Lady Liberty isn't just an abstract personification of freedom. Early American art makes clear that She is the Greek Athena and the Roman Minerva, Goddess of wisdom, philosophy, and civic virtue, the patroness of good government in Athens and Rome.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in jail and fined Â£1.7million over tax charges. A Spanish court found the 29-year-old Argentina striker and his father Jorge guilty of three counts of tax fraud.
Lopez Watts, who is now protesting what he considers a double standard in this case, was sentenced to 114 years in jail. Some of her television and theater colleagues, joined by politicians and others who believe in her innocence, have been campaigning for Echevarria's release virtually since she was convicted.