The Conviction photograph

The Conviction

Use attributes for filter !
Initial release Italy
Directors Marco Bellocchio
Composers Carlo Crivelli
Producers Pietro Valsecchi
Screenplay Marco Bellocchio
Massimo Fagioli
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2157713
Send edit request

About The Conviction


The Conviction is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.

French Senate to debate anti-gay law apology

French Senate to debate anti-gay law apology
Nov 22,2023 3:21 am

... But what was more disastrous was the press s reporting of The Conviction - which made it public knowledge to everyone around him...

Bob Stewart MP to stand down after racial abuse conviction

Bob Stewart MP to stand down after racial abuse conviction
Nov 19,2023 8:41 am

... The BBC understands Mr Stewart is considering appealing against The Conviction...

Man given community sentence for rape of girl, 13, is acquitted

Man given community sentence for rape of girl, 13, is acquitted
Oct 11,2023 8:31 am

... However, the appeal judges agreed with the submissions made to them by Mr Findlay and The Conviction was quashed...

Israelis, united in shock, rally behind war to punish Hamas

Israelis, united in shock, rally behind war to punish Hamas
Oct 9,2023 12:31 pm

... But its failure to do so thus far is reinforcing The Conviction that the country s lavishly-funded and prestigious military and intelligence establishment should have stopped a catastrophe and did not...

I was innocent - but it cost me £500,000 to prove it

I was innocent - but it cost me £500,000 to prove it
Oct 6,2023 10:51 am

... The family also had to meet the costs of fighting The Conviction themselves...

Peter Navarro: ex-Trump adviser found guilty of contempt of Congress

Peter Navarro: ex-Trump adviser found guilty of contempt of Congress
Sep 7,2023 5:11 pm

... Bannon was sentenced to four months in jail, but has remained free while his defence team appeals The Conviction...

Rikki Neave murderer James Watson loses appeal against conviction

Rikki Neave murderer James Watson loses appeal against conviction
Sep 4,2023 7:31 am

... Lord Justice Holroyde said: " Taking the remarks collectively, we are satisfied that they could not have caused any juror to feel under any pressure to compromise his or her oath, and they do not render The Conviction unsafe...

Lucy Letby: Inquiry given powers to compel witnesses to give evidence

Lucy Letby: Inquiry given powers to compel witnesses to give evidence
Aug 30,2023 1:21 pm

... The Conviction made her the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history...

Rikki Neave murderer James Watson loses appeal against conviction

Aug 29,2023 7:00 pm

A Man jailed Last Year for murdering a six-year-old schoolboy nearly 30 years ago has lost his appeal against his conviction.

Rikki Neave 's body was found in woods near his Peterborough home The Day after he disappeared in November 1994.

James Watson , now aged 42 but 13 at The Time , was convicted in April Last Year and was given a

A panel of three judges dismissed his case at The Court of Appeal.

Watson had at a Court of Appeal hearing in London in June.

Jennifer Dempster KC, leading Watson's appeal, had argued that a " wholesale loss and destruction of evidence" in the case meant a Fair Trial had not been possible for her client.

" It closed down completely any opportunity for the defence to explore the potential of other suspects, " She Said .

However, John Price KC, for The Crown Prosecution Service, had told appeal judges there was no evidence that Watson's case had been affected.

" The applicant failed to demonstrate that there was any prejudice caused to him by The Loss of The Material that has been identified, " He Said .

" If there was. . we do not accept that it was not capable of being ameliorated in the usual way. "

The Body of Rikki was found naked and posed star-shaped with his arms outstretched and legs wide apart, in woodland near where he lived on the Welland estate. He had been strangled.

His murder was among The Most high-profile cold cases on police files until.

Watson denied murder but was found guilty by a jury and sentenced at the Old Bailey in London last June.

Watson, who also lived on the Welland estate, was The Second person to stand trial for Rikki's murder, after The Boy 's mother Ruth Neave was cleared by a jury in 1996.

Three appeal judges - Lord Justice Holroyde, Mr Justice Morris and Judge Angela Morris - Said Watson's appeal against his conviction had failed and " must accordingly be dismissed".

In a written ruling, Lord Justice Holroyde Said lawyers representing Watson had argued his prosecution was an " abuse" of process because the " unavailability of important exhibits meant that it was impossible for him to have a Fair Trial ".

He Said Watson's lawyers had also complained about The Trial judge allowing " bad character" evidence to be considered by jurors.

Prosecutors had " applied to adduce" evidence showing that Watson had a sexual interest in young boys and in strangulation, He Said .

But The Trial judge had held that it was " open to The Jury to find that The Killing had a sexual element".

He added: " We Are . . satisfied that The Judge was correct to find that the appellant could and would have a Fair Trial .

" We Are satisfied that The Judge did not err in admitting the bad character evidence. "

Watson's lawyers also argued that remarks by The Trial judge placed " undue pressure" on The Jury to reach a verdict.

Lord Justice Holroyde Said : " Taking the remarks collectively, We Are satisfied that they could not have caused any juror to feel under any pressure to compromise his or her oath, and they do not render The Conviction unsafe. "

Related Topics

Source of news: bbc.com

Related Persons

Next Profile ❯