21.   In upholding the convictions, the appeals court rejected arguments by defense lawyers that prosecutors had misused the testimony against their clients by Briseno.

22.   It is still unclear where Akayesu will spend his sentence, assuming the conviction is upheld on appeal.

23.   Jimmy Fry, the district attorney who prosecuted Wilson, said he was still convinced of her guilt and confident the conviction will be upheld.

24.   Last month, the Israeli Supreme Court upheld his conviction on a sedition charge for distributing a poster that advocated violence against Arabs.

25.   Meanwhile, a federal appeals court in New York upheld the conviction of a San Francisco man who ran an online gambling business based in Antigua.

26.   Numerous appeals that upheld those convictions helped.

27.   Prosecutor Ken Padowitz asked the judge to uphold the conviction but said he supported the request for commutation.

28.   Since first-degree convictions were upheld against Archer and Kevin Scherzer, their sentences are likely to remain undisturbed.

29.   State courts and a federal judge had upheld his convictions, finding that the evidence did not show Adams was biased.

30.   Terse rulings in criminal cases that are deemed routine often benefit prosecutors, as courts uphold convictions without having to state legal reasons.