51. Four other men were convicted of that bombing. 52. Gold said he was not worried either man would be convicted. 53. He and his co-defendants are not accused of carrying out the World Trade Center attack for which four other men were convicted in an earlier trial. 54. How, she asks, can a man be convicted of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction, and not be a murderer? 55. If the men are convicted, they could receive the death penalty. 56. In all but a few cases, the men are not convicted, often because the woman decides not to pursue the case. 57. In one criminal case in Oklahoma, a black man was convicted of multiple murder even though two white felons admitted to the crime. 58. In Louisiana last week, a white man was convicted of a hate crime for trying to burn two cars belonging to black motorists. 59. Instead, the city convened a trial, convicted the man and persuaded him to waive a waiting period. 60. It has helped convict a man for murder. |