Conviction

There’s no better way to show you have high conviction in yourself as an investor than being the biggest LP in your $101 million fund, right? Especially if you name your firm Conviction, as Sarah Guo did after leaving Greylock following a decade of investing for the well-known venture group. Last week, she announced that she raised $101 million for her new fund to back companies that are building artificial intelligence and what she describes as software 3.0. Guo spoke to TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, co-hosted by…

A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee — a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast Serial. At the behest of prosecutors, Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated and she approved the release of the now-41-year-old who has spent more than two decades behind bars. Phinn ruled that the state violated its legal obligation to share exculpatory evidence with Syed’s…

Photo: Brian Witte (AP)A Baltimore judge on Monday overturned the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the man whose murder conviction served as the subject for the popular Serial podcast. Syed has spent over two decades behind bars serving a life sentence after prosecutors accused him of strangling and murdering his ex-girlfriend when he was 17 years old.Serial’s massive viewership and influence were credited in part for casting doubt on the murder charges and for renewing legal efforts to overrule his conviction. Now, 23…

Officials escort Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse on Feb. 3rd, 2016, following the completion of the first day of hearings for a retrial in Baltimore. | Photo by Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun / Tribune News Service via Getty Images Adnan Syed was set free on Monday after more than 20 years in prison for being convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in a case that spawned intense interest after it was documented in the podcast Serial. The New York…

Appeal granted to Harvey Weinstein over New York conviction ( Photo Credit – Flickr ) In a new development, ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has won the right to appeal more than two years after his New York conviction for s*x crimes that included third-degree rape. Janet DiFiore, the chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, cleared a path for oral arguments next year before the entire court on whether Weinstein received a fair trial, reports ‘NBC News’. Deadline states that Harvey…

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SEOUL— Samsung’s de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, will receive a pardon on Monday, South Korea’s presidential office said, a legal reprieve underpinned by expectations that the business tycoon will help propel the nation’s economy.Mr. Lee, twice imprisoned for bribing South Korea’s former president, will have his criminal record from his 2017 conviction wiped clean. But the grandson of Samsung’s founder still has unresolved legal woes related to accounting-fraud charges that could land…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the latest chapter of the Theranos saga, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, the company's former chief operating officer and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty on all 12 criminal fraud charges.Balwani had no reaction as the verdict was read at the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, and stared straight ahead at Judge Edward Davila. Balwani's family members could be seen consoling him, and his two brothers were by his side.The jury found Balwani guilty on patient counts as well,…

Harvey Weinstein’s Sexual Assault Conviction Upheld On Appeal ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) A New York appeals court has upheld former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on rape and sexual assault charges, rejecting arguments that the trial judge effectively rigged the outcome in favour of the prosecution. In a unanimous ruling issued on Thursday, a five-justice appellate panel found that the judge did not make errors that would warrant overturning the conviction or the 23-year sentence,…

Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on rape and assault charges was upheld by a New York appeals court on Thursday (2 June).A five-judge panel unanimously found that a judge in the lower court did not prejudice the trial in favour of the prosecution during the landmark proceedings precipitated by the #MeToo movement.“We reject defendant’s arguments, and affirm the conviction in all respects,” wrote Justice Angela Mazzarelli in the court’s opinion.A spokesperson for the 70-year-old Hollywood producer has said they plan to appeal…