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There have been calls in recent days for the United States to use the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon as an opportunity to mete out punishment on all of America’s old enemies. These demands come from inside and outside Washington, and particularly from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Much like a small town sheriff rounding up the usual suspects, leaders like Secretary Rumsfeld have suggested that we bomb not only Afghanistan, but also Iraq, Syria and anyone else who has recently looked at a U.S. diplomat the wrong way. As these hawks know, in this...
...Brazill didn't at that instant grasp the grim future that awaits him, it probably won't take him long. Next month the judge will mete out a sentence that could mean a lifetime in prison. And if Brazill needs a clearer picture of what's in store for him, the prison life of other school shooters will give him an idea. These young gunmen, at the moment of their wrathful outbursts, were often filled with a sense of potency and triumph or at least relief that whatever or whoever was troubling them had been exorcised. But those sensations generally...
...Brazill didn't at that instant grasp the grim future that awaits him, it probably won't take him long. Next month the judge will mete out a sentence that could mean a lifetime in prison. And if Brazill needs a clearer picture of what's in store for him, the prison life of other school shooters will give him an idea. These young gunmen, at the moment of their wrathful outbursts, were often filled with a sense of potency and triumph or at least relief that whatever or whoever was troubling them had been exorcised. But those sensations generally...
...paid more than $1 billion in connection with his conviction on six counts of securities fraud, was on the list of potential clemency recipients, loud protests from securities regulators and others apparently doomed the effort. White is presumably trying to establish the methodology by which Clinton decided to mete out pardons and commutations, something that could be important in proving a quid pro quo in the Rich case - if there was one. A spokesman for Milken said neither Milken nor his lawyer would comment...
...without prosecutors and can be done privately; it would render an administrative, non-judicial punishment. In a court-martial, a jury deliberates and delivers a verdict. An NJP is more a tug-of-war; Waddel and Fargo are likely to meet privately and Fargo will detail his concerns - and mete out the punishment...