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Recently a North Carolina man named Edgar M. Welch read that a Washington D.C. pizza restaurant was harbouring children as sex slaves as part of a child-abuse ring led by U.S. politicians John Podesta and Hillary Clinton. Enraged, the 28-year-old father of two drove to the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria to investigate the alleged child-sex conspiracy theory for himself.
I find high-profile, white-collar sentencing cases to be among the most interesting and dynamic because they often require a judge to balance and calibrate competing punishment theories and goals. Because most white-collar offenders are not violent and oftenhad a successful/productive life before getting into trouble, the need for severe punishment to incapacitate or specifically deter an offender from committing future crimesis often diminished.
Dr. Ted Mazer, center, performs surgery on Jannette Henderson to clear her sinuses on Dec. 7, 2016. Dr. Ted Mazer knew for some time that he would likely become president-elect of the California Medical Association this fall and then president a year later.
For years the White House has pushed U.S. regulators to finish writing tough new rules that would restrict bonuses for Wall Street executives, one of the most contentious parts of the Dodd-Frank banking reform law. The chances of that actually happening are becoming slimmer by the day.
Chauna Banks, 54, is running for re-election as District 2 representative of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council. ORG XMIT: TAgnrYkN09WVqtp5RqTo ORG XMIT: BAT1610041654530733 Chauna Banks, 54, is running for re-election as District 2 representative of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council.
WIN: Shares in banks have soared by 20% since Election Day, making them the hottest sector in the stock market. The rally is fueled by hopes a Trump administration will deliver lower taxes and less regulation, while also stimulating the economy.
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Despite losing money hand over fist with the Affordable Care Act, health insurers want Republicans to keep two important provisions. The proverbial clock is ticking.
Gambia's ruler of more than 22 years now says he won't accept defeat in the presidential election, ... President-elect Donald Trump is partaking in one the nation's most storied football rivalries, saluting U.S. troops at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday as he prepares to enter the White House. President-elect Donald Trump is partaking in one of the nation's most storied football rivalries, saluting U.S. troops at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday as he prepares to enter the White House.
His Nixonian campaign mantra of "law and order" demonstrates no empathy for those ensnared in the criminal justice system. Trump is not the first presidential candidate who, while running, assured his followers he would address the nation's perceived lackluster enforcement of criminal law.
Two groups of complainants in the drug cases against Senator Leila de Lima before the Department of Justice formally opposed her motion to have the cases transferred to the Office of the Ombudsman. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the duo of former National Bureau of Investigation deputy directors Reynaldo Esmeralda and Ruel Lasala filed on Friday their five-page joint opposition with the panel handling the preliminary investigation of the four consolidated complaints.
The U.S. Supreme Court late Thursday said Alabama could execute an inmate convicted of killing a convenience store clerk, a decision handed down after a whirlwind of legal fillings and two court-ordered delays. Justices twice paused the execution as attorneys for Ronald Bert Smith Jr., 45, argued for a delay, saying a judge shouldn't have been able to impose the death penalty when a jury recommended he receive life imprisonment.
Repealing President Barack Obama's health care law without a replacement risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured, according to a study released Wednesday. Separately, a professional group representing benefit advisers warned congressional leaders of the risk of "significant market disruption" that could cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 6, 2016. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik This week, President-elect Donald Trump met with some of the biggest names in climate activism: former vice president Al Gore and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Much has been written about the success of the Standing Rock protests, where a sustained campaign launched by self-described "water protectors" hailing from more than 300 indigenous tribes managed to pressure the Army Corps of Engineers into reevaluating its support for the construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. Although it remains unclear whether the decision will withstand a Donald Trump administration, many commentators and environmental advocates have heralded the victory as a bellwether for the power of activism.
The California warehouse where a horrific fire left dozens of people dead did not have any evidence of smoke detectors, was equipped with a makeshift stairwell and had no exits on the second floor, officials said Wednesday. The officials described a terrifying scene that played out as fire ripped through the building, known as the Ghost Ship, on Dec. 2, with people inside the darkened structure overcome by smoke as the building's only exit was blocked by flames.
ELECT Donald Trump has tapped Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, criticised as a climate change denier and a staunch fossil fuel ally, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. The announcement on Thursday morning comes after Leonardo DiCaprio met with Mr Trump on Wednesday to discuss how jobs centring on preserving the environment can boost the economy.
Environmental groups are seeking to defend a new federal rule that would restrict how oil companies burn off excess natural gas extracted from public lands. Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota are pressing a federal lawsuit in Wyoming seeking to block a rule that President Barack Obama's administration issued in November requiring certain companies to capture natural gas instead of burning it off.