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Chicago, Feb 19 (EFE / EPA) .- Donald Trump, pardoned on Tuesday former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who in 2011 was sentenced to 14 years of prison for corruption while trying to profit from the Senate seat that Barack Obama set free when he assumed the Presidency in 2009.(Camera: TANNEN MAURY)FOOTAGE SHOWS FORMER GOVERNOR ROD BLAGOJEVICH SPEAKING ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS RELEASE FROM FEDERAL PRISON AT HIS HOME IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US.SOUNDBITES: ROD BLAGOJEVICH (IN ENGLISH)
Washington, Feb. 18 (EFE) .- US leader Donald Trump pardoned former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Tuesday, who in 2011 was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption while trying to profit from the Senate seat that Barack Obama set free when he assumed the Presidency in 2009.FOOTAGE COURTESY OF THE WHITE HOUSE.STATEMENTS BY DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE US
Paris, Mar 1 (EFE), (Camera: Ian Langsdon).- Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday for corruption and influence peddling, making him the first former French president to be sentenced to prison.Two of the three years were suspended, the Paris Correctional Court said. The third year will be served under house arrest.Sarkozy was found guilty of attempting to bribe magistrate Gilbert Azibert, in exchange for information relating to a criminal investigation into the former president’s party.Sarkozy’s lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and Azibert were also found guilty and received the same sentence.FOOTAGE OF THE PARIS CORRECTIONAL COURT ON MONDAY.
Madrid, Jun 16 (EFE).- The Provincial Court of Madrid sentenced Alberto S.G., the so-called cannibal of Ventas, to 15 years and 5 months in prison for killing, dismembering and eating part of his mother's body in 2019.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE COURTROOM AND THE DOOR OF ALBERTO S.G.'S HOUSE.
Lima, Mar 12 (EFE).- More than 30 years in prison for criminal organization, money laundering, falsehood and obstruction of Justice is the accusation that has been made against candidate for the Presidency of Peru Keiko Fujimori for hiding alleged Illegitimate donations from Odebrecht and other companies in their previous electoral campaigns.(Camera: MIKHAI HUACAN)SHOT LIST: SOUND BITES: ANTICORRUPTION PROSECUTOR JOSÉ DOMINGO PÉREZ.TRANSLATION:Look, we have been conducting an investigation since October 2018 and the coordinator of the special team had already announced it in the goals that this human group had fallen behind. And I think that the pandemic has affected all of us as a society and also public officials and also prosecutors who work in the special team. Therefore, since the investigation with the prosecution evidence is now concluded, it is the obligation of the prosecutor and in this case of the special team to present the accusation so that the accused can defend themselves against the charges before the judiciary. And therefore, and I want you to be able to understand me, this is already in the competence of the judiciary, no longer, of the prosecution.
Patrick Balkany, the former mayor of wealthy Paris suburb Levallois-Perret, leaves the Paris Court of Appeal after being sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated money laundering by tax fraud. His wife Isabelle Balkany, who was absent from the hearing, was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in the affair. IMAGES
Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.