41. Maj. Bosale Ekilinjiya, a military magistrate in the capital, Kinshasa, said the sentences could be announced Wednesday and that prosecutors had demanded the death penalty. 42. Military prosecutor had earlier demanded a four-year sentence. 43. On Tuesday, government prosecutors demanded the death penalty for el-Sherif and three others, who all are in custody. 44. Presiding Judge Guenter Krentz sentenced him to life in prison, as prosecutors had demanded. 45. Prosecutors demanded a sentence of seven years and nine months for billionaire construction tycoon Juergen Schneider during closing arguments at his fraud trial Friday. 46. Prosecutors demanded jail sentences of up to nine years for another program participant charged on three counts of insulting authorities. 47. Prosecutors had demanded a stiffer sentence. 48. Prosecutors had demanded a ten-year sentence. 49. Prosecutors had demanded life imprisonment for Yamagata. 50. Prosecutors had demanded that Bo-kun, who was sentenced to three years by the lower court, be sentenced to six years. |