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Brazilian jury gives 30 years to man accused of ordering nun's murder
14-04-2010
SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS) -- A man accused of ordering the killing of Sister Dorothy Stang in a remote region of the Amazon forest in 2005 was sentenced to 30 years in jail after a jury in Belem deliberated for 15 hours April 12.
Rancher Vitalmiro "Bida" Bastos de Moura was found guilty of ordering the killing of Sister Dorothy, 73, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur known for her fight against large landowners in the Amazon region.
De Moura had been tried for the same crime twice before; he was found guilty the first time and innocent the second.
The second trial, however, was annulled after evidence surfaced that he had paid off witnesses.
"This conviction sends out a strong message that impunity is ending," U.S. Notre Dame de Namur Sister Rebecca Spires told The Associated Press. Sister Rebecca said she, too, had been threatened because of her work with the local peasants.
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