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ift.tt/2g1jIM0 #Mugshot of John Wojtowicz who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for robbing a bank in order to fund his partners sex change. August 23rd 1972, New York [675 x 608] #history #retro #vintage #dh #HistoryPorn ift.tt/2flv3CS via Histolines
An old sentence said, when we are a baby, we have four legs; then when we are a adult, we become 2 legs; and then when we get old, we will become 3 legs....
For me, I really want to use my legs to walk around the world, even I only have 1 legs in somedays!!
Camera for the photo : Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens for the photo : M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro
I usually tell people not to pose when I'm taking their photo, which means some of them end up being taken while they're talking and making weird faces.
This is my dad, with a moustache that's making its first appearance since the late '90s.
13/52.
Posed image of a judge sentencing an offender.
Posed image of a judge sentencing an offender.
The Greater Manchester Police Museum is based in a former police station on Newton Street Police in the heart of Manchester.
Often described as one of the city's hidden gems, the Victorian building contains a vast collection of objects, photographs and records relating to policing our the region.
Stand in the dock of our courtroom, hear the door of a cell close behind you or stand in our charge office and feel history come to life.
Visit Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives for details and opening times.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our websitewww.gmp.police.uk
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
6 February 1997 - Italy becomes the first country to sign an agreement with the UN on the enforcement of sentences imposed by the Tribunal. As of early 2013, 17 countries had signed similar agreements with the ICTY.
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Sentenced to prism
Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Sevenoaks New English Library 1988, c1985
ISBN: 0450421376
Posed image of a judge sentencing an offender.
The Greater Manchester Police Museum is based in a former police station on Newton Street in the heart of Manchester.
Often described as one of the city's hidden gems, the Victorian building contains a vast collection of objects, photographs and records relating to policing our the region.
Stand in the dock of our courtroom, hear the door of a cell close behind you or stand in our charge office and feel history come to life.
Visit Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives for details and opening times.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
"A tribute to David Brennan attached to a tree on The Madam's Bank Road where he lost his life in April 2009"
On Friday 3rd April 2009, 19 year old Leo Brennan, who was known to his family and friends as David, was struck by a car on Madam's Bank road in Derry/Londonderry and died later as a result of his injuries.
BBC SOURCE...
A member of the family rang David's brother and his father Dermott Brennan at about 0315 BST on Friday to tell them about the accident.
David's mother Denise and brother Dermott arrived as he was receiving treatment from paramedics at the roadside.
"All he had on was his t-shirt and his boxers, there was blood everywhere," his mother said.
"As soon as I saw him I knew he was already gone."
"He just gasped and that was it, he was brain dead, his eyes were open but they never moved, I just knew that was it," she added.
"I just felt numb - I wanted someone to wake me up and say it was a nightmare."
On Thursday12th November, 21-year-old Andrew McGlinchey, who was the driver of the vehicle that struck David and who later set fire to his car before taking a taxi home, appeared in court for sentencing and was told that he will serve half of a four year sentence for causing the teenager's death by careless driving.
David's mother Denise Brennan, who collapsed in court, said the sentence was a "total insult".
She claimed her badly injured son would have survived if the driver had called for help.
"He knew what he was doing and he could have stopped because David's coroner's report said if McGlinchey had stopped David would be here today," she said.
McGlinchey, of Cornshell Fields in the city, admitted causing death by careless driving with excess alcohol in his system.
He also admitted failing to stop, remain or report the accident.
At Londonderry Magistrates Court on Thursday, he was told he would serve two years in jail before being released on licence for another two years.
He was also banned from driving for seven years.
Mr and Mrs Brennan joined me on my final programme on Drive 105 on Friday 20th November to call for the two year jail sentence to be re-examined. Mr. Brennan claimed that Joy-Riders in the area told him that they'd been given a licence to kill by knowing that if anything happened the worst they'd get was two years.
