Despite negative cultural attitudes of the time, Ronnie was openly bisexual, evidenced by his book My Story and a confession to writer Robin McGibbon on The Kray Tapes where he states, " I'm bisexual, not gay.

Despite the provision for private confession in every edition of the Book of Common Prayer, the practice was frequently contested during the Ritualist controversies of the later nineteenth century.

Despite the awkwardness of his status as ( temporary ) queen-consort, his confession of the matter to Elayne did manage to smooth over some of the more frosty contretemps that had gone on between them previously.

During the period from 1914 to 1924, Cummings served as the state attorney for Connecticut in Fairfield County and during Cummings ' last year as county prosecutor, a vagrant and discharged army soldier, Harold Israel, was indicted for the murder of Father Hubert Dahme, a popular parish priest, on a street corner in Bridgeport .< ref > Despite evidence that included a confession and a. 32 revolver in possession of the suspect from which a fired cartridge was consistent with the bullet in the deceased, Cummings conducted a thorough investigation and eventually found Israel innocent of the crime.

Despite this, Peterson was not recorded making any confession to Frey.

Despite the petition and a new confession from Bywaters ( in which he once again declared Thompson to be completely innocent ) the Home Secretary, William Bridgeman, refused to grant a reprieve.

Despite its origins, the modern ethno-religious confession of the Karaims and Karaylar currently represents a form of Unitarian Universalism.

Despite having a confession from Gordon himself, the police refused to initiate criminal proceedings.

Despite Strabo's conviction of a lie, the perimeter said to have been given by Pytheas is not evidence of it.

Despite repeated attempts by family members and others to have it expunged, his conviction has never been overturned.

Despite this, the British colonists firmly believe that Aziz is guilty ; at the back of all their minds is the conviction that all darker peoples lust after white women.

# Despite his / her profound conviction, there is often a quality of secretiveness or suspicion when the patient is questioned about it.

Despite his conviction, Dwyer was allowed under Pennsylvania law to continue serving as state treasurer until his sentencing by U. S. District Court Judge Malcolm Muir on January 23, 1987.

Despite his criminal conviction for embezzlement, followers of the Bund continued to hold him in high regard, in line with the classical precepts of Fuhrerprinzip common to all Nazis.

Despite the conviction, Eaton held his commission until July 11, 1797, when he was appointed U. S. Consul at Tunis.

Despite its strongly nationalist image, reinforced by the arrest and conviction of many of its members for participation in the 2000 coup, the CAMV claims to espouse nonracial policies.

Despite his conviction, Pennant signed a permanent contract with Birmingham in April 2005.

Despite his 16 February 2004, conviction, he was, on 31 March, appointed Minister of Culture and communication in the third cabinet of prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and was kept at this position on 2 June 2005, for the government of Dominique de Villepin.

Despite the conviction, his writing and work continued and since his release he has continued to live in Raleigh, NC, while lecturing and working internationally in his field.

Despite the overwhelming and obvious evidence that Kiszko was innocent, the West Yorkshire police and Ronald Outteridge, the original forensic scientist, refused to apologise to Kiszko for his wrongful conviction.

Despite keeping his homosexual affairs discreet and out of the public eye, in the mid-1950s, Lord Montagu became " one of the most notorious public figures of his generation ," after his conviction and imprisonment for " conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious offences with male persons ," a charge which was also used in the Oscar Wilde trials in 1895, and remained on the books until 1967.

Despite this conviction he married his third and fourth wives Mary E. C. Young on 11 January 11, 1887 and Lilian Hamblin on 17 June 17, 1890.

Despite an extensive investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the presentation of evidence before both county and federal grand juries, no indictment or conviction was ever obtained against any of the men who murdered Mack Charles Parker.

Despite conviction on a felony, Lederer served for three more months until resigning on April 29, after the House Ethics Committee recommended his expulsion from the U. S. House of Representatives.

Despite its official replacement, some Muslims had firm conviction in using Shari ’ ah ; hence, it is applied at individual, private and non-governmental levels as evidenced in the activities of Faya Group in Ikirun, Bamidele Movement in Ibadan and Islahuddin Association in Iwo, as well as the Independent Shari ’ ah Arbitration Panels in Ibadan and Osogbo.

Despite at least one member of the jury being a former legal client of Moseley's, Governor Eden's attorney obtained a conviction.

Despite the fact McVay was promoted to rear admiral when he retired in 1949, the conviction effectively ended McVay's career in the Navy.

Despite his apprehensions about his personal safety, Palfrey's reception in New Orleans was more than cordial.

Despite exceptions such as usage in The New York Times, the names of sports teams are usually treated as plurals even if the form of the name is singular.

Despite selling off all of those farms that were at Ballynally, " there was barely enough to keep up New Park and pay for the blasted summer holiday " ( i. e., at New Park ).

Despite their difficulties in New Zealand the tour proved a raging success on-field for the British and Irish.

Despite Connecticut's relatively small size, it features wide regional variations in its landscape ; for example, in the northwestern Litchfield Hills, it features rolling mountains and horse farms, whereas in the southeastern New London County, it features beaches and maritime activities.

Despite its small size ( roughly from its northernmost to southernmost points ), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County.

Despite entering December with a record of 8 – 3, Dallas lost its slim grip on 1st place in the division with losses to the New York Giants and San Diego.

Despite this success, the team lost in the semi-finals to the New York Rangers.

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

Despite the opposition, Hubble, then a thirty-five-year-old scientist, had his findings first published in The New York Times on, 1924, and then more formally presented in the form of a paper at the January 1, 1925 meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Despite the foundation of the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film ( Young German Film Committee ) in 1965, set up under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of the Interior to support new German films financially, the directors of this New German Cinema, who rejected co-operation with the existing film industry, were consequently often dependent on money from television.

Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Despite repudiation of the Village Voice allegations in detailed articles in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications, Kosiński remained tainted.

Despite efforts and considerations of expanding his political domain, Kemp never held a fundraiser outside of his suburban Western New York district until well into his eighth term in Congress.

Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

Despite the treaty, the Navajo continued raiding in New Mexico, which they considered a category separate from war, as did the Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, Ute, Comanche, and Kiowa.

Despite Mary's marriage to Philip, England did not benefit from Spain's enormously lucrative trade with the New World.

Despite the wide variety among Christian liturgies, texts from the New Testament play a role in almost all forms of Christian worship.

Despite New Mexico's arid image, heavily forested mountain wildernesses cover a significant portion of the state, especially towards the north.

Despite these connections, when Trudeau entered federal politics in the 1960s he decided to join the Liberal Party of Canada rather than the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party ( NDP ).

Despite its undoubted success, this in turn led to what many saw as an " Americanisation " of the area, with even its private security force kitted out in something resembling New York Police uniforms.

Despite the AFL's New York Jets winning the previous season's Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans thought it was a fluke and continued to believe that the NFL was still superior to the AFL, and thus fully expected the Vikings to defeat the Chiefs ; the Vikings entered the Super Bowl as 12. 5 to 13-point favorites.

Despite this, it failed to become a hit, although two of its songs, Country at War and New Life peaked at numbers 15 and 26 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts, respectively.

On October 25, 2009 U. S. President Barack Obama officially declared H1N1 a national emergency Despite President Obama's concern, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found in October 2009 that an overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans ( 74 %) were not very worried or not at all worried about contracting the H1N1 flu virus.