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He was one of two men convicted of stabbing her multiple times with a machete and murdering her American friend 15 years ago.

Her step-grandfather was convicted and later sentenced to two and a half years in prison, the court heard.

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They were convicted of "conspiracy against state security" and "belonging to a terrorist group" following only three hearings and without the court hearing defence arguments.

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The Salem trials saw 20 witches convicted, while some 150 more men and women were accused between 1692 and 1693 in the community, which is north of Boston.

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Israel released 250 Palestinian prisoners who had been convicted of crimes including murder and deadly attacks against Israelis, and about 1,700 detainees from Gaza who had been held by Israel without charge.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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