During the interview Mrs Brennan broke down before she and her husband called for those in authority to examine the sentences being handed down in such cases.
On Thursday 3rd December I received an e-mail which said that Mrs Brennan had called to say that she had received a letter from the Public Prosecution Service stating that her appeal will be addressed. She said that ‘her wee voice has been heard because of Drive 105’.
This is thought to be one of the most haunted places in the UK. Built in 1610 by Sir John Trevor, it's been considered haunted since even then – Sir John's gatekeeper commited suicide after seeing a ghost. There have been at least three other violent deaths, not counting those caused by the most infamous resident.
Before becoming Lord Chief Justice of England (1681-3), then Lord Chancellor (1683-88), then dying in the Tower of London, 'Hanging' Judge Jeffries lived here in the 17th Century. He held court in the dining room; those sentenced to hang were executed immediately in an adjoining room. Yes, in his own home.
There have been a disproportionate number of accidents on the nearby A541 dual carriageway (viewpoint of this photo), many of them caused by motorists swerving around ghostly figures.
Okay; I'm sceptical, too, but I visited in the 1980s, and certain rooms genuinely felt 'wrong'.
Quite apart from the paranormal aspect, the three-storey, Grade I Listed, Jacobean mansion is interesting in itself, with odd and unique features. The staircase is constructed of wood from a ship of the Spanish Armada, a sofa was a gift from Napoleon Bonaparte, and there are witch marks in the main fireplace, intended to ward-off evil.
Better On Black?
Mary Patterson was sentenced to 6 weeks in 1873 for theft of poultry.
Age (on discharge): 25
Height: 5.3
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Place of Birth: Newcastle
Married or single: Married
These photographs are of convicted criminals in Newcastle between 1871 - 1873.
Reference:TWAS: PR.NC/6/1/1276
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Does Massachusetts Need a (New) Three Strikes Law? | Rappaport Center Blue Cross Blue Shield Roundtable
House Minority Whip Bradford Hill, United States District Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.), and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian led a full capacity crowd in a lively debate of the pros and cons of the sentencing reform bills currently being negotiated by a Massachusetts legislative conference committee. Rep. Hill explained the evolution of “Melissa’s Bill,” which he introduced shortly after the murder of 27-year-old Melissa Gosule in 1999, from a California-type “three strikes” bill to a more narrowly tailored habitual offender provision targeted at the most violent offenders. Others questioned whether even a more narrow provision will reduce crime or just exacerbate prison overcrowding.
Ink on paper, 20 x 20 cm, 2001. An original piece from the series “Alphabet”:
A barcode is the graphical representation of a series of numbers. What creates the aesthetics of a barcode? It comes from lines, their thickness, the spacing. We can think of it as a language with its composition rules, its grammar and its syntax. I imagined isolating these rules, separating them from the original purpose for which they were created, and I tried to change them gradually to invent a new language and perhaps new meanings.
Rugby organised crime gang sentenced to over 100 years in prison
The last four of 24 men arrested by officers investigating an organised crime group responsible for supplying drugs in the Rugby area were sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Wednesday 11 January 2012 to a total of 12 years and 2 months. Seven others, including John Logue who controlled a number of drug dealers in the Rugby area were sentenced in December 2011.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspector Mark Davison, said “This brings the total the gang has been sentenced to to 100 years and 10 months. We are delighted at these sentences. "
Full Press release can be found here: onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk/wpnews_pressrelease/rug...
Baldessari, John. Fable: A Sentence of Thirteen Parts (with Twelve Alternate Verbs) Ending in Fable. Hamburg, Germany and New York, N.Y.: Anatol AV und Filmproduktion, 1977.
See MCAD Library's catalog record for this book.
Gleetings !
A strange juvenile creature has been brought before the Court for doing lickety split down a road for going up, in a Bugatti farting machine.
"How plead you ?" demands the green Judge.
"Er, er, I'm just a simple dinosaur, er, er..."
