Necromancer Convicted

With the country slowly sliding back into the good old days of totalitarian oppression under the regime of Vladimir Putin, it's nice to get a bit of semi-descent news out of Russia. Grigory Grabovoy (pictured here, caged) has been convicted of fraud in a Moscow court for taking large sums of money from grieving people in exchange for a promise to resurrect their dead loved ones. Personally, I never consult a necromancer without a long list of references, but then my mind isn't addled by bereavement. Grabovoy has been sentenced to 11 years hard labor. That's 25 American prison years and 37 British. Grabovoy's lawyer says he'll appeal the ruling, claiming "the sentence is based on speculation." As opposed to the evidence-based practice of pretending to raise the dead for profit. More details here.