You can finally lay all that speculation to rest because here it is! Apple's set its latest iPhone family member free, and out into the wireless wild for your future consumption. Pictured above is the new dual-core A5 processor-equipped, dual CDMA / GSM iPhone 4S -- awash in Siri-enabled voice control. You can snag this black or white update on October 14th in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB configurations for $199, $299 and $399, respectively. Click through the gallery below to get intimate with Cupertino's latest smartphone refresh.
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Knox appeal: How was her fate decided?
(CNN) -- American Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, won their appeals of their convictions in the killing of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. Here is a guide to the Italian appeal process.
On what grounds did Knox and Sollecito appeal their convictions for murder, sexual assault, possession of a weapon, interfering with a crime and theft?
The defense sought to discredit DNA evidence linking the two of them to the killing, in which British exchange student Meredith Kercher's throat was slashed. Her partially clothed body was found in the house she shared with Knox in Perugia, a central Italian university town.
Two experts argued that DNA evidence found on the knife used to kill Kercher and on her bra clasp was unreliable and contaminated by poor handling. Prosecutors in 2009 had said there were traces of Knox's genetic material on the handle and Kercher's in a tiny groove on the blade.
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The case against Knox and Sollecito
Who made the decision?
Eight jurors -- six members of the public and two judges -- decided the case. The judges take part and vote as part of the jury: their role is to guide but not to instruct the other jurors how to vote. The presiding judge, Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, who was also one of the jurors, read out the verdict.
What were the possible rulings in the appeal?
There were three possible outcomes for the defendants:
1. Verdict is upheld: In this case, Knox and Sollecito would have continued serving their respective 26- and 25-year jail sentences. However, prosecutor Manuela Comodi had called for their sentences to be increased to life.
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3. Verdict is partially overturned, with a decrease in sentence (verdicts can be upheld on some counts but not others; this would result in a decrease in their sentences, which is what happened).
Does Monday's ruling mean the case is closed for good or could there be further appeals?
There will most likely be appeals by the prosecution. Both the defense and prosecution can take their case to Italy's highest court.
Both Knox and Sollecito returned to prison to complete paperwork and collect their belongings. But Knox was freed within an hour; CNN understands Knox will leave the country Tuesday morning.
Knox, 24, need not remain in Italy pending a possible appeal by the prosecution. After the ruling, the judge has 90 days to write a report on why the court reached its conclusions. The parties then have 45 days to file an appeal to the High Court, which then must schedule it, according to Luiss University law professor Nicola Di Mario.
So there'll be at least four months between the verdict and any possible High Court appeal. A High Court hearing would be very short and dependent on key technical issues and arguments, not a review of the actual trial itself, according to Di Mario.
Where would an acquittal of just Knox and/or Sollecito have left the case of the other?
That was the big question. The co-defendants appealed together, and while different verdicts could theoretically have been delivered for each of them, this was highly unlikely. A third person convicted of the murder, Rudy Guede, has already appealed to the High Court and had his sentence reduced to 16 years.
Can the defendants ever be tried again for the same crime?
After the case goes to Italy's highest court and assuming it does not overturn the appeals ruling, Knox cannot be tried again for the same crime under the "double jeopardy" rule.
What will happen if a possible appeal by the prosecution to Italy's highest court is successful after Knox has returned to the United States?
If Italy's highest court overturns the lower court's decision, it effectively revalidates the trial court's sentence, which means 26 years in prison for Knox.
Italy would then have to put in a request to U.S. authorities for extradition, and it would remain to be seen if that would granted or not. Deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner told CNN: "Questions regarding Italian law and process are not ones we can answer. They need to be addressed to Italian authorities.
"The United States and Italy do have a bilateral extradition treaty, which has been in force since 1984. Questions about possible return to the U.S., extradition request, etc. are too speculative for us to be able to comment."
Does Italian law allow for any civil action by the defendants or by Meredith Kercher's family following a criminal case?
Yes, a civil action for damages took place alongside the original criminal trial. The family of Kercher sought $36 million in damages from the three co-defendants if they were convicted on the criminal charges. Their acquittal on the criminal charges frees them of civil liability as well.
Did the defendants face any other charges?
