Court rejects 9/11 conspirator's plea
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Rejecting Zacarias Moussaoui’s arguments, federal appeals court Monday upheld Moussaoui’s conviction and prison term.
Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan descent, is the only person who has been convicted in the nation in connection to Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
Moussaoui had pleaded guilty in 2005 saying that he was a part of the al-Qaeda conspiracy that led to attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that killed around 3000 people.
He also stated that he was supposed to hijack a fifth plane and crash it into the White House.
Moussaoui was convicted of several counts of conspiracy, which included to commit acts of terrorism and destroy aircraft. In 2006, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.