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...program kicked in once a case was completed and entered the monetary penalty phase. Prior to the program, SEC prosecutors would negotiate directly with wrongdoers, say, asking for $1 million in penalties and then negotiating down to $500,000. But since the program started, prosecutors had to first plead their case for penalties to SEC commissioners, who would negotiate up or down for wrongdoers in advance of direct negotiations for penalties...
Secondly, the hypothetical proposed by the column, that police could “plead ‘negligent’ as a cover-up for violations of individuals’ rights in a variety of circumstances…” is not accurate, according to the finding in Herring. Here, the court allowed the exception to the exclusionary rule because the officers that arrested eefendant Herring did so based on mistakes made by other law-enforcement officers, not the arresting officers themselves. They acted in good faith based on information they received from colleagues, which happened to be incorrect...
...bail for clients who were accused of violent crimes. He was known for listening carefully to arguments and showing leniency to defendants willing to assume blame. But hard-core criminals had the book thrown at them. "I told my clients, If you're guilty, you need to plead early and often," recalls attorney Glennon Threatt Jr. "He was completely intolerant of individuals who were found guilty of violent crimes...
...score of 93% gets recorded as a lowly B+. After forming an official protest group called Fairgrade last year and goading the school board into voting on whether to ease the standards, parents marshaled 10,000 signatures online and on Jan. 22 gathered nearly 500 supporters to help plead their case. After two hours of debate, the school board passed a resolution, a move critics consider a defeat in the war on grade inflation. (Read about students getting paid for good grades...
...Court’s decision could give rise to a world in which policemen plead “negligent” as a cover-up for violations of individuals’ rights in a variety of circumstances. For example, policemen might conduct unwarranted searches claiming that they forgot to file the warrant papers or that they thought they had a warrant even though insufficient evidence existed to obtain...