Acquittal appealed in nun's slaying

Miami Herald: A Brazilian prosecutor has appealed the controversial acquittal of a rancher who had been convicted last year of ordering the murder of U.S. nun Dorothy Stang in the Amazon forest, extending an emotional court case that has made world headlines. The appeal filed late Thursday in the northern Brazilian city of Belém by prosecutor Edson Cardoso de Souza seeks to cancel Tuesday's acquittal and schedule a third trial for rancher Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, who was freed immediately after ... Read »

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