fair and that the conviction was not unsafe, " he added.
In December, the Arkansas Supreme Court threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial now slated for August saying the tweeting, along with an instance of another juror falling asleep, amounted to acts of jury misconduct.
My understanding is that Jeffrey still feels quite a deep sense of resentment about various matters, such as the length of the sentence and maybe the result of his trial - that's why he appealed, unsuccessfully, against both sentence and conviction.
Ross Mandell and his co-defendant, Adam Harrington, had their appeal for dismissal of their conviction and request for a new trial denied by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty today.
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Still, the jury trial would end with a conviction in September 1994, and a sentence equivalent to a life term handed down by Judge Arthur Brennan.
The conviction came after more than 1, 000 days of trial and testimony from more than 900 witnesses.
Lengthy delays between conviction and execution are often the result of protracted post-trial appeals and motions, said legal experts.
In 2011, Younas appealed his conviction and claimed there had been a miscarriage of justice because trial judge Lord Hardie misdirected the jury.
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Mr Speight's guilty plea and conviction bring to an end speculation that, in a long trial, he might implicate the big fish behind Fiji's insurrection.
Therefore, a conviction in this trial would at the very least even the score and more likely allow the government to claim ultimate victory over the white-collar crime that is now synonymous with the bull market of the late '90s.
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