"Nonsense ! All do know dinosaurs is extinct ! You'll go down for this, you villain !"
"But...my mummy and daddy..."
"Silence in the Court ! I sentence you to be transformed into a fish birthday cake, sentence to be carried out forthwith by my lovely assistant Debbie, here, in the nice hat. Mmm, nummy nummy nummy !"
Of course, we only done it to frighten him, he will be a fine upstanding citizen in years to come.
Walk Tall !
On 7 November 2019, Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), unanimously, sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30 years of imprisonment. The time Mr Ntaganda has spent in detention at the ICC - from 22 March 2013 to 7 November 2019 - will be deducted from this sentence.
ift.tt/2g94sZo #Former Japanese Prime Minister Koki Hirota listens to his death sentence being read. 1948. [469 × 586] #history #retro #vintage #dh #HistoryPorn ift.tt/2gQTPhV via Histolines
On 7 November 2019, Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), unanimously, sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30 years of imprisonment. The time Mr Ntaganda has spent in detention at the ICC - from 22 March 2013 to 7 November 2019 - will be deducted from this sentence.
Photo #2 from the series
the shoot was actually to depict on how does a wet market looks like after everyone gone (about 5-6pm) and to get some dramatic shadows for the photos. it was an overcasted day so i didn't get the shadows i want.
however, the first thing that nabbed my attention as i entered the market was was there were chickens being locked up in tiny cages for waiting to be executed, which i am pretty sure, not by choice. (what you see on the first photograph). the cage was so small, there's barely room for them to move or stand properly.
then as i walked around, i came across a section where various meats were hung about for sale. (photograph number two) this is the place were buy/sell takes place in the morning.
last but not least, (photograph number 3) is where the remains/leftovers of the slaughtered chicken were dumped. it was actually right next to the cages of chicken. the place looks like a holocaust for animals that we actually feed on. the whole place has a disconcerting stench of blood as well.
like i said, i'm not much of a PETA person like pamela anderson or neither am i a vegetarian, but somehow, i do think that we could make some kind of changes can be made to treat them better. at the current rate that we're going, it's a suprise that there's no major plaque breakout from the the way we handle the poultry and farm animals.
Medium: T-Max Film (film border is left purposedly for my own reference)
Fort Meade, Maryland August 21, 2013. This morning at 10AM whistleblower Private Bradley Manning was sentenced by Judge Denise Lind to 35 years in prison for leaking secret government documents to Wikileaks. Manning was also demoted in rank, dishonorably discharged and will be deprived of his military pay and benefits. Flanked by Members of the Bradley Manning Support Network and other supporters, Manning's lawyer David Coombs addressed a packed 1:30PM press conference at the nearby Hotel At Arundel Preserve in Hanover. Coombs answered numerous questions from the press in an animated and illuminating manner and read a moving personal statement from Private Manning.
A poor shot which I will retake, but an interesting memorial to something I had not heard of before.
Bossingham Wood is now better know, to me and other snappers, as a place to get shot of Nuthatches, but was a place of violence 200 years ago.
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The Battle of Bossenden Wood took place on 31 May 1838 near Hernhill in Kent; it has been called the last battle on English soil. The battle was fought between a small group of labourers from the Hernhill, Dunkirk, and Boughton area and a detachment of soldiers sent from Canterbury to arrest the marchers' leader, the self-styled Sir William Courtenay, who was actually John Nichols Tom, a Truro maltster who had spent four years in Kent County Lunatic Asylum. Eleven men died in the brief confrontation: Courtenay, eight of his followers and two of those sent to apprehend them.
