In the Middle Ages, dogs and other animals were often put on trial for their perceived wrongdoings: having bumped into and killed a child on a busy Medieval street, a dog might be dressed in human clothes, brought in front of the court, and, nearly inevitably, found guilty and executed in public.
It points out that nearly 80,000 people were found guilty or cautioned for the possession of illegal drugs – most of whom were young, black or poor – in 2010.
Mr. Bo, 64, who was stripped of his membership in China's ruling Politburo last year, is nearly certain to be found guilty.
The founder of Shining Path, Abimael Guzman, whose messianic communist vision inspired a 12-year rebellion that cost nearly 70,000 lives, was found guilty of aggravated terrorism and sentenced to life in prison.
Nearly 280 inmates convicted in federal courts in Maryland would be eligible, as well as almost 270 prisoners found guilty in the District of Columbia.
More than two dozen cases have gone to trial, and nearly all defendants have been found guilty.
A woman whose four-year-old son starved to death and was left in his cot for nearly two years has been found guilty of killing him.
Last week, he stormed out of a crucial hearing in Washington and nearly broke down when he was found guilty of ethical violations involving his finances and fund-raising.
Nearly 30 other people have been found guilty by the Tanzania-based United Nations tribunal of leading, organizing, inciting or financing the ethnic killing in Rwanda.
MOSCOW — For a few brief moments Friday, a protester's reaction to the news that three women in the punk band Pussy Riot were found guilty of hooliganism nearly caused an international incident.
PERUGIA, Italy — Nearly a year after they were found guilty of murdering a British exchange student, Amanda Knox, a Seattle college student, and her onetime Italian boyfriend returned Wednesday to an underground courtroom in this hilltop town to begin their appeals.
