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Cellucci's bill that would allow prosecutors to appeal criminal sentences is perhaps even more startling. Such a change would destroy one of the most basic guarantees of the American judicial system: "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." Once a criminal is sentenced, however leniently, prosecutors should not have the power to go back and ask that the sentence be lengthened. Allowing a prosecutor to appeal a sentence would skew the delicate balance of power away from the legitimate rights of the defendant...
Meanwhile, Postauburn is looking for a temporary home for the post office. According to Marsha A. Cannon, postmaster of the Central Square and Harvard Square area, it is unlikely that the post office will find a space large enough to house the 10,000 square feet needed for basic operations, due to the tight space crunch of Harvard Square...
...street to partake of her services, the district commissioners fined her and ordered her house removed. There followed such complaints from the stone carvers and masons that Betsy stayed in business without any interruption. Thus from the very beginning, there were, in and around the White House, the basic ingredients of all subsequent scandals--sex, money and power...
That, in essence, is the concept behind the Medicare plan Texas Governor George W. Bush unveiled last week. But it is also the basic approach behind a bipartisan plan that has been languishing on Capitol Hill for more than a year. And it was the notion Newt Gingrich put forward in 1995 when he was House Speaker, setting up the political standoff that produced that year's infamous government shutdowns...
...only a handful of such facilities in the U.S. Dr. Lauren Shaiova prescribed fentanyl, a stronger pain medication that made Cummins comfortable but not cloudy. Finally, his agony and fog lifted. "We call her our angel," said Nancy, Bob's wife, of Shaiova. But she was only practicing basic pain management, using readily available drugs. "Most docs just say, 'There's nothing more we can do,'" laments Shaiova. "I tell them, 'I can actively treat your pain...