Courtenay had appeared in Canterbury in 1832, standing unsuccessfully in the December 1832 general election and, although suspected of being an imposter, becoming a popular local figure. He had been convicted of perjury in 1833 after giving evidence in defence of some smugglers. Originally sentenced to transportation, he had been transferred to Barming Heath Asylum after a woman from Cornwall, Catherine Tom, identified him as her missing husband and said he had previously been treated for insanity.[1] On his release from the asylum in October 1837, instead of returning to his family in Cornwall, he stayed in Kent and built up a following in the area of Boughton under Blean, Hernhill and the Ville of Dunkirk. The area had already experienced agrarian discontent and protest against the New Poor Law of 1834 and the farm labourers, and a few of the smallholders and trades people, were receptive to Courtenay’s millenarian preaching and promises of a better life.[2]
On 29 May, Oak Apple Day, Courtenay and a band of followers began to march around the nearby countryside with a flag and a loaf of bread on a pole (a traditional symbol of protest).[3] Courtenay rode a grey horse; his followers were on foot. Although at this stage the protesters were acting peacefully some wealthier landowners were becoming alarmed, and on 31 May 1838, a local magistrate, Dr Poore, issued a warrant for Tom's arrest.[4] It is not clear exactly what the warrant was for – to arrest Courtenay or to arrest workers who were in breach of contract with their employers. [5] A parish constable, together with his brother, Nicholas Mears, and an assistant, went to find Courtenay at Bossenden Farm, where he was staying with his followers. Courtenay shot and killed the constable.
When news of the killing reached the magistrates, they sent to Canterbury for soldiers and a detachment of the 45th Foot was despatched from the barracks. It was led by Major Armstrong, with three junior officers and about a hundred soldiers. The regiment had recently returned from India, and the following year they would kill twenty Chartists at Newport. While they were waiting for the soldiers, a group of armed gentry and farmers took shots at Courtenay and his band as they moved around the Hernhill area.[7] By this time some of Courtenay’s followers had escaped. There were about 35 or 40 left, armed only with sticks, except for Courtenay who had pistols and a sword and one follower who had a pistol.[8]
The soldiers split into two groups to execute a pincer movement. One of the groups, led by Captain Reid and magistrates Knatchbull and Baldock, divided again, with Lieutenant Henry Boswell Bennett at the head of one of the small groups. It was this group that approached Courtenay’s band in the clearing, while the other group, under Major Armstrong and magistrate Poore, circled round to the far side of the clearing.[9] There was a brief fight, lasting only a few minutes. Courtenay shot Bennett dead and then was himself shot and killed as Armstrong’s men opened fire and charged with bayonets. Eight of Courtenay’s followers were killed or mortally wounded.[10] A young man from Faversham, George Catt, who had been helping the magistrates was caught in the soldiers’ fire and killed.
On Saturday 2 June Lieutenant Bennett was buried in Canterbury Cathedral precincts with full military honours.[12] On the same day an inquest at the White Horse, Boughton, returned a verdict of "justifiable homicide" on the deaths of Courtenay and his followers. Those who were following Courtenay and were killed were: Stephen Baker (22), William Foster (33), William Rye (46), Edward Wraight (62), Phineas Harvey (27), William Burford (33), George Griggs (23), and George Branchett (49). Griggs and Branchett were buried in Boughton churchyard; all the rest, including Courtenay, were buried in Hernhill churchyard.[13]
Over the following days about thirty of Courtenay’s followers were arrested and appeared either at the inquest or at the petty sessions in Faversham. Sixteen were committed for trial on a charge of murder. Ten men would eventually stand trial at Maidstone Assizes in early August, the rest having been discharged by the assize grand jury.[14] Two (Thomas Mears and William Price) were charged with the murder of the brother of the constable and nine (Thomas Mears, Edward Curling, Alexander Foad, William Foad, Richard Foreman, Thomas Griggs, Charles Hills, Edward Wraight, and William Wills) with the murder of Lieutenant Bennett, with one, Thomas Mears, charged with both murders.[15]
Thomas Mears and William Price stood trial first. The jury returned a guilty verdict, with a recommendation for mercy. The judge, Lord Denman, duly pronounced sentence of death but immediately told the men that the sentence would not be carried out. Seeing this result, the nine charged with the murder of Lieutenant Bennett pleaded guilty; they too were sentenced to death but immediately reprieved. Thomas Mears and William Wills were sentenced to be transported to Australia for life, William Price for ten years, and the rest were sentenced to a prison term of one year.
