Sunday, September 25, 2011
PERUGIA, Italy, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- An Italian prosecutor asked an appeals court in Perugia Saturday to increase American Amanda Knox's sentence for killing her housemate to life imprisonment. Prosecutor Giancarlo Costagliola also urged that Knox, 24, be given six months of solitary confinement, ABC... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Italy: Final arguments at Knox trial
PERUGIA, Italy, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Italian prosecutors scorned court-appointed forensic experts who reviewed DNA evidence used to convict Amanda Knox of murder during closing arguments. Prosecutor Manuela Comodi Saturday attempted to discredit two forensic experts asked to review Knox's case, noting... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Libyan leader says new government to form
TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The National Transitional Council is ready to begin forming a new interim government for Libya, a senior member of the council told CNN Friday. Mohammed Naser said the group will meet Sunday to begin the discussions, which could take a week. Elamin Belhaj, another... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
U.S. hikers freed, headed for Oman
TEHRAN, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- A pair of U.S. hikers jailed in Iran for more than two years were freed Wednesday and headed for Oman, Omani officials confirmed. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted in August of entering Iran illegally and spying for... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Execution of Troy Davis given the go-ahead
ATLANTA, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for Troy Anthony Davis who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday evening. Davis, 42, was sentenced to death for the 1989 fatal shooting of Mark Allen MacPhail, a 27-year-old Savannah police officer and... Sign in to see full entry.