Knox also appealed an additional charge for which she was convicted: Defamation of Patrick Lumumba, the club owner whom Knox accused of killing Kercher. He was arrested but released after his alibi checked out. He later sued Knox for libel, winning 40,000 euros ($54,000) in damages. The appeals jury upheld that conviction and ordered Knox to pay Lumumba. It also sentenced her to three years in prison, but because she has already been held for four years, she was freed immediately.
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On what grounds did Knox and Sollecito appeal their convictions for murder, sexual assault, possession of a weapon, interfering with a crime and theft?
The defense sought to discredit DNA evidence linking the two of them to the killing, in which British exchange student Meredith Kercher's throat was slashed. Her partially clothed body was found in the house she shared with Knox in Perugia, a central Italian university town.
Two experts argued that DNA evidence found on the knife used to kill Kercher and on her bra clasp was unreliable and contaminated by poor handling. Prosecutors in 2009 had said there were traces of Knox's genetic material on the handle and Kercher's in a tiny groove on the blade.
Amanda Knox pleads her case 'It's like living in a nightmare' Kercher family lawyer: 'They are guilty' Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned The case against Knox and Sollecito
Who made the decision?
Eight jurors -- six members of the public and two judges -- decided the case. The judges take part and vote as part of the jury: their role is to guide but not to instruct the other jurors how to vote. The presiding judge, Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, who was also one of the jurors, read out the verdict.
What were the possible rulings in the appeal?
There were three possible outcomes for the defendants:
1. Verdict is upheld: In this case, Knox and Sollecito would have continued serving their respective 26- and 25-year jail sentences. However, prosecutor Manuela Comodi had called for their sentences to be increased to life.
Sollecito: Families are sacrificing Knox trial explained Amanda Knox: 'I was scared' 3. Verdict is partially overturned, with a decrease in sentence (verdicts can be upheld on some counts but not others; this would result in a decrease in their sentences, which is what happened).
Does Monday's ruling mean the case is closed for good or could there be further appeals?
There will most likely be appeals by the prosecution. Both the defense and prosecution can take their case to Italy's highest court.
Both Knox and Sollecito returned to prison to complete paperwork and collect their belongings. But Knox was freed within an hour; CNN understands Knox will leave the country Tuesday morning.
Knox, 24, need not remain in Italy pending a possible appeal by the prosecution. After the ruling, the judge has 90 days to write a report on why the court reached its conclusions. The parties then have 45 days to file an appeal to the High Court, which then must schedule it, according to Luiss University law professor Nicola Di Mario.
So there'll be at least four months between the verdict and any possible High Court appeal. A High Court hearing would be very short and dependent on key technical issues and arguments, not a review of the actual trial itself, according to Di Mario.
Where would an acquittal of just Knox and/or Sollecito have left the case of the other?
That was the big question. The co-defendants appealed together, and while different verdicts could theoretically have been delivered for each of them, this was highly unlikely. A third person convicted of the murder, Rudy Guede, has already appealed to the High Court and had his sentence reduced to 16 years.
Can the defendants ever be tried again for the same crime?
After the case goes to Italy's highest court and assuming it does not overturn the appeals ruling, Knox cannot be tried again for the same crime under the "double jeopardy" rule.
What will happen if a possible appeal by the prosecution to Italy's highest court is successful after Knox has returned to the United States?
If Italy's highest court overturns the lower court's decision, it effectively revalidates the trial court's sentence, which means 26 years in prison for Knox.
Italy would then have to put in a request to U.S. authorities for extradition, and it would remain to be seen if that would granted or not. Deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner told CNN: "Questions regarding Italian law and process are not ones we can answer. They need to be addressed to Italian authorities.
"The United States and Italy do have a bilateral extradition treaty, which has been in force since 1984. Questions about possible return to the U.S., extradition request, etc. are too speculative for us to be able to comment."
Does Italian law allow for any civil action by the defendants or by Meredith Kercher's family following a criminal case?
Yes, a civil action for damages took place alongside the original criminal trial. The family of Kercher sought $36 million in damages from the three co-defendants if they were convicted on the criminal charges. Their acquittal on the criminal charges frees them of civil liability as well.
Did the defendants face any other charges?
Knox also appealed an additional charge for which she was convicted: Defamation of Patrick Lumumba, the club owner whom Knox accused of killing Kercher. He was arrested but released after his alibi checked out. He later sued Knox for libel, winning 40,000 euros ($54,000) in damages. The appeals jury upheld that conviction and ordered Knox to pay Lumumba. It also sentenced her to three years in prison, but because she has already been held for four years, she was freed immediately.