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When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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Muzika František (1900 – 1974)
68_min_muzika-frantisek František Muzika, významný český malíř, ilustrátor, typograf a jeden z průkopníků české moderní scénografie, se narodil 26. června 1900 v Praze. V šesti letech začal mladý Muzika chodit na obecnou školu, o pět let později započal studium na novoměstské a později malostranské reálce, kde v roce 1918 úspěšně odmaturoval. V témže roce byl přijat na Akademii výtvarných umění. Zde studoval v přípravce pod vedením profesora Josefa Loukoty. Od roku 1919 pak již plně vstoupil do všeobecné školy Akademie výtvarných umění pod profesorem Vratislavem Nechlebou a profesorem Jakubem Obrovským.
V roce 1921 nastoupil do speciální školy na Akademii výtvarných umění pod profesora Krattnera. O rok později, roku 1922, byl nucen, kvůli svému výtvarnému cítění, které se rozcházelo s názory profesora Kattnera jeho školu opustit. V témže roce byl přijat do sochařského ateliéru profesora Štursy, kde mu bylo dovoleno i nadále malovat. V roce 1924 ukončil svá studia na Akademii. Roku 1931 se oženil se Annou Kulhánkovou. V roce 1938 vyhrál konkurs na místo profesora Uměleckoprůmyslové školy v Praze. Ovšem jeho přijetí bylo Ministerstvem školství druhé republiky zamítnuto. Až v roce 1945 po osvobození byl povolán na Vysokou školu uměleckoprůmyslovou, kde měl zahájit svou pedagogickou činnost. Zde jako pedagog působil až do roku 1970, kdy byl především kvůli zdravotním problémům nucen svou pedagogickou činnost na Vysoké škole uměleckoprůmyslové ukončit.
V roce 1922 se poprvé pustil do práce knižní grafiky. Roku 1925 se stal externím redaktorem Literárního světa. V roce 1927 se stává redaktorem nakladatelství Aventinum. Pro toto nakladatelství pak upravoval několik dalších let většinu publikací, kreslil karikatury a psal výtvarné kritiky do Rozprav Aventina. Během let 1927 – 1947 vytvořil 107 scénických výprav pro divadlo. Během roku 1928 uplatňoval ve svých knižních a scénických tvorbách principy sovětského konstruktivismu. Během let 1929 – 1930 navrhoval scénické výpravy pro valnou část Honzlových inscenací v Zemském divadle v Brně. Od roku 1933 tvořil jevištní návrhy pro Špalíček Bohuslava Martinů. Roku 1947 ukončil svou práci v divadle posledními scénickými výpravami pro J. Honzla a J. Voskovce.
V roce 1921 se František Muzika stal členem avantgardní skupiny s názvem Devětsil. V této skupině potkal mnoho přátel, se kterými navázal přátelství na celý život (J. Seifert, K. Teige, A. Wachsman). V roce 1923 se stal členem Nové skupiny, které se s původním Devětsilem rozešla, ovšem v jeho původním programu pokračovala. V témže roce se stal členem Spolku výtvarných umělců Mánes. V roce 1930 se stal členem výboru Dramatického klubu.
