In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".

In 2008 she was awarded the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award by the Ford Hall Forum.

In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been “ crystalised ” by Nigel Lawson's book An Appeal to Reason, before stating in 2009 that " There is no climate change, hasn ’ t anybody looked out of their window recently?

In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial / religious hatred in relation to a letter she wrote, a copy of which she sent to Nicolas Sarkozy when he was Interior Minister of France.

During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as " stupid " and a " disgrace to women ".

On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions, which features songs from the period of 1996 – 2001 ( including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band ), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001.

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

In July 2008 she appeared on the Southern California radio show of longtime friend, newscaster George Putnam, reported in the Los Angeles Times.

In 2002 she returned to the concert stage ; she later went on the Backwoods Barbie Tour in 2008 promoting Backwoods Barbie.

* In the 2008 HBO television movie Recount, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris ( portrayed by Laura Dern ) compares herself to Queen Esther, of whom she says " was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people.

The children ’ s author Anne Fine presented an overview of the concerns about Blyton's work and responses to them on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008, in which she noted the “ drip, drip, drip of disapproval ” associated with the books.

He has been dating Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, since 2006 and she has accompanied him to several events including the 79th Academy Awards ceremony in February 2007, an American Film Institute event in October 2007, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival held in May, and the 2010 Golden Globes.

However, Price and Coleman married in 2007 ; and while they divorced in 2008, Price claimed in a court petition that she remained Coleman's common-law wife, sharing bank accounts and presenting themselves publicly as husband and wife, until his death ; an assertion that, if validated by the court, would make her the lawful heir.

In 2008 she became the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.

In 2008 it became known that during 2007 she had received two treatments at Ullevål, paid for by Norwegian public expenditures.

Chelsy also accompanied Harry to the wedding of Harry's cousin, Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly in May 2008, where she was introduced to the Queen for the first time.

In the 2008 U. S. Women's Chess Championship, she lost by one second on time controls in a playoff with IM and WGM Anna Zatonskih.

In January 2008 she competed in the strong Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament, scoring a respectable 6 / 13 and tied 9 – 11 in the 14 player tournament.

" I make more use of my experience now and try to work more efficiently so that my efforts aren't wasted ", she said in 2008.

On April 15, 2008, she announced that in 2010 the foundation will be opening a museum devoted to Jackie in Lower Manhattan.

It was reported by mainstream UK press in late September 2008 that she had been evicted from her home, was on the verge of bankruptcy, and was living in a hotel in west London by the good graces of the hotel management until her financial situation could be resolved.

On February 11, 2011 it was further reported that she had been made bankrupt over her stay at the five-star Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in London's upmarket Knightsbridge in 2008.

Sherrié co-wrote Danielle Peck's 2007 single " Bad for Me ", the title track to Blake Shelton's 2008 album Startin ' Fires, George Strait's " Where Have I Been All My Life " off his 2009 album Twang, and Tim McGraw's duet, with wife Faith Hill, " Shotgun Rider " off his Let It Go album in 2007.

He then appeared in the 2008 parody film An American Carol, which David Zucker directed, produced, and co-wrote.

Morel co-produced and co-wrote several songs with Cyndi Lauper for her 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink including the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play # 1 single " Same Ol ' Story ".

Gina Schock co-wrote the title track for Miley Cyrus's sophomore CD, Breakout, which debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 Charts in the summer of 2008.

Hwang co-wrote the English language libretto for an operatic adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland with music ( and part of the libretto ) by the Korean composer Unsuk Chin, which received its world premiere at the Bavarian State Opera in 2007 and was released on DVD in 2008.

In 2008, Hamilton co-wrote, recorded guest vocals and guitar on the Norma Jean album entitled The Anti Mother.

Cornell co-wrote ( with Brian Howes ) David Cook's first post-American Idol album single, " Light On ", released in 2008.

Autumn 2008 will see the release of her most recent single, " Leave No Heart Behind " which was written by Thomas Nichols who co-wrote songs by Céline Dion and All Saints.

They co-wrote a script and Polanski announced filming for early 2008, with Nicolas Cage, Pierce Brosnan, Tilda Swinton, and Kim Cattrall starring.

In 2008, he co-created, executive produced, and co-wrote ( along with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ) the FOX science-fiction series Fringe, for which he composed the theme music for as well.

He also wrote and directed the Glenn Robbins comedy, All Aussie Adventures ( 2001 – 02 ), is the judge on the improvised comedy program Thank God You're Here ( 2006 – 2009 ), and co-wrote / co-produced Working Dog's The Hollowmen ( 2008 ).

He played the Head of Market Research, Theo Tsolakis, on The Hollowmen ( 2008 ), a series which Cilauro co-wrote and co-produced.

In 2008, Anderson co-wrote and directed a 70 minute play at the Largo Theatre.

Diane English directed and co-wrote a long-in-development contemporary remake of the film, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes and Annette Bening, which was released in 2008.

The pilot episode of the television adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies ' Detective Agency, which he co-wrote and directed, was broadcast on BBC One shortly after his death on 23 March 2008 ; it was watched by 6. 3 million viewers.

His first solo single, " Don't Think I Don't Think About It " ( which he co-wrote with Clay Mills ) debuted at number 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of May 3, 2008.

October 2008 / January 2009 Fox co-wrote and recorded several tracks with Lucie Silvas for inclusion on her third studio album

Reilly co-wrote the screenplay for Leatherheads, a film directed by George Clooney, starring Clooney, Renée Zellweger and John Krasinski and released in April 2008.

He and Harold Reid co-wrote a history of the Statler Brothers titled Random Memories released in February 2008.

He co-wrote the book Giant: The Road to the Super Bowl ( ISBN 978-0-06-169574-2 ), published July 1, 2008 by It Books, about his Super Bowl experience.

In 2008, Paz co-wrote the Ashes Divide song " Denial Waits ", and she played violin on Jenny Lewis ' second studio album Acid Tongue.

* D. C. Fontana co-wrote a sequel: " Star Trek: Year Four-The Enterprise Experiment ", a graphic novel published by IDW Publishing in 2008.

In 2008 Prophet co-wrote all the songs on Alejandro Escovedo's Real Animal, to which he also contributed guitar and vocals.

Her first single for the label, " Everything " ( which Andrews co-wrote with Marcel ), was released on November 23, 2008.