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| Brazil man jailed for nun murder | Brazil man jailed for nun murder |
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| A Brazilian rancher has been convicted of murdering US nun Dorothy Stang in 2005 and jailed for 30 years, at his third trial over the case. | A Brazilian rancher has been convicted of murdering US nun Dorothy Stang in 2005 and jailed for 30 years, at his third trial over the case. |
| Vitalmiro Bastos Moura was sentenced to 38 years in jail at a first trial in 2007, but acquitted on retrial the following year. | Vitalmiro Bastos Moura was sentenced to 38 years in jail at a first trial in 2007, but acquitted on retrial the following year. |
| Suspicions he had bribed a witness to change his testimony led the court to keep him in prison. | Suspicions he had bribed a witness to change his testimony led the court to keep him in prison. |
| The killing in Para state caused an outcry in Brazil and internationally. | The killing in Para state caused an outcry in Brazil and internationally. |
| Moura ordered the killing of Ms Stang because she blocked him and another rancher from taking over land the government had given to small farmers, prosecutors said. | Moura ordered the killing of Ms Stang because she blocked him and another rancher from taking over land the government had given to small farmers, prosecutors said. |
| The verdict came late at night in the Amazon city of Belem, after the jury had deliberated for 15 hours. | The verdict came late at night in the Amazon city of Belem, after the jury had deliberated for 15 hours. |
| Ms Stang, who was 73 when she was killed, worked in the Amazon for 30 years to preserve the rainforest and protect the rights of rural workers against large-scale farmers wanting to take their land. | Ms Stang, who was 73 when she was killed, worked in the Amazon for 30 years to preserve the rainforest and protect the rights of rural workers against large-scale farmers wanting to take their land. |
| She was shot dead as she walked along a muddy rainforest track in the town of Anapu in Para, a northern frontier state where loggers and ranchers have deforested huge tracts of rainforest. | She was shot dead as she walked along a muddy rainforest track in the town of Anapu in Para, a northern frontier state where loggers and ranchers have deforested huge tracts of rainforest. |
| The two confessed hitmen who killed her said Moura and another rancher still to be tried had paid them to do it. | The two confessed hitmen who killed her said Moura and another rancher still to be tried had paid them to do it. |
| "This conviction sends a strong message... that the impunity is ending," nun Rebeca Spires, who knew Ms Stang for 35 years, is quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. | |
| Human rights groups say violence is a usual way to settle land disputes in the Amazon. | Human rights groups say violence is a usual way to settle land disputes in the Amazon. |
| Many people have been murdered, but their killers rarely go to jail. | Many people have been murdered, but their killers rarely go to jail. |