The sentences concluded a case that has lasted for three years.
But for prosecutors, the conviction concluded a case that was particularly chilling because Mr. Sodders had intended to shoot a stranger just for the thrill of it.
The decision essentially concludes a case that might have proved divisive in the days when Rap Brown was urging street violence and Atlanta was dominated by a white establishment.
The lawyer, U Nyan Win, said the defense would respond to those arguments on Tuesday, concluding a case that has drawn international condemnation since it opened May 18.
More than 12 years after a young computer engineer was stabbed to death in the vestibule of his Upper West Side apartment building, a Manhattan jury convicted a homeless man yesterday of a second charge related to the slaying, concluding a case that had languished for years and that had ultimately been decided by the testimony of a fellow panhandler.
Concluding a case that drew national attention to GHB, a drug that has been linked to date rapes, a judge sentenced four young men to prison here today for putting what proved to be a fatal quantity of the substance in the soft drink of an unsuspecting 15-year-old girl a year ago.
It hopes that this will scare neither jittery stockmarkets nor bond markets, in which the shaky credit ratings of telecoms companies are under constant scrutiny.MP3.com, a big online music service, agreed to pay Universal Music, Seagram's music arm, $53m in damages and costs in order to conclude a copyright case that has brought MP3.com to a virtual standstill.
The review concludes another chapter in a case that came to national attention after the 2003 release of the film, which portrayed both the breakup of a deeply troubled family and what was characterized as a flawed, biased police investigation and judicial process.
Christian Candy testified that he had seen the valuation during a case that concluded earlier this year, with a verdict not expected until October.
December 5, 2013 10.21pm GMT Mandela was arrested in 1956 for "high treason" against the state, in a case that concluded without conviction.
