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.

In April 2008 Stephen Jones told a reporter, " I don't think I have a political bone in my body.

In 2008, Francesco Cossiga told about Mario Draghi: " He is a craven moneyman ".

In October 2008, Engdahl told the Associated Press that the United States is " too insular and ignorant to challenge Europe as the center of the literary world " and does not really " participate in the big dialogue of literature.

In October 2008, Adams told BBC Radio 3 that he had been blacklisted by the U. S. Homeland Security department and immigration services.

He told Jay Leno on the July 24, 2008, airing of The Tonight Show that he had to wait approximately 90 minutes for paramedics to arrive.

On February 13, 2008, Clemens appeared before a Congressional committee, along with Brian McNamee, and swore under oath that he did not take steroids ; that he did not discuss HGH with McNamee ; that he was not at a party at José Canseco's where steroids were the topic of conversation ; that he was only injected with B-12 and lidocaine ; and that he never told Pettitte that he had taken HGH.

During the November 2008 trial on the lawsuit, a former member of the IKA said that the Klan head told him to kill Dees.

In 2008, an Oregon woman, Janella Spears, lost $ 400, 000 to a Nigerian advance-fee fraud scam, after an email told her she had inherited money from her long-lost grandfather.

* The Residents included a song called " My Nigerian Friend " in their 2008 multimedia production The Bunny Boy: " He said that he was hiding from the government, And said that he was dying and had to find a friend, He offered me some money, if he could use my name, I told him I liked bunnies, then he went away.

A more fictional account is given in the My Story book series, The Queen's Spies ( retitled To Kill A Queen 2008 ) told in diary format by a fictional Elizabethan girl, Kitty.

In December 2008, Alan J. W. Bell stated in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that the BBC had not yet commissioned a new series and that bosses at the network told him one would not be produced.

Jones lived in Reno and in 2008, a letter in which he told of his Underground Railroad activities was discovered in a staircase in Sparta.

In 2008 Letterman told Rolling Stone that he would welcome Leno on his show once Leno's tenure ended.

In 2008 a town historian told the Providence Journal that Gardner Nichols renamed the village from Carpenter ’ s Mills to Hope Valley “ because all of his hopes were centered ” in the village.

On 14 June 2008 Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos told a London press conference that Pope Benedict wants every parish to offer both the old and the new forms for Sunday Mass.

A new track, " It's OK Johanna ", appeared on the band's MySpace site in 2007, and in January 2008, Rowland told Uncut magazine further details about the album, saying in part: " I'm in the process of demo-ing the songs ...

On December 6, 2007, Hinn told the Associated Press that he would not respond to the inquiry until 2008.

Asked in November 2008 what the current status of the new album was, bassist Rex Brown told Billboard. com that Down had been " writing constantly on the road.

In 2008, Peter Orlovsky told the co-directors of the 2010 film Howl that a short moonlit walk — during which Orlovsky sang a rendition of the Hank William ’ s song " Howlin ’ At the Moon "-- may have been the encouragement for the title of Ginsberg ’ s poem.

In August 2008 Burke told Mojo magazine: " I wrote that on the train, ' cos I had no song and I started thinking on old songs that I could do uptempo and I thought, ( sings Gospel song pacier, with horn arrangement ) so I had to keep that in my head ' til I got to the studio.

I could not respond to what was going on and I just told my band just to play the vamp and I would think of something .” In 2008 Burke admitted to serial infidelity during his marriage: " I was young.

A fund-raising campaign called " Promise & Distinction " raised $ 730. 6 million as of October 3, 2008, increasing the university's total endowment to more than $ 1. 1 billion ; by March 2009, Yvette Jones, Tulane's Chief Operating Officer, told Tulane's Staff Advisory Council that the endowment " has lost close to 37 %", affected by the late-2000s recession.

On 25 March 2008, Malcolm Speed, ICC chief executive, told Gavaskar " very clearly ", during a meeting between the two at Dubai, that he would have to quit his post at the ICC if he failed to give up his job of commentator and newspaper columnist, in which capacity he has frequently criticised his employers and levelled serious accusations of racism.

Over the years he has become known for playing various guitars processed through an immense array of electronic effects devices (" I ’ m surrounded by guitar pedals though, I can ’ t step out the ring I ’ m surrounded in without stepping on a pedal ," he told Adelaide. now in 2008.