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Ex-Refco CEO gets 16 years in cover-up
The former chief executive of Refco Inc. was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in prison in a financial cover-up that brought down one of the world's largest commodities brokerages. Phillip Bennett, 59, a British citizen living in Gladstone, N.J., had...Tags: Fraud, Corporate Crime
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Former track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing heroin, averting a trial set for next week. Montgomery, 33, appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., answering "Yes, sir,"...Tags: Prosecution, Addiction, National Basketball Association, Pittsburgh Penguins, Disasters
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Currie can get papers
sun ReporterState Sen. Ulysses Currie is entitled to have copies of materials seized from his home during an FBI raid in May, as well as the search warrant affidavit filed by the U.S. attorney's office, federal Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm ruled yesterday....Tags: Prosecution, Economic Policy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Imperial and Royal Matters, Thomas L Bromwell
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Montgomery pleads guilty to drug charges
Associated PressFormer track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing heroin, averting a trial set for next week. He appeared briefly in U.S. District Court, answering "Yes, sir," as District Judge Jerome B....Tags: Prosecution, Addiction, Trials, Drug Trafficking
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Van escapee is convicted in his absence
A man who escaped from a state prison van on the way to Baltimore Circuit Court was convicted of handgun charges in his absence last night, according to a prosecutor with the city state's attorney's office. On Tuesday, Marcus Anderson, who was...Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Vehicles
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Expect a little pain
. . . Let's get real here, folks. Punishment is not supposed to be pleasant. A little pain is not "cruel and unusual." If we ripped your skin off you, covered you in honey and tied you to an anthill, that would be cruel and unusual punishment. (Shame we... -
Counterproductive
I guess the adage "Everyone to his own taste" is relevant in this case. I, personally, am a strong advocate of capital punishment, yet I don't really understand the family of the victim's desire to watch the death penalty being carried out. People talk... -
Broward County: Judge ends probation for Parkland's ex-mayor
Former Parkland Mayor Robert Marks is no longer on probation. Broward Circuit Judge Robert Diaz terminated his probation sentence on Wednesday after his attorney made the request. In November, Marks received one year probation after pleading guilty to...Tags: Broward County, Parkland, Regional Authority
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Briefing
LEHIGH DA BACKS PROBE INTO MISSING PROSECUTOR | Several district attorneys, including Lehigh County's, have admonished a fellow top prosecutor for criticizing the investigation into the disappearance of former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar....Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Lehigh County, Montour County, Lawyers
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Cruel and unusual
Is there really an issue about whether lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment? A sentence becomes cruel and unusual only if it is worse than what the criminal has done to the victim, in my opinion. So let's drop the hypocrisy. As a...Tags: Clermont, Constitutional Issues
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