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Moscow - Moscow's Khamovnichesky District Court will hand down a sentence on three members of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band accused of disorderly conduct at the Christ the Savior Cathedral on Aug. 17.

The defendants made their last pleas on Wednesday, and Judge Marina
Syrova presiding over the hearings retired for handing down a ruling on
the case.

Prosecutors asked the court to sentence the three women to three years in prison each on Tuesday.