Andy Rooney Signs Off 60 Minutes One Last Time
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If you see him out and about, just let him be. "Please, just let me eat my dinner," the veteran TV personality, 92, said as he signed off, as he discussed the setbacks of the fame he acquired on the show.
CBS announced last week that Rooney was retiring from the news-magazine program, where he has read his self-penned essays on-camera since 1978.
"I wish I could do this forever," he said during Sunday's final essay. "I can't, though."
Although he's leaving the show, Rooney said he's not retiring from his job as a writer. And it's not just about the written word, he says.
"I probably haven't said anything here that you didn't already know or have already thought," he said. "That's what a writer does. A writer's job is to tell the truth."
Sabtu, 01 Oktober 2011
Van Jones Praises Occupy Wall Street, Says Progressives Launching 'October Offensive' To Rival Tea Party
Former White House adviser, Van Jones, says that progressives are going to launch an "October offensive" to rival the tea party, in the spirit of the protests of Arab spring in the Middle East."Everyone should stay in their seats. October will be the turning point in regard to the progressive fight back. You can see it coming," Jones said this week on MSNBC, "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell.
"When Warren Buffett came out and said, look, we have to do something to raise taxes and do more for the United States, and you have these young guys who go around on Wall Street," said Jones, referring to members of Occupy Wall Street, who have been camping in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan's financial district for the past few weeks, "There is a generation of Americans who are looking around and saying, 'What is the American dream going to look like me? They will stand. " "You will see a drop in America, a fall of America, as we saw the Arab Spring," continued Jones. "You can see now with these young people on Wall Street. Hold onto your hat, we will have an offensive in October to recover the American dream and to rescue the American middle class."
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Jones, who served as Tsar President Barack Obama's green jobs until his resignation in September 2009, launched the Rebuilding the dream progressive group in June to focus on job creation and counter the influence of the Tea Party in American politics.
"We will build a progressive balance of power of the Tea Party," O'Donnell said Jones Thursday night.
Rebuilding the dream is organizing a conference in Washington, DC next week.
Jones also praised the Wall Street Occupy protesters in a blog on The Huffington Post this week.
Wall Street has been home to the greatest threat to American democracy. Now it has become home to what may be our best hope to rescue it, "writes Jones.
"A new generation has arrived on the scene of the crimes committed against our future. It is time for all people of good will to give our support to all young lung Wall Street squatting movement."
Van Jones: It’s time for an “American Autumn” in the spirit of the Arab Spring
Countless part of a continuum in Jones quixotic dream "to build a progressive counterweight to the tea party." Honestly, it seems almost charming that you plan to sell your program as a U.S. version Arab spring win the public to their cause. I have not seen a U.S. survey on the topic in a while, but last time I checked, people here were decidedly lukewarm about the protests in the Middle East. And that was before the riots recently in Greece, the August riots in London, and the spectacle of the Egyptian People degenerate into an assault on the Israeli embassy in Cairo.The grievances are different in each of these cases, but the broader lesson remains that the manifestations of popular discontent of the masses have tended to become quite bad lately. And if the lesson has not been fully digested, however, wait until the heroes of the revolution in Egypt to choose a more radical regime that had already cut. My hunch is that if Jones has never hosted a multitude of sizes Tahrir held protests, ending a commercial operating as de facto GOP campaign. On the other hand, perhaps electoral politics is irrelevant here. From left disappointed Obama, partly because the lion is not expected to be progressive and partly because it is on track to take the match into a total of next year clean-out. Somehow the Great Liberal alignment of 2008 has led to this and this. They tried to setup permanent Democratic majority from top to bottom choosing O, now let's try from the bottom up with the "Fall of America" or whatever. I have to remain relevant in some way, right?Anyway, that's a relief from an interview with Lawrence O'Donnell expect strong. The highlight others: Jones casually dismissing "this false invented things deficit" that Republicans are always yammering about. That's part of its ongoing attempt to convince a population that is $ 14 trillion debt that the main thing standing between them and prosperity is their unwillingness to turn people upside down and shake rich room in your pocket . Who knows? Perhaps the fall of America will be a great success and the new Democratic majority in Congress will restore the Clinton tax rates and spending for Medicare for all, as true warriors progressive choice. So yes it's going to be rich.
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