František Muzika namaloval své první obrazy již na Akademii výtvarných umění a to pod vlivem fauvismu. Od roku 1920 byl velmi ovlivněn dílem Bohumila Kubišty a přikláněl se velmi k magickému realismu. Během roku 1923 se začíná přiklánět k neoklasicismu. Roku 1925 prochází obdobím, během kterého se přiklání k Picassovi, a které vykrystalizuje až do lyrického kubismu. V roce 1930 přešel od lyrického k imaginativnímu kubismu. V roce 1937 reagoval několika svými obrazy na španělskou občanskou válku. Během let 1939 – 1945 maloval tragédii národního osudu a sigmatické obrazy inspirované snem. Od roku 1947 se ve své tvorbě začal inspirovat elementárními formami organického mikrokosmu. Během let 1960 – 1967 vznikaly první Mohyly, Totemy, Citadely a mnoho dalších evokací kultovních monumentů dávných civilizací.
Svou první výstavu absolvoval František Muzika v roce 1922, kde na Jarní výstavě Devětsilu představil soubor svých 12 obrazů. Od roku 1923 až do roku 1938 se zúčastnil se svými obrazy všech členských výstav Spolku výtvarných umělců Mánes jak v Československu, tak i v zahraničí. V roce 1924 vystavoval několik obrazů na Podzimním salónu. Roku 1932 se účastnil mezinárodní výstavy s názvem Poezie 1932 v Mánesu, kde došlo k opětovnému spojení devětsilské generace, která se nyní začala ubírat směrem k imaginativní malbě a surrealismu. Roku 1934 se účastnil mezinárodní výstavy karikatur a humoru v Mánesu, která byla brána za první českou výtvarnou manifestaci proti fašismu. Během roku 1937 se František Muzika účastnil výstavy Československé avantgardy, kterou pořádal Burianův D 37. Během let 1939 – 1945 byla jeho výstavní činnost zakázána směrnicemi o tzv. zvrhlém umění. Roku 1946 pořádal soubornou výstavu v Praze v Hořejšově galerii, kde vystavoval svou válečnou tvorbu.
František Muzika během svého života podnikl několik cest. Tu první již v roce 1920, při níž navštívil Německo. V roce 1924 odjel na roční studijní pobyt do Paříže. Roku 1935 podnikl cestu do Itálie. O dva roky později navštívil SSSR, kde se účastnil divadelního festivalu. Během roku 1937 navštívil díky výstavám českého moderního umění opět Paříž, Moskvu a Leningrad. Roku 1946 opět navštívil Paříž, kde se účastnil výstavy československého umění. Roku 1947 navštívil Anglii, kde se účastnil výstavy československého výtvarného umění. O rok později, v roce 1948, zahajoval výstavu československého moderního umění v Bruselu.
Roku 1936 dostal František Muzika bronzovou medaili za scénické návrhy na mezinárodní výstavě dekorativních umění v Miláně. Roku 1949 byl vyznamenán státní cenou, udělenou za vykonané dílo v oboru knižní grafiky. Roku 1959 byl vyznamenán zlatou medailí za Krásné písmo na mezinárodní výstavě knižního umění v Lipsku a v témže roce mu byla udělena Matějčkova cena SČVU. V roce 1966 byl vyznamenán Řádem práce, který mu byl udělen za celoživotní dílo.
Byl autorem jednoho z nejrozsáhlejších typologických děl, které ani po 50 letech od svého vzniku nemá konkurenci. Kniha se jmenuje Krásné písmo. Vyšla v dvoudílném vydání, které je členěno do pěti částí. První dvě části, které jsou obsaženy v prvním díle, se zaměřují na latinku starověku, raného středověku a na latinku gotiky. Druhý díl obsahuje latinku renesanční, latinku období baroka a klasicismu a závěrečnou částí je latinka od počátku XIX. století. Je zde zachycen původ, vývoj a historické souvislosti latinkových písem. Za toto dílo byl František Muzika jmenován zasloužilým umělcem.
František Muzika zemřel 1. listopadu 1974 na náhlé selhání srdeční činnosti.
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On 7 November 2019, Trial Chamber VI of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), unanimously, sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to a total of 30 years of imprisonment. The time Mr Ntaganda has spent in detention at the ICC - from 22 March 2013 to 7 November 2019 - will be deducted from this sentence.
On 22 March 2017, Trial Chamber VII of the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its decision on sentencing in the case of The Prosecutor v. Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, Aimé Kilolo Musamba, Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo, Fidèle Babala Wandu and Narcisse Arido at a public hearing held at the seat of the Court in The Hague, The Netherlands, in the presence of the convicted persons. The Prosecution and the Defence may appeal the decision on sentence within 30 days.
Pictured here: Jean-Jacques Mangenda Kabongo
Nancy Messieh of The Next Web posted yesterday that "Iranian web programmer" Saeed Malekpour, a Canadian resident, faces the death penalty in Iran. His previous sentence for "insulting the sanctity of Islam" was upheld by Iran's highest court. Malekpour wrote in a March 2010 letter posted by Persian ... Posted via email from Joe On Tech
Defense Attorney Fed Cohn talks to his client Ezequiel Lopez-Quintero though interpreter Susan Rosas in the Kenosha Courthouse. Lopez-Quintero was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole by Judge Wilburn W. Warren III.
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Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave
The Netherlands has announced a strict lockdown over Christmas amid concerns over the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Non-essential shops, bars, gyms hairdressers and other public venues will be closed until at least mid-January. Two guests per household will be allowed - four over the holidays.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the measures were "unavoidable".
Countries across Europe have been tightening restrictions as the heavily mutated variant spreads.
The new rules in the Netherlands - the strictest to have been announced over Omicron so far - come into force on Sunday.
"I stand here tonight in a sombre mood. And a lot of people watching will feel that way too," Mr Rutte told a news conference on Saturday. "To sum it up in one sentence, the Netherlands will go back into lockdown from tomorrow."
Under the new rules, people are being urged to stay at home as much as possible. Strict limits will be placed on the number of people who can meet - a maximum of two guests aged 13 and over will be allowed in people's homes, and four on 24-26 December and on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Events are not permitted other than funerals, weekly markets selling groceries and professional sports matches with no spectators.
All schools will be closed until at least 9 January, while other lockdown measures will remain in place until at least 14 January.
Restaurants can continue to sell takeaway meals, and non-essential shops can offer click and collect services.
The BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague said the announcement was being met with disbelief and dismay.
"I can now hear the whole of the Netherlands sighing. This is exactly one week before Christmas, another Christmas that is completely different from what we would like," Mr Rutte said.
But, he added, a failure to act now would likely lead to "an unmanageable situation in hospitals".
Earlier on Saturday, people rushed to do their Christmas shopping amid reports that new measures were about to be introduced.
"It's too busy, but I'm coming before the Christmas holidays to pick up gifts, it seems like a new lockdown is coming," Ayman Massori told AFP news agency.
For weeks, curfews have been placed on hospitality and cultural venues in the Netherlands in an effort to limit the spread of Omicron.
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health has reported more than 2.9m coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and over 20,000 deaths.
It says the Omicron variant currently still accounts for a minority of coronavirus cases in the Netherlands, but is spreading rapidly.
Officials say it is expected to become the dominant variant by the New Year.
The head of the Dutch outbreak management team, Jaap van Dissel, said the new measures would "buy time", allowing more people to get booster shots and for the healthcare system to prepare for a possible rise in infections.
"As a country we are best protected if as many people as possible get a booster vaccination," he said.
More than 85% of all adults in the Netherlands have been vaccinated, but so far fewer than 9% have had the booster shot.
Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said all adults would now get an invitation for a booster appointment by 7 January.
France, the Republic of Ireland and Germany have also announced measures designed to curb the infections.
The Omicron variant is "spreading at lightning speed" in Europe and will likely become dominant in France by the start of next year, French Prime Minister Jean Castex has warned.
France has imposed strict travel restrictions on those entering from the United Kingdom - the hardest hit country in the region, with nearly 25,000 confirmed Omicron cases on Saturday.
Europe has already seen more than 89 million cases and 1.5 million Covid-related deaths, according to the latest EU figures.
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Omicron coronavirus cases surge in UK, scientists see bigger wave
■ Number of cases of Omicron coronavirus variant jump
■ London mayor declares "major incident" to help hospitals
■ Government scientific advisors say many cases unreported
■ Advisors say more action needed to prevent hospitalisation surge
■ Johnson faced anger from his own lawmakers to existing measures
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Britain reported a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday which government advisors said could be just the tip of the iceberg, and London's mayor declared a "major incident" to help the city's hospitals cope.
The number of Omicron cases recorded across the country hit almost 25,000 as of 1800 GMT on Friday, up by more than 10,000 cases from 24 hours earlier, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.
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Summary
Number of cases of Omicron coronavirus variant jump
London mayor declares "major incident" to help hospitals
Government scientific advisors say many cases unreported
Advisors say more action needed to prevent hospitalisation surge
Johnson faced anger from his own lawmakers to existing measures
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Britain reported a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday which government advisors said could be just the tip of the iceberg, and London's mayor declared a "major incident" to help the city's hospitals cope.
The number of Omicron cases recorded across the country hit almost 25,000 as of 1800 GMT on Friday, up by more than 10,000 cases from 24 hours earlier, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.
Seven people believed to have had the Omicron variant had died as of Thursday, up from one death in the UKHSA's previous data which ran up to Tuesday. Admissions to hospital of people thought to have the variant increased to 85 from 65.
The government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) said it was "almost certain" that hundreds of thousands of people were being infected with the variant every day and were not being picked up in the figures.
SAGE said without a further tightening of COVID-19 rules, "modelling indicates a peak of at least 3,000 hospital admissions per day in England," they said in minutes of a meeting on Dec. 16.
Last January, before Britain's vaccination campaign gathered speed, daily hospital admissions in the United Kingdom as a whole surged above 4,000.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced a rebellion in his governing Conservative Party over some of the measures he has taken so far to try to curb COVID-19's latest spread. A newspaper said on Saturday that Johnson's Brexit minister, David Frost, had resigned in part because of the new rules.
The advisors said it was too early to assess the severity of disease caused by Omicron but if there was a modest reduction compared to the Delta variant, "very high numbers of infections would still lead to significant pressure on hospitals".
London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" - which allows for closer coordination between public agencies and possibly more central government support - as COVID-19 hospital admissions in the city rose by nearly 30% this week.
He said health worker absences had also increased.
"This is a statement of how serious things are," he said.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan visits a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pop-up vaccination centre at Chelsea football ground, Stamford Bridge in London, Britain, December 18, 2021. REUTERS/David Klein
Khan, from the opposition Labour Party, also declared a major incident in January, when rising COVID-19 cases threatened to overwhelm hospitals.
The Omicron variant is estimated to account for more than 80% of new COVID-19 cases in London, officials said on Friday.
EMERGENCY MEETING
Johnson was due to chair an emergency committee meeting over the weekend with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which have their own powers over public health.
A report in The Times newspaper said officials were preparing draft rules which, if introduced, would ban indoor mixing in England -- except for work -- for two weeks after Christmas when pubs and restaurants would be limited to outdoor table service.
People would be able to meet in groups of up to six outdoors, the newspaper said, adding that ministers were yet to formally consider the plans.
Johnson said on Friday "we are not closing things down".
A government spokesperson said the government would continue to "look closely at all the emerging data and we'll keep our measures under review as we learn more about this variant".
The number of all new COVID-19 cases reported in official data fell to 90,418 from a record high of more than 93,000 on Friday, but that was still the country's second-highest daily toll. Figures typically dip at the weekend.
Cases were up 44.4% over the seven days to Dec. 18 compared with the previous week.
Police clashed with a group of protesters opposed to the latest COVID-19 restrictions near Johnson's Downing Street office and residence on Saturday. A number of officers were injured but so far no arrests had been made, police said.