The charges include 43 counts of sodomy, each of which carries a possible prison term of 6 to 25 years.

The other charges include two counts of arson and one count of assault.

In Mr. Nixon's case the charges included five counts of obstruction of "the due administration of justice."

The indictment he faced ultimately included three counts of false accounting under the Theft Act 1968.

The charges include 2,973 individual counts of murder - one for each person killed in the 9/11 attacks.

The charges against Mounir el-Motassadeq include more than 3,000 counts of murder, and being a member of a terrorist group.

He pleaded no contest in State Superior Court here to the charges, which included two counts of risk of injury to a minor.

The Deaver indictment includes five counts of perjury for which the maximum penalty on conviction could be 25 years in prison and $34,000 in fines.

The charges include 21 counts of rape, 41 of indecent assault and two of gross indecency with a child under 14.

The nine charges include two counts of second-degree sexual assault.