Under the law, if an inmate dies in prison before his appeal is completed, his conviction is set aside.
Under Scottish law, even if Megrahi dies before the appeal is completed, a third party "with a legitimate interest" can continue the appeal on his behalf.
Taylor's sentence is likely to be served in the UK, which has offered to take him once his trial and appeal are completed.
Any sentence is likely to be served in the UK, which has offered to accommodate Taylor once his trial and appeal are completed.
Any prison sentence is likely to be served in the UK, which has offered to accommodate him once his trial and appeal is completed.
Any sentence handed out on Wednesday is likely to be served in the UK, which has offered to accommodate Taylor once his trial and appeal are completed.
But the final decision on where a convicted Taylor serves his time will be made by the president of the special court for Sierra Leone, currently Justice Jon Kamanda, once any appeal is completed.
Though Immigration and Customs Enforcement have said they will not move on her case until Pelaez' appeal is completed, her plight roused her North Miami High friends to take action -- including making a petition already signed by nearly 5,000 people and staging the protest.
(Schwab has since removed the clause until the Finra proceeding, or possible court appeals, are completed).
Mr. Demjanjuk's son, however, said that under German law, a conviction is not official until appeals are completed, and that his father's death had the effect of "voiding" the Munich verdict.
