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Does Money Play Too Large a Role in Federal Sentencing?
A recent American Bar Association conference on federal sentencing guidelines saw a top Justice Department official and a federal district judge sharply disagree about whether the US Sentencing Guidelines involve unfair discrimination in white-collar
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:33P
Spike in West Bank violence condemned
There must be a prompt and effective investigation to identify those suspected of involvement and ensure that they are brought to justice in a fair trial," said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:32P
Teacher Says Assault Charges Dropped Against Principal of Friendship School
The principal faces a lawsuit not related to the assault case. Teresa Ankney, who heads the Friendship School in Eldersburg, had been charged with one count of second-degree assault. She had been accused of grabbing teacher and drama production
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:32P
Upstate man could go free after murder conviction reversed
Parker was convicted in a second trial. The high court says the second judge should have granted Parker's request to dismiss the verdict because of double jeopardy. Parker is serving a life sentence. His attorneys say Parker will be released from
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
Upstate man could go free after murder conviction reversed
Parker was convicted in a second trial. The high court says the second judge should have granted Parker's request to dismiss the verdict because of double jeopardy. Parker is serving a life sentence. His attorneys say Parker will be released from
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
Govt defied SC on 15 occasions
On one occasion, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had to ask Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq that how many orders of the Supreme Court had not been obeyed. Haq could not do the counting. He would perhaps not know that how many attorney
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
Zardari sitting on judges' notifications; not in a hurry
The tenures of Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali, Justice Syed Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh and Justice Muhammad Farrakuh Irfan Khan of the LHC while Justice Mohammad Tasnim and Justice Salman Hamid of the SHC were extended by the
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
Zardari sitting on judges' notifications; not in a hurry
The tenures of Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali, Justice Syed Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh and Justice Muhammad Farrakuh Irfan Khan of the LHC while Justice Mohammad Tasnim and Justice Salman Hamid of the SHC were extended by the
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
Govt in no mood to confront any institution: PM
“Let me say that my government is functioning within the domain defined by the Constitution and fully respects decisions of the superior judiciary, and this effect is substantiated by no less the person of the Chief Justice of Pakistan in his remarks
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
Govt in no mood to confront any institution: PM
“Let me say that my government is functioning within the domain defined by the Constitution and fully respects decisions of the superior judiciary, and this effect is substantiated by no less the person of the Chief Justice of Pakistan in his remarks
